TSQ vs. GTN, ATEX, WOW, SPIR, AREN, IHRT, SSP, CXDO, CRGE, and VOCL
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), WideOpenWest (WOW), Spire Global (SPIR), The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Townsquare Media vs. Its Competitors
Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.
78.6% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Gray Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of -3.41%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
Gray Media currently has a consensus target price of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.11%. Townsquare Media has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.56%. Given Townsquare Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Gray Media.
In the previous week, Gray Media had 3 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gray Media and 1 mentions for Townsquare Media. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Townsquare Media's score of -0.21 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gray Media has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gray Media pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Townsquare Media pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Gray Media pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Townsquare Media pays out -60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Townsquare Media has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Townsquare Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gray Media beats Townsquare Media 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:TSQ) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
