iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IHRT or TSQ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iHeartMedia	$3.75B	0.04	-$1.10B	-$6.02	-0.15
Townsquare Media	$454.23M	0.37	-$44.96M	-$2.54	-4.33

Does the media prefer IHRT or TSQ?

In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 7 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Townsquare Media and 2 mentions for iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.28 indicating that Townsquare Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iHeartMedia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Townsquare Media	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, IHRT or TSQ?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IHRT or TSQ?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 25 36.23%	Underperform Votes 44 63.77%
Townsquare Media	Outperform Votes 253 66.75%	Underperform Votes 126 33.25%

Do analysts prefer IHRT or TSQ?

iHeartMedia presently has a consensus price target of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 265.17%. Townsquare Media has a consensus price target of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 52.89%. Given iHeartMedia's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iHeartMedia	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Townsquare Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is IHRT or TSQ more profitable?

Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.19% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -24.04%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 98.45% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.

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

Summary

Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.