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

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

Townsquare Media vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Townsquare Media$450.98M0.26-$10.93M$2.023.53
Anterix$6.03M67.60-$11.37M$1.5613.94

71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Anterix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Townsquare Media7.93% -56.87% 3.43%
Anterix 495.14%-23.87%-11.16%

Townsquare Media currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 138.23%. Anterix has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 208.03%. Given Anterix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Anterix is more favorable than Townsquare Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Townsquare Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Anterix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 8 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Townsquare Media and 9 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Townsquare Media's score of -0.27 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Anterix beats Townsquare Media on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TSQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$116.74M$21.80B$8.29B$20.96B
Dividend Yield11.46%5.13%3.10%3.57%
P/E Ratio3.5311.6716.6628.10
Price / Sales0.261.424.6056.32
Price / Cash2.5435.3116.8223.95
Price / Book-4.302.084.335.24
Net Income-$10.93M$30.12M$226.22M$994.11M
7 Day Performance7.63%10.14%3.21%2.03%
1 Month Performance-15.05%3.04%2.73%2.27%
1 Year Performance-32.17%27.28%20.61%13.05%

Townsquare Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.8748 of 5 stars
$7.14
-0.5%
$17.00
+138.2%
-28.3%$116.74M$450.98M3.532,049
ATEX
Anterix
3.7475 of 5 stars
$21.85
-0.2%
$67.00
+206.6%
-42.9%$409.25M$6.03M-34.6870News Coverage
Earnings Report
AREN
The Arena Group
2.5046 of 5 stars
$6.94
+2.4%
$10.00
+44.1%
+702.4%$330.07M$128.78M-1.63360News Coverage
Gap Up
TSAT
Telesat
0.7728 of 5 stars
$25.47
+5.3%
N/A+148.3%$329.84M$416.79M-5.70470
SPIR
Spire Global
2.4117 of 5 stars
$9.74
-0.7%
$18.20
+86.9%
+1.3%$304.86M$110.45M-2.80370News Coverage
Gap Down
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.8166 of 5 stars
$3.37
+0.1%
$6.50
+93.2%
-4.1%$287.20M$619.40M-4.811,320Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.5018 of 5 stars
$3.14
+4.7%
$6.00
+91.1%
+45.4%$263.13M$2.51B3.415,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.4599 of 5 stars
$1.73
-2.3%
$2.92
+68.6%
+73.8%$261.29M$3.85B-0.2110,100Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CXDO
Crexendo
2.746 of 5 stars
$5.96
+2.6%
$8.60
+44.3%
+30.1%$168.67M$60.84M59.61120High Trading Volume
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.60
flat
N/AN/A$129.97M$641.37M-3.02290
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.8215 of 5 stars
$2.78
+1.8%
N/A+168.5%$103.19M$91.64M30.89490Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:TSQ) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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