Townsquare Media (TSQ) Competitors

WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WOW or TSQ?

Townsquare Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Townsquare Media, 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
WideOpenWest	$630.90M	0.60	-$287.70M	-$0.71	-6.33
Townsquare Media	$450.98M	0.24	-$44.96M	-$1.15	-5.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WOW or TSQ?

WideOpenWest received 187 more outperform votes than Townsquare Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.10% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WideOpenWest	Outperform Votes 448 60.38%	Underperform Votes 294 39.62%
Townsquare Media	Outperform Votes 261 67.10%	Underperform Votes 128 32.90%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WOW or TSQ?

87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend WOW or TSQ?

WideOpenWest presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.85%. Townsquare Media has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 169.66%. Given Townsquare Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than WideOpenWest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WideOpenWest	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Townsquare Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, WOW or TSQ?

WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WOW or TSQ?

In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 9 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Townsquare Media and 1 mentions for WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Townsquare Media's score of -0.30 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WideOpenWest	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Townsquare Media	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WOW or TSQ more profitable?

Townsquare Media has a net margin of -8.84% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -14.17%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of -22.83% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WideOpenWest	-14.17%	-22.83%	-3.60%
Townsquare Media	-8.84%	-57.10%	2.46%

Summary

Townsquare Media beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.