SIRI vs. CMLS, CHTR, LBTYA, AMCX, CMCSA, TME, IHRT, TSQ, UONE, and SGA
Should you be buying Sirius XM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sirius XM include Cumulus Media (CMLS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Urban One (UONE), and Saga Communications (SGA).
Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Sirius XM received 632 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.
Sirius XM has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Cumulus Media's net margin of -13.18%. Cumulus Media's return on equity of -16.78% beat Sirius XM's return on equity.
10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sirius XM presently has a consensus target price of $4.07, indicating a potential upside of 9.36%. Cumulus Media has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 363.41%. Given Cumulus Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Sirius XM.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 30 more articles in the media than Cumulus Media. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Sirius XM and 4 mentions for Cumulus Media. Sirius XM's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.27 indicating that Sirius XM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Cumulus Media. Cumulus Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sirius XM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sirius XM has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sirius XM beats Cumulus Media on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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