iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT – Get Rating) and Corus Entertainment (OTCMKTS: CJREF – Get Rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Valuation and Earnings:
This table compares iHeartMedia and Corus Entertainment’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue: | Price / Sales Ratio: | Net Income: | Earnings Per Share: | Price / Earnings Ratio: | |
| iHeartMedia: | $ 3.56 billion: | 0.34: | – $ 159.20 million: | $ 0.23: | 36.87: |
| Corus Entertainment: | $ 1.22 billion: | 0.49: | $ 136.09 million: | $ 0.58: | 5.16: |
Corus Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. Corus Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the most affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations:
This is a summary of recent recommendations for iHeartMedia and Corus Entertainment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings: | Hold Ratings: | Buy Ratings: | Strong Buy Ratings: | Rating Score: | |
| iHeartMedia: | 1: | 1: | 3: | 0: | 2.40: |
| Corus Entertainment: | 0: | 1: | 4: | 0: | 2.80: |
iHeartMedia currently has a consensus price target of $ 26.40, indicating a potential upside of 211.32%. Corus Entertainment has a consensus price target of $ 7.17, indicating a potential upside of 139.69%. Given iHeartMedia’s highest possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Corus Entertainment.
Profitability:
This table compares iHeartMedia and Corus Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins: | Return on Equity: | Return on Assets: | |
| iHeartMedia: | 0.92% | 5.40% | 0.52% |
| Corus Entertainment: | 9.63% | 12.65% | 3.99% |
Risk and Volatility:
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corus Entertainment has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership:
80.2% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary:
Corus Entertainment beats iHeartMedia on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
iHeartMedia Company Profile: (Get Rating)
iHeartMedia, Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Multiplatform Group, Digital Audio Group, and Audio & Media Services Group. The Multiplatform Group segment offers broadcast radio stations, sponsorship, and live and virtual events; and operates Premiere Networks, a national radio network that produces, distributes, or represents approximately 120 syndicated radio programs and services to approximately 6,400 radio station affiliates. It also delivers real-time traffic flow and incident information, and weather updates, sports, and news through approximately 2,100 radio stations and 170 television affiliates, and Internet and mobile partnerships. As of December 31, 2021, this segment owned 863 radio stations, which included 249 AM and 614 FM radio stations. The Digital Audio Group segment provides podcasting, digital sites, newsletters, digital services, and programs; and iHeartRadio, a mobile app and web-based service for radio stations, digital-only stations, custom artist stations, and podcasts. The Audio and Media Services Group segment engages in the media representation business. This segment also provides cloud and on-premises broadcast software, such as radio and television automation, music scheduling, newsroom automation, advertising sales management, disaster recovery solutions; and real-time audio recognition technology to approximately 10,000 radio and television stations, cable channels, record labels, advertisers, and agencies, as well as media streaming and research services. The company was formerly known as CC Media Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to iHeartMedia, Inc. in September 2014. iHeartMedia, Inc. is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Corus Entertainment Company Profile: (Get Rating)
Corus Entertainment Inc., a media and content company, operates specialty and conventional television networks, and radio stations in Canada and internationally. It operates in two segments, Television and Radio. The Television segment operates 33 specialty television networks and 15 conventional television stations. It is also involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs, and animation software; and merchandise licensing and book publishing activities. In addition, this segment provides social digital agency and social influencer network, as well as media and technology services. Its primary brands include Global Television, W Network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Canada, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, History, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, and Nickelodeon Canada. The Radio segment operates 39 radio stations that include a network of news-talk radio stations, as well as classic rock, country, new rock, and contemporary music formats. The company also provides children’s animated content and related consumer products under the Babar, Franklin, Max & Ruby, Hardy Boys, Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, and Esme and Roy brands; Toon Boom, a digital content and animation creation software; and Kids Can Press, a children’s publishing press. Corus Entertainment Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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