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$0.87 -0.04 (-4.41%)
Closing price 01/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CMLS vs. MDIA, UCL, UONEK, KORE, NXPL, FENG, ANGH, MYNA, DATS, and SIDU

Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include MediaCo (MDIA), uCloudlink Group (UCL), Urban One (UONEK), KORE Group (KORE), NextPlat (NXPL), Phoenix New Media (FENG), Anghami (ANGH), Mynaric (MYNA), DatChat (DATS), and Sidus Space (SIDU). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

Cumulus Media vs.

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

Cumulus Media received 85 more outperform votes than MediaCo when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cumulus MediaOutperform Votes
85
47.49%
Underperform Votes
94
52.51%
MediaCoN/AN/A

Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaCo has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of MediaCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MediaCo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MediaCo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cumulus Media's net margin of -18.11%. MediaCo's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cumulus Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cumulus Media-18.11% -30.27% -5.62%
MediaCo N/A N/A N/A

MediaCo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cumulus Media. MediaCo 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$844.55M0.02-$117.88M-$9.04-0.10
MediaCo$69.30M0.72-$84.47M-$1.81-0.59

Cumulus Media currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 819.54%. Given Cumulus Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than MediaCo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cumulus Media
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
MediaCo
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Cumulus Media and Cumulus Media both had 4 articles in the media. MediaCo's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.67 indicating that MediaCo 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)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MediaCo
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

MediaCo beats Cumulus Media on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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CMLS vs. The Competition

MetricCumulus MediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.78M$10.71B$8.60B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A5.73%2.82%3.98%
P/E Ratio-0.1032.8215.6817.66
Price / Sales0.020.827.0181.09
Price / Cash0.173.1229.1137.71
Price / Book0.057.316.244.73
Net Income-$117.88M-$57.38M$274.33M$225.42M
7 Day Performance-0.76%-1.86%0.61%0.75%
1 Month Performance29.85%6.57%2.37%3.61%
1 Year Performance-81.09%-8.62%11.56%21.42%

Cumulus Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMLS
Cumulus Media
2.803 of 5 stars
$0.87
-4.4%
$8.00
+819.5%
-82.0%$14.78M$844.55M-0.103,367Short Interest ↓
MDIA
MediaCo
0.7033 of 5 stars
$1.13
-5.8%
N/A+101.9%$52.74M$69.30M-0.62190Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
UCL
uCloudlink Group
3.0211 of 5 stars
$1.38
-4.8%
N/A-7.5%$51.68M$85.58M12.55490Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
UONEK
Urban One
1.3033 of 5 stars
$0.93
+1.1%
N/A-77.0%$44.55M$477.69M-0.551,398
KORE
KORE Group
3.0772 of 5 stars
$2.31
-1.3%
$10.00
+332.9%
-42.6%$39.29M$276.61M-0.33610Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
NXPL
NextPlat
1.2303 of 5 stars
$1.10
-3.5%
N/A-34.4%$28.56M$37.76M-1.625Gap Down
FENG
Phoenix New Media
1.1081 of 5 stars
$2.12
-5.1%
N/A+50.7%$25.58M$97.47M-4.321,240Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ANGH
Anghami
N/A$0.70
-2.7%
N/A-31.6%$20.86M$41.38M0.00170Short Interest ↓
MYNA
Mynaric
N/A$0.51
-12.6%
N/A-91.4%$12.76M$5.39M0.00250Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
DATS
DatChat
0.496 of 5 stars
$3.85
-11.5%
N/A+114.1%$11.59M$515.00-1.8810Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
SIDU
Sidus Space
2.6334 of 5 stars
$2.48
-10.5%
$10.00
+303.2%
-50.1%$10.37M$5.96M0.0040Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:CMLS) was last updated on 1/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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