TSQ vs. ATEX, SPIR, GTN, WOW, IHRT, VOCL, CRGE, CXDO, SSP, and BZFD
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include Anterix (ATEX), Spire Global (SPIR), Gray Television (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Creatd (VOCL), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Crexendo (CXDO), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and BuzzFeed (BZFD). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Townsquare Media vs.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Anterix had 7 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Anterix and 0 mentions for Townsquare Media. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anterix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Townsquare Media. Anterix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Townsquare Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -8.84% compared to Anterix's net margin of -508.15%. Anterix's return on equity of -31.26% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 92.82%. Anterix has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.46%. Given Townsquare Media's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Anterix.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Townsquare Media received 220 more outperform votes than Anterix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote.
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Anterix beats Townsquare Media on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TSQ) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
