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IHRT vs. ATEX, WOW, GTN, SPIR, SSP, CRGE, AREN, CXDO, TSQ, and VOCL

Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Anterix (ATEX), WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), The Arena Group (AREN), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

iHeartMedia vs.

Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.6% of Anterix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anterix$5.90M91.80-$9.13M-$1.63-17.88
iHeartMedia$3.85B0.04-$1.10B-$6.67-0.15

Anterix has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Anterix received 11 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote while only 36.49% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AnterixOutperform Votes
38
50.00%
Underperform Votes
38
50.00%
iHeartMediaOutperform Votes
27
36.49%
Underperform Votes
47
63.51%

iHeartMedia has a net margin of -27.04% compared to Anterix's net margin of -508.15%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Anterix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anterix-508.15% -31.26% -14.38%
iHeartMedia -27.04%N/A -1.00%

Anterix presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 129.85%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.83, suggesting a potential upside of 177.78%. Given iHeartMedia's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Anterix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anterix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
iHeartMedia
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 6 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.67 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Anterix
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
iHeartMedia
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Anterix and iHeartMedia tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IHRT vs. The Competition

MetriciHeartMediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$150.12M$11.29B$7.43B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/A6.76%3.49%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.1525.2016.1918.43
Price / Sales0.040.807.39101.46
Price / CashN/A10.4616.4234.62
Price / Book-0.394.044.374.19
Net Income-$1.10B-$137.08M$258.87M$248.05M
7 Day Performance4.08%2.58%4.66%6.53%
1 Month Performance-43.65%10.22%-4.81%-2.16%
1 Year Performance-52.34%-0.15%-4.59%4.71%

iHeartMedia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.203 of 5 stars
$1.02
flat
$2.83
+177.8%
-51.4%$150.12M$3.85B-0.1511,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ATEX
Anterix
3.0146 of 5 stars
$30.08
-7.7%
$67.00
+122.7%
-8.6%$559.10M$5.90M-18.4570News Coverage
Positive News
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.5315 of 5 stars
$4.13
-8.0%
$7.50
+81.6%
+27.7%$349.73M$630.90M-3.691,390
GTN
Gray Television
4.7482 of 5 stars
$3.21
-3.9%
$6.33
+97.3%
-41.0%$325.95M$3.64B2.148,610News Coverage
Positive News
SPIR
Spire Global
1.5166 of 5 stars
$8.14
-4.7%
$17.70
+117.4%
+9.7%$252.07M$110.45M-2.34370News Coverage
Gap Down
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2723 of 5 stars
$2.03
-6.5%
$6.25
+207.9%
-43.1%$176.00M$2.51B-0.655,700Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.71
+4.4%
N/AN/A$152.68M$641.37M-3.55290Gap Up
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$2.65
-1.1%
N/A+605.8%$126.04M$125.91M-0.62360
CXDO
Crexendo
2.9844 of 5 stars
$4.17
-6.3%
$8.50
+103.8%
+12.6%$116.35M$60.84M139.05120Positive News
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.2016 of 5 stars
$6.77
-2.3%
$18.00
+165.9%
-44.9%$109.13M$450.98M-2.502,340Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.38
+20.6%
N/A-79.0%$105.77M$4.80M-0.38186Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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