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CMLS vs. FENG, NXPL, ANGH, SIDU, MYNA, DATS, AYRO, MARK, AEHL, and SYTA

Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Phoenix New Media (FENG), NextPlat (NXPL), Anghami (ANGH), Sidus Space (SIDU), Mynaric (MYNA), DatChat (DATS), Ayro (AYRO), Remark (MARK), Antelope Enterprise (AEHL), and Siyata Mobile (SYTA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

Cumulus Media vs.

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) and Phoenix New Media (NYSE:FENG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Phoenix New Media shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Phoenix New Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Phoenix New Media had 1 more articles in the media than Cumulus Media. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Phoenix New Media and 1 mentions for Cumulus Media. Phoenix New Media's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.13 indicating that Phoenix New Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cumulus Media
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Phoenix New Media
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Phoenix New Media has a net margin of -6.12% compared to Cumulus Media's net margin of -18.11%. Phoenix New Media's return on equity of -3.76% beat Cumulus Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cumulus Media-18.11% -30.27% -5.62%
Phoenix New Media -6.12%-3.76%-2.50%

Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phoenix New Media has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Phoenix New Media received 133 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.35% of users gave Phoenix New Media an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cumulus MediaOutperform Votes
85
45.45%
Underperform Votes
102
54.55%
Phoenix New MediaOutperform Votes
218
50.35%
Underperform Votes
215
49.65%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cumulus Media$827.08M0.01-$117.88M-$16.70-0.03
Phoenix New Media$703.70M0.04-$14.48M-$0.62-3.50

Summary

Phoenix New Media beats Cumulus Media on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMLS vs. The Competition

MetricCumulus MediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.55M$10.53B$7.25B$7.50B
Dividend YieldN/A5.92%2.98%4.04%
P/E Ratio-0.0523.9415.7718.08
Price / Sales0.010.7410.5986.83
Price / Cash0.2110.4616.4234.64
Price / Book0.034.034.123.99
Net Income-$117.88M-$137.08M$259.47M$247.18M
7 Day Performance-7.42%-3.54%-4.58%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-16.39%-4.23%-6.97%-6.87%
1 Year Performance-85.35%-15.49%-8.50%-3.73%

Cumulus Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMLS
Cumulus Media
0.4526 of 5 stars
$0.44
-10.1%
N/A-85.8%$7.55M$827.08M-0.053,330High Trading Volume
FENG
Phoenix New Media
0.5296 of 5 stars
$2.39
flat
N/A+3.8%$28.89M$703.70M-4.881,240Gap Up
NXPL
NextPlat
0.7887 of 5 stars
$0.93
-8.8%
N/A-48.0%$24.15M$66.48M-1.375Upcoming Earnings
ANGH
Anghami
N/A$0.72
+7.1%
N/A-36.3%$21.39M$52.27M0.00170Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
SIDU
Sidus Space
2.4934 of 5 stars
$1.68
+6.3%
$10.00
+495.2%
-58.5%$7.02M$5.19M0.0040Earnings Report
Gap Down
MYNA
Mynaric
N/A$0.26
flat
N/AN/A$6.64M$5.83M0.00250
DATS
DatChat
0.7003 of 5 stars
$2.16
-1.8%
N/A+119.4%$6.50M$515.00-1.0510Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
AYRO
Ayro
0.7192 of 5 stars
$0.53
-0.1%
N/A-68.1%$3.59M$221,671.00-0.1230Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Negative News
Gap Down
MARK
Remark
N/A$0.04
-0.7%
N/A-78.3%$2.78M$5.81M-0.0470Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AEHL
Antelope Enterprise
0.7143 of 5 stars
$0.11
-2.3%
N/A-96.7%$1.32M$70.85M0.00240Stock Split
Gap Up
SYTA
Siyata Mobile
0.3254 of 5 stars
$2.32
+9.4%
N/A-99.7%$186,000.00$11.99M0.0030Earnings Report
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:CMLS) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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