Urban One (UONE) Competitors

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and Urban One (NASDAQ:UONE) 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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media prefer TSQ or UONE?

In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 7 more articles in the media than Urban One. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Townsquare Media and 2 mentions for Urban One. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Urban One's score of 0.62 indicating that Urban One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Townsquare Media	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Urban One	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TSQ or UONE?

Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban One has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSQ or UONE more profitable?

Urban One has a net margin of 2.84% compared to Urban One's net margin of -9.19%. Urban One's return on equity of 98.45% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Townsquare Media	-9.19%	98.45%	2.73%
Urban One	2.84%	37.71%	9.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSQ or UONE?

Townsquare Media received 182 more outperform votes than Urban One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Urban One an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Townsquare Media	Outperform Votes 253 66.75%	Underperform Votes 126 33.25%
Urban One	Outperform Votes 71 58.20%	Underperform Votes 51 41.80%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TSQ or UONE?

71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Urban One shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Urban One shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TSQ or UONE?

Townsquare Media currently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 52.89%. Given Urban One's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Urban One.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Townsquare Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Urban One	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TSQ or UONE?

Urban One has higher revenue and earnings than Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban One, 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
Townsquare Media	$454.23M	0.37	-$44.96M	-$2.54	-4.33
Urban One	$489.91M	0.21	$37.33M	$0.21	10.05

Summary

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