IHRT vs. LILAK, LILA, NMAX, TV, GOGO, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, and WOW
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Newsmax (NMAX), Grupo Televisa (TV), Gogo (GOGO), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), and WideOpenWest (WOW). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs. Its Competitors
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for iHeartMedia and 0 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat iHeartMedia's score of -0.21 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
iHeartMedia has a net margin of -9.68% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -26.61%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
iHeartMedia currently has a consensus price target of $2.92, suggesting a potential downside of 3.26%. Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 5.47%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Liberty Global.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iHeartMedia beats Liberty Global on 11 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 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
