IHRT vs. ATUS, TV, ATEX, GTN.A, GTN, WOW, SPIR, VOCL, CRGE, and CXDO
Should you be buying iHeartMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iHeartMedia include Altice USA (ATUS), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Spire Global (SPIR), Creatd (VOCL), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
iHeartMedia vs.
Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Altice USA received 488 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave Altice USA an outperform vote while only 35.62% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 13 more articles in the media than Altice USA. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for iHeartMedia and 1 mentions for Altice USA. Altice USA's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.41 indicating that Altice USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altice USA has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.8% of Altice USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Altice USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altice USA presently has a consensus price target of $2.41, suggesting a potential downside of 13.03%. iHeartMedia has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.50%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Altice USA.
Altice USA has a net margin of -1.15% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%.
Altice USA has higher revenue and earnings than iHeartMedia. Altice USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Altice USA beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IHRT) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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