IHRT vs. TSQ, SGA, UONE, UONEK, POWW, LINC, GHG, MYPS, HNST, and CDRO
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), AMMO (POWW), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), PLAYSTUDIOS (MYPS), Honest (HNST), and Codere Online Luxembourg (CDRO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 6 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 38.66%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $4.07, indicating a potential upside of 93.65%. Given Townsquare Media's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.90% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of -29.40%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 55.40% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Townsquare Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Townsquare Media received 227 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.58% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 35.82% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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