CMLS vs. EMMS, BBGI, SALM, UONEK, UONE, SGA, TCS, PMNT, NFTG, and SOND Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Emmis Communications (EMMS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Urban One (UONEK), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), The Container Store Group (TCS), Perfect Moment (PMNT), NFT Gaming (NFTG), and Sonder (SOND). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS ) and Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Cumulus Media's net margin of -13.18%. Emmis Communications' return on equity of -10.85% beat Cumulus Media's return on equity.
In the previous week, Emmis Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cumulus Media's score of -0.50 indicating that Emmis Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emmis Communications received 57 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Emmis Communications an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.
Emmis Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cumulus Media.
Cumulus Media currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 201.59%. Given Cumulus Media's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Emmis Communications.
Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary Emmis Communications beats Cumulus Media on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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