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TSQ vs. IHRT, WOW, ATEX, TSAT, SPIR, AREN, SSP, CXDO, UCL, and CRGE

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

Townsquare Media vs. Its Competitors

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) 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 dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Townsquare Media has a net margin of 7.93% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -9.68%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of -2.84% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
iHeartMedia-9.68% -2.84% -1.74%
Townsquare Media 7.93%-56.87%3.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
iHeartMedia$3.87B0.11-$1.01B-$2.43-1.13
Townsquare Media$450.98M0.25-$10.93M$2.023.35

In the previous week, iHeartMedia and iHeartMedia both had 1 articles in the media. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
iHeartMedia Very Positive
Townsquare Media Neutral

iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

iHeartMedia currently has a consensus target price of $2.92, indicating a potential upside of 6.64%. Townsquare Media has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 151.48%. Given Townsquare Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than iHeartMedia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
iHeartMedia
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Townsquare Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 10 of the 15 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$111.13M$22.21B$8.30B$21.36B
Dividend Yield11.68%5.34%3.00%3.52%
P/E Ratio3.3534.1018.5529.19
Price / Sales0.251.386.0183.67
Price / Cash2.5032.8016.9724.47
Price / Book-3.982.294.964.52
Net Income-$10.93M$30.12M$255.40M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.89%-2.56%-1.96%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-2.41%4.62%2.99%2.06%
1 Year Performance-33.73%441.25%50.33%13.85%

Townsquare Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.8493 of 5 stars
$6.76
-2.9%
$17.00
+151.5%
-32.4%$111.13M$450.98M3.352,049News Coverage
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.275 of 5 stars
$3.03
-1.9%
$2.92
-3.7%
+74.2%$454.93M$3.85B-1.2510,100Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.124 of 5 stars
$5.16
-1.1%
$5.85
+13.4%
-1.9%$441.71M$630.90M-6.531,320
ATEX
Anterix
4.1209 of 5 stars
$22.25
+3.7%
$67.00
+201.1%
-40.4%$416.96M$6.03M14.2670High Trading Volume
TSAT
Telesat
0.6459 of 5 stars
$24.16
-0.6%
N/A+101.5%$329.57M$416.79M-4.59470Positive News
SPIR
Spire Global
2.6999 of 5 stars
$10.49
+4.2%
$18.20
+73.5%
+9.7%$327.24M$110.45M-3.01370Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AREN
The Arena Group
2.4902 of 5 stars
$6.07
+3.9%
$12.00
+97.7%
+745.2%$288.12M$146.61M-1.43360News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2739 of 5 stars
$2.87
-1.4%
$5.50
+91.6%
+64.6%$253.52M$2.51B5.985,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CXDO
Crexendo
3.7132 of 5 stars
$6.97
+2.2%
$8.60
+23.4%
+48.3%$210.28M$60.84M69.71120High Trading Volume
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.2218 of 5 stars
$2.52
+1.2%
N/A+89.1%$95.25M$91.64M50.40490Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.40
-2.4%
N/A+2.7%$86.02M$641.37M-2.00290Gap Up

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