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IHRT vs. ATEX, GTN, WOW, AREN, SPIR, SSP, CXDO, CRGE, TSQ, and UONE

Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Anterix (ATEX), Gray Television (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), The Arena Group (AREN), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Townsquare Media (TSQ), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

iHeartMedia vs.

Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

iHeartMedia has a net margin of -27.04% compared to Anterix's net margin of -508.15%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Anterix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anterix-508.15% -31.26% -14.38%
iHeartMedia -27.04%N/A -1.00%

87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Anterix currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 139.54%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.92, suggesting a potential upside of 135.22%. Given Anterix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Anterix is more favorable than iHeartMedia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anterix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
iHeartMedia
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 6 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.10 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Anterix
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
iHeartMedia
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Anterix received 11 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote while only 35.53% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AnterixOutperform Votes
38
50.00%
Underperform Votes
38
50.00%
iHeartMediaOutperform Votes
27
35.53%
Underperform Votes
49
64.47%

Anterix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. Anterix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anterix$5.90M88.09-$9.13M-$1.63-17.16
iHeartMedia$3.86B0.05-$1.10B-$8.39-0.15

Anterix has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Anterix beats iHeartMedia on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IHRT vs. The Competition

MetriciHeartMediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$182.50M$11.97B$7.86B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A6.42%3.25%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.1826.7515.1119.71
Price / Sales0.050.818.01120.65
Price / CashN/A10.4616.3734.62
Price / Book-0.474.204.774.50
Net Income-$1.10B-$137.08M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-4.22%-1.44%-0.78%
1 Month Performance16.98%-1.30%6.47%11.53%
1 Year Performance36.87%3.58%-1.86%8.99%

iHeartMedia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.8558 of 5 stars
$1.24
-0.8%
$2.92
+135.2%
+24.3%$182.50M$3.86B-0.1811,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
ATEX
Anterix
3.1326 of 5 stars
$29.01
+0.7%
$67.00
+131.0%
-15.7%$539.21M$5.90M-17.8070Positive News
Gap Up
GTN
Gray Television
4.6949 of 5 stars
$4.64
+9.6%
$6.17
+33.0%
-37.0%$470.65M$3.64B3.098,610Gap Up
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.9265 of 5 stars
$4.42
+1.1%
$7.50
+69.7%
-11.6%$374.29M$619.40M-3.951,390Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$7.12
+0.1%
N/A+875.0%$338.63M$125.91M-1.68360
SPIR
Spire Global
1.6133 of 5 stars
$9.27
-5.7%
$17.80
+92.1%
+33.5%$286.94M$110.45M-2.66370
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1413 of 5 stars
$2.51
+8.2%
$6.25
+149.0%
-27.5%$217.62M$2.51B-0.815,700
CXDO
Crexendo
2.8162 of 5 stars
$5.82
+3.2%
$8.50
+46.0%
+56.2%$168.96M$62.61M194.06120Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.59
-10.5%
N/A-39.2%$127.68M$641.37M-2.97290
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.5938 of 5 stars
$7.29
+2.0%
$17.00
+133.2%
-40.1%$117.51M$450.98M-2.692,340
UONE
Urban One
N/A$1.68
+2.4%
N/A-21.1%$76.64M$449.67M-0.991,160

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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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