iHeartMedia vs Sirius XM
IHRT and SIRI side by side, both in communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IHRT and SIRI compare
Sirius XM is the larger company, worth 116 times as much as iHeartMedia ($10.7B against $92.4M).
iHeartMedia grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.2% versus 0.51% for Sirius XM).
Sirius XM keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.5% compared with −5.7% at iHeartMedia.
Sirius XM pays a dividend yielding 3.4%; iHeartMedia does not pay one.
Sirius XM scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 8 for iHeartMedia), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IHRT | SIRI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $92.4M | $10.7B |
| Share price | $0.597 | $31.85 |
| Change, 1 year | −85.9% | 46.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −97.3% | −48.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.46 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 9,550 | 5,119 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 13.1× |
| P/S | 0.0× (better) | 1.2× |
| P/B | – | 0.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.6× | 9.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 1.6× (better) | 6.8× |
| FCF yield | 63.5% (better) | 14.8% |
| Fair value | $5.04 | $38.33 |
| Margin of safety | 88.2% (better) | 16.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.2% (better) | 0.51% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.6% (better) | 1.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −9.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −14.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 45.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 52.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 19.0% (better) |
| Net margin | −5.7% | 10.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 18.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 7.6% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 5.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.77 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.42 | 4.28 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.40 (better) | 0.32 |
| Altman Z-score | −0.38 | 1.46 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 3.4% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.99% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 64.3% | 85.6% |
| Held by insiders | 10.9% | 7.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $154K | $25.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 9.6% |
Go deeper
- IHRT stock overview
- IHRT income statement
- IHRT valuation and score
- SIRI stock overview
- SIRI income statement
- SIRI valuation and score
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