UONEK vs. TSQ, IHRT, SGA, UONE, CMLS, BBGI, SALM, SPOT, TME, and SIRI
Should you be buying Urban One stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban One include Townsquare Media (TSQ), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Sirius XM (SIRI). These companies are all part of the "radio broadcasting stations" industry.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and Urban One (NASDAQ:UONEK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Townsquare Media had 7 more articles in the media than Urban One. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Townsquare Media and 2 mentions for Urban One. Urban One's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.15 indicating that Townsquare Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Townsquare Media received 161 more outperform votes than Urban One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Urban One an outperform vote.
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Urban One shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.5% of Urban One shares are owned 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.
Urban One has a net margin of 2.84% compared to Urban One's net margin of -9.19%. Urban One's return on equity of 98.45% beat Townsquare Media's return on equity.
Townsquare Media currently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 52.89%. Given Urban One's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Urban One.
Urban One has higher revenue and earnings than Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban One has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats Urban One on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Urban One News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UONEK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UONEK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
UONEK vs. The Competition
Urban One Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
