IHRT vs. TV, GOGO, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, WOW, ATEX, SPIR, and TSAT
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Grupo Televisa (TV), Gogo (GOGO), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Anterix (ATEX), Spire Global (SPIR), and Telesat (TSAT). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs. Its Competitors
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Televisa has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
iHeartMedia has a net margin of -9.68% compared to Grupo Televisa's net margin of -13.56%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Grupo Televisa's return on equity.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 1 more articles in the media than Grupo Televisa. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for iHeartMedia and 0 mentions for Grupo Televisa. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Grupo Televisa's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Grupo Televisa shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
iHeartMedia presently has a consensus price target of $2.92, suggesting a potential downside of 8.71%. Grupo Televisa has a consensus price target of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 85.40%. Given Grupo Televisa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Televisa is more favorable than iHeartMedia.
Grupo Televisa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. Grupo Televisa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
iHeartMedia beats Grupo Televisa on 9 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 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
