iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BBGI or IHRT?

iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.06%. Given iHeartMedia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Beasley Broadcast Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beasley Broadcast Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
iHeartMedia	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBGI or IHRT?

Beasley Broadcast Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. Beasley Broadcast Group 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
Beasley Broadcast Group	$240.68M	1.61	-$75.12M	-$2.39	-5.35
iHeartMedia	$3.75B	0.08	-$1.10B	-$6.02	-0.33

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

21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor BBGI or IHRT?

In the previous week, Beasley Broadcast Group had 5 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group and 4 mentions for iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Beasley Broadcast Group's score of 0.58 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beasley Broadcast Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
iHeartMedia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BBGI or IHRT?

Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBGI or IHRT more profitable?

Beasley Broadcast Group has a net margin of -25.52% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -26.58%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beasley Broadcast Group	-25.52%	-0.96%	-0.25%
iHeartMedia	-26.58%	N/A	-0.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBGI or IHRT?

Beasley Broadcast Group received 180 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.56% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beasley Broadcast Group	Outperform Votes 205 45.56%	Underperform Votes 245 54.44%
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 25 35.71%	Underperform Votes 45 64.29%

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats iHeartMedia on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.