TSQ vs. IHRT, SGA, UONE, UONEK, CMLS, KNDI, EVC, HOFT, SOWG, and ESCA
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Entravision Communications (EVC), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Sow Good (SOWG), and Escalade (ESCA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
iHeartMedia presently has a consensus target price of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 253.67%. Townsquare Media has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 52.34%. Given Townsquare Media's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.9% of Townsquare Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Townsquare Media received 228 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 36.23% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 3 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Townsquare Media and 3 mentions for iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.29 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.19% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of -24.04%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 98.45% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
Townsquare Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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