IHRT vs. LILAK, LILA, GOGO, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, WOW, ATEX, and SPIR
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Gogo (GOGO), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Anterix (ATEX), and Spire Global (SPIR). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus target price of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 0.63%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.92, suggesting a potential downside of 1.80%. Given Liberty Global's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than iHeartMedia.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 5 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for iHeartMedia and 3 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat iHeartMedia's score of 1.46 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Global has higher revenue and earnings than iHeartMedia. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iHeartMedia has a net margin of -9.68% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -26.61%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of -2.84% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
53.0% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iHeartMedia beats Liberty Global on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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