SIRI vs. CMLS, CHTR, LBTYA, AMCX, CMCSA, TME, TSQ, IHRT, SGA, and UONE
Should you be buying Sirius XM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sirius XM include Cumulus Media (CMLS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Townsquare Media (TSQ), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), and Urban One (UONE).
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 9 more articles in the media than Cumulus Media. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sirius XM and 1 mentions for Cumulus Media. Sirius XM's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.56 indicating that Cumulus Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sirius XM has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Sirius XM's net margin of -13.18%. Sirius XM's return on equity of -16.78% beat Cumulus Media's return on equity.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Cumulus Media. Cumulus Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sirius XM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cumulus Media currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 307.73%. Sirius XM has a consensus price target of $4.33, indicating a potential upside of 53.45%. Given Sirius XM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Sirius XM.
Sirius XM received 631 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.51% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.
48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sirius XM beats Cumulus Media on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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