Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ – Get Free Report) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Townsquare Media and Liberty Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Townsquare Media | -3.41% | -41.58% | 3.15% |
| Liberty Global | -4.25% | -1.15% | -0.53% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Townsquare Media and Liberty Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Townsquare Media | $450.98 million | 0.26 | -$10.93 million | ($1.33) | -5.45 |
| Liberty Global | $4.34 billion | 0.82 | $1.59 billion | ($0.97) | -10.49 |
Liberty Global has higher revenue and earnings than Townsquare Media. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Townsquare Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.2% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Townsquare Media and Liberty Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Townsquare Media | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Liberty Global | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 134.48%. Given Townsquare Media’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Townsquare Media
Townsquare Media, Inc. operates as a digital media and marketing solutions company in small and medium-sized businesses. It operates through three segments: Subscription Digital Marketing Solutions, Digital Advertising, and Broadcast Advertising. The Subscription Digital Marketing Solutions segment offers website design, creation, and development, as well as hosting services; and search engine optimization, online directory optimization, e-commerce solutions, online reputation monitoring, social media management, appointment scheduling, payment and invoice, customer management, and email and SMS marketing services. The Digital Advertising segment provides digital advertising on its owned and operated, digital programmatic advertising, and data analytics and management platform. The Broadcast Advertising segment engages in the sale of advertising on local radio stations to local, regional, and national spot advertisers, as well as national network advertisers. It also owns and operates live events, including concerts, expositions, and other experiential events; and operates local media under the WYRK.com, WJON.com, and NJ101.5.com brands, as well as national music under the XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, UltimateClassicRock.com, and Loudwire.com brands. The company was formerly known as Regent Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Townsquare Media, Inc. in May 2010. Townsquare Media, Inc. is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband internet, video, fixed-line telephony, and mobile communications services to residential and business customers. It offers value-added broadband services, such as WiFi features, security, anti-virus, firewall, spam protection, smart home services, online storage solutions, and web spaces; and Connect Box that delivers in-home Wi-Fi service. The company provides various tiers of digital video programming and audio services, as well as digital video recorders and multimedia home gateway systems; Horizon 5, a cloud-based, multi-screen entertainment platform that combines linear television, including recording and replay features and video-on-demand services; Horizon Go, an online mobile app; and channels, including general entertainment, sports, movies, series, documentaries, lifestyles, news, adult, children, and ethnic and foreign channels. In addition, it offers postpaid and prepaid mobile services; circuit-switched telephony services; and personal call manager, unified messaging, and a second or third phone line at an incremental cost. Further, the company offers business services comprising voice, advanced data, video, wireless, cloud-based services, and mobile and converged fixed-mobile services to small or home offices, small businesses, and medium and large enterprises, as well as on a wholesale basis to other operators. It operates in Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Slovakia, and internationally. Liberty Global Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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