IHRT vs. ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, ATEX, GTN, WOW, SPIR, SSP, AREN, and CXDO
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), The Arena Group (AREN), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs. Its Competitors
Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
Altice USA has a net margin of -1.78% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -32.95%. Altice USA's return on equity of 0.00% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.
Altice USA presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.43%. iHeartMedia has a consensus price target of $2.92, suggesting a potential upside of 56.81%. Given iHeartMedia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Altice USA.
Altice USA has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.9% of Altice USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 44.6% of Altice USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Altice USA had 6 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Altice USA and 3 mentions for iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Altice USA's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altice USA has higher revenue and earnings than iHeartMedia. Altice USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Altice USA beats iHeartMedia 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 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
