iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

Cable One (NYSE:CABO) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CABO or IHRT?

89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cable One shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of iHeartMedia shares are held 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CABO or IHRT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cable One	$1.56B	0.48	$224.62M	-$2.51	-53.25
iHeartMedia	$3.86B	0.06	-$1.10B	-$8.39	-0.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CABO or IHRT?

Cable One received 273 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote while only 35.53% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cable One	Outperform Votes 300 60.36%	Underperform Votes 197 39.64%
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 27 35.53%	Underperform Votes 49 64.47%

Does the media refer more to CABO or IHRT?

In the previous week, Cable One had 11 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cable One and 4 mentions for iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Cable One's score of 0.41 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cable One	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
iHeartMedia	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CABO or IHRT more profitable?

Cable One has a net margin of 15.86% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%. Cable One's return on equity of 10.98% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cable One	15.86%	10.98%	3.04%
iHeartMedia	-27.04%	N/A	-1.00%

Do analysts prefer CABO or IHRT?

Cable One currently has a consensus target price of $370.67, suggesting a potential upside of 177.32%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.92, suggesting a potential upside of 76.77%. Given Cable One's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cable One is more favorable than iHeartMedia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cable One	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
iHeartMedia	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility & risk, CABO or IHRT?

Cable One has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cable One beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.