UCL vs. IHRT, AREN, SSP, CXDO, CRGE, TSQ, VOCL, BZFD, UONE, and SGA
Should you be buying uCloudlink Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of uCloudlink Group include iHeartMedia (IHRT), The Arena Group (AREN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Urban One (UONE), and Saga Communications (SGA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
uCloudlink Group vs. Its Competitors
uCloudlink Group (NASDAQ:UCL) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
85.5% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
iHeartMedia received 26 more outperform votes than uCloudlink Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.06% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave uCloudlink Group an outperform vote.
uCloudlink Group has a beta of 4.13, indicating that its stock price is 313% 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.
uCloudlink Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than uCloudlink Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 2 more articles in the media than uCloudlink Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for uCloudlink Group. uCloudlink Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.79 indicating that uCloudlink Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
uCloudlink Group has a net margin of 4.84% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%. uCloudlink Group's return on equity of 22.48% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.
iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.92, suggesting a potential upside of 75.70%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than uCloudlink Group.
Summary
uCloudlink Group beats iHeartMedia on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:UCL) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
