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