TSQ vs. WOW, IHRT, MDIA, UONE, BZFD, MYNA, UONEK, FENG, ANGH, and AREN
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include WideOpenWest (WOW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), MediaCo (MDIA), Urban One (UONE), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Mynaric (MYNA), Urban One (UONEK), Phoenix New Media (FENG), Anghami (ANGH), and The Arena Group (AREN). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Townsquare Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WideOpenWest. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WideOpenWest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WideOpenWest received 193 more outperform votes than Townsquare Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.84% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 2 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for WideOpenWest and 0 mentions for Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled WideOpenWest'saverage media sentiment score.
WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.19% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of -39.16%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of 98.45% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
WideOpenWest presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.44%. Townsquare Media has a consensus price target of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 39.93%. Given Townsquare Media's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Townsquare Media.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats WideOpenWest on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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