IHRT vs. ATEX, WOW, GTN, SPIR, AREN, CRGE, SSP, CXDO, VOCL, and TSQ
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Anterix (ATEX), WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), The Arena Group (AREN), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Creatd (VOCL), and Townsquare Media (TSQ). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs.
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Anterix has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 8 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for iHeartMedia and 4 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.04 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 36.49% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
iHeartMedia presently has a consensus target price of $2.83, indicating a potential upside of 167.30%. Anterix has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 124.53%. Given iHeartMedia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Anterix.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Anterix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iHeartMedia and Anterix tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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