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TSQ vs. ATEX, IHRT, SPIR, AREN, SSP, CXDO, CRGE, SGA, UCL, and VOCL

Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include Anterix (ATEX), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Spire Global (SPIR), The Arena Group (AREN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Saga Communications (SGA), uCloudlink Group (UCL), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

Townsquare Media vs. Its Competitors

Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and media sentiment.

Townsquare Media has higher revenue and earnings than Anterix. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anterix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anterix$6.03M66.20-$11.37M$1.5613.65
Townsquare Media$450.98M0.23-$10.93M$2.023.10

In the previous week, Anterix had 1 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Anterix and 2 mentions for Townsquare Media. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.47 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Anterix has a net margin of 495.14% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of 7.93%. Anterix's return on equity of -23.87% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anterix495.14% -23.87% -11.16%
Townsquare Media 7.93%-56.87%3.43%

87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.6% of Anterix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.2% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Anterix has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Anterix presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 214.55%. Townsquare Media has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 171.13%. Given Anterix's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Anterix is more favorable than Townsquare Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anterix
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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Anterix beats Townsquare Media on 9 of the 16 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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TSQ vs. The Competition

MetricTownsquare MediaBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$103.08M$21.86B$8.39B$21.91B
Dividend Yield13.14%5.74%3.16%3.64%
P/E Ratio3.1033.2418.1430.11
Price / Sales0.231.366.7465.32
Price / Cash2.2229.7616.2223.91
Price / Book-3.692.225.014.70
Net Income-$10.93M$30.12M$256.64M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.32%-3.79%-1.33%-0.44%
1 Month Performance-9.65%-5.98%-3.33%1.45%
1 Year Performance-38.80%390.82%34.78%15.02%

Townsquare Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.8948 of 5 stars
$6.27
+0.3%
$17.00
+171.1%
-40.7%$103.08M$450.98M3.102,049News Coverage
ATEX
Anterix
3.5282 of 5 stars
$20.98
-6.2%
$67.00
+219.4%
-34.6%$393.17M$6.03M13.4570Positive News
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.62 of 5 stars
$2.59
-12.2%
$2.92
+12.6%
+36.6%$388.87M$3.85B-1.0710,100
SPIR
Spire Global
1.7525 of 5 stars
$12.17
-13.0%
$18.20
+49.6%
+40.9%$378.83M$110.45M-3.50370News Coverage
AREN
The Arena Group
2.5795 of 5 stars
$4.55
-7.1%
$12.00
+163.7%
+543.5%$215.97M$146.61M-1.07360News Coverage
Positive News
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.0554 of 5 stars
$2.27
-3.0%
$5.50
+142.3%
-13.3%$200.52M$2.51B4.735,000
CXDO
Crexendo
3.6869 of 5 stars
$5.90
-6.1%
$8.60
+45.8%
+8.8%$178M$60.84M59.01120Analyst Forecast
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.49
flat
N/A+7.0%$104.37M$641.37M-2.43290Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
4.1578 of 5 stars
$12.50
-1.5%
N/A-14.4%$80.50M$110.29M37.88570
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.4693 of 5 stars
$2.10
-5.4%
N/A+71.0%$79.37M$91.64M42.00490
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.25
flat
N/A-39.4%$69.44M$4.80M-0.25186

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