uCloudlink Group (UCL) 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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, UCL or IHRT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
uCloudlink Group	$91.64M	0.54	$2.81M	$0.12	11.00
iHeartMedia	$3.86B	0.05	-$1.10B	-$8.39	-0.15

Is UCL or IHRT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
uCloudlink Group	4.84%	22.48%	7.36%
iHeartMedia	-27.04%	N/A	-1.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, UCL or IHRT?

uCloudlink Group has a beta of 4.02, meaning that its share price is 302% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor UCL or IHRT?

In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 3 more articles in the media than uCloudlink Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for iHeartMedia and 6 mentions for uCloudlink Group. uCloudlink Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.28 indicating that uCloudlink Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer UCL or IHRT?

iHeartMedia has a consensus price target of $2.92, suggesting a potential upside of 133.33%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than uCloudlink Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
uCloudlink Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
iHeartMedia	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UCL or IHRT?

iHeartMedia received 26 more outperform votes than uCloudlink Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 36.00% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave uCloudlink Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
uCloudlink Group	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 27 36.00%	Underperform Votes 48 64.00%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UCL or IHRT?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

uCloudlink Group beats iHeartMedia on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.