TSQ vs. IHRT, SGA, UONE, UONEK, GMGI, ESCA, HOFT, JAKK, EVC, and KNDI
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), Escalade (ESCA), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Entravision Communications (EVC), and Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.19% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -24.04%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 98.45% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 9 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.22 indicating that Townsquare Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned 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 received 227 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 36.23% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
Townsquare Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus price target of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 45.74%. iHeartMedia has a consensus price target of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 179.34%. Given iHeartMedia's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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