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iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

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$2.31 +0.02 (+0.87%)
(As of 04:32 PM ET)

IHRT vs. TSQ, UONE, SGA, ETM, BBGI, LILA, ATUS, TV, GTN.A, and ATEX

Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Townsquare Media (TSQ), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), Entercom Communications (ETM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Altice USA (ATUS), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Gray Television (GTN.A), and Anterix (ATEX).

iHeartMedia vs.

Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Townsquare Media presently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 71.24%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $2.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.89%. Given Townsquare Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than iHeartMedia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Townsquare Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
iHeartMedia
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 1 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Townsquare Media and 17 mentions for iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.43 indicating that Townsquare Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Townsquare Media
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
iHeartMedia
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Townsquare Media$454.23M0.33-$44.96M-$2.71-3.63
iHeartMedia$3.75B0.09-$1.10B-$6.80-0.34

Townsquare Media has a net margin of -8.84% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Townsquare Media-8.84% -57.10% 2.46%
iHeartMedia -27.04%N/A -1.00%

Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Townsquare Media received 232 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.93% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 34.72% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Townsquare MediaOutperform Votes
257
66.93%
Underperform Votes
127
33.07%
iHeartMediaOutperform Votes
25
34.72%
Underperform Votes
47
65.28%

71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 13 of the 18 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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IHRT vs. The Competition

MetriciHeartMediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$336.20M$9.32B$8.18B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A5.20%2.70%4.03%
P/E Ratio-0.3421.3517.2616.37
Price / Sales0.091.057.7190.06
Price / CashN/A3.1734.1236.42
Price / Book-0.243.793.715.98
Net Income-$1.10B-$57.38M$261.76M$225.08M
7 Day Performance5.05%-3.04%-0.94%-0.37%
1 Month Performance13.37%-6.38%0.67%4.23%
1 Year Performance9.05%-15.23%17.06%27.64%

iHeartMedia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.1979 of 5 stars
$2.31
+0.9%
$2.33
+1.0%
+25.8%$339.13M$3.75B-0.3410,800Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.3997 of 5 stars
$9.85
-1.2%
N/A+9.0%$151.59M$454.23M-3.632,159Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
UONE
Urban One
2.3261 of 5 stars
$1.66
flat
N/A-65.5%$80.39M$460.32M-0.771,160Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SGA
Saga Communications
4.5469 of 5 stars
$12.57
-4.9%
N/A-42.5%$78.69M$112.77M17.46570
ETM
Entercom Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A$33.56M$1.49B0.253,524
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
3.1991 of 5 stars
$8.62
+2.5%
N/AN/A$13.12M$238.75M5.161,127Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
LILA
Liberty Latin America
4.1755 of 5 stars
$6.94
-7.0%
N/A-6.8%$1.36B$4.51B-2.3710,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ATUS
Altice USA
2.5494 of 5 stars
$2.80
+3.7%
N/A+31.5%$1.29B$9.24B-7.5510,600Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
TV
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
3.6576 of 5 stars
$2.16
-3.1%
N/A-8.2%$1.20B$70.94B-3.0432,932Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
GTN.A
Gray Television
N/A$6.78
-2.4%
N/A-41.7%$675.76M$3.28B4.528,610Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
ATEX
Anterix
3.869 of 5 stars
$33.78
-2.3%
N/A+17.0%$627.97M$4.19M-27.6970Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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