iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

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 profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, TSQ or IHRT?

Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSQ or IHRT?

Townsquare Media received 227 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 36.23% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Townsquare Media	Outperform Votes 252 66.67%	Underperform Votes 126 33.33%
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 25 36.23%	Underperform Votes 44 63.77%

Do analysts prefer TSQ or IHRT?

Townsquare Media currently has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 46.38%. iHeartMedia has a consensus price target of $3.78, indicating a potential upside of 195.77%. Given Townsquare Media's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.

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	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is TSQ or IHRT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Townsquare Media	-9.19%	98.45%	2.73%
iHeartMedia	-24.04%	-1,197.12%	-13.04%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TSQ or IHRT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Townsquare Media	$454.23M	0.42	-$44.96M	-$2.54	-4.53
iHeartMedia	$3.74B	0.05	-$1.10B	-$6.02	-0.21

Does the media refer more to TSQ or IHRT?

In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 1 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for iHeartMedia and 15 mentions for Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.10 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Neutral
iHeartMedia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TSQ or IHRT?

71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 34.9% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.