CMLS vs. EMMS, BBGI, UONEK, UONE, SGA, TCS, SOND, PMNT, COE, and TOON
Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Emmis Communications (EMMS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Urban One (UONEK), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), The Container Store Group (TCS), Sonder (SOND), Perfect Moment (PMNT), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), and Kartoon Studios (TOON). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS) and Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Emmis Communications received 57 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Emmis Communications an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.
Cumulus Media has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 253.16%. Given Emmis Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Emmis Communications.
Emmis Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cumulus Media.
Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Emmis Communications' net margin of -13.96%. Cumulus Media's return on equity of -10.85% beat Emmis Communications' return on equity.
35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held 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.
Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cumulus Media had 6 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cumulus Media and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Emmis Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Cumulus Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Emmis Communications and Cumulus Media tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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