Idw Media (OTCMKTS:IDWM – Get Free Report) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Idw Media and Sirius XM”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Idw Media | $26.47 million | 0.38 | -$1.39 million | ($217.98) | -0.16 |
| Sirius XM | $8.90 billion | 0.82 | -$1.67 billion | $2.83 | 7.67 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.4% of Idw Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. 28.5% of Idw Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sirius XM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Idw Media and Sirius XM’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Idw Media | -7.66% | -9.44% | -8.12% |
| Sirius XM | -26.41% | 3.73% | 1.51% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Idw Media and Sirius XM, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Idw Media | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sirius XM | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.20 |
Sirius XM has a consensus target price of $24.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Sirius XM’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sirius XM is more favorable than Idw Media.
Risk & Volatility
Idw Media has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sirius XM beats Idw Media on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Idw Media
IDW Media Holdings, Inc., a diversified media company, engages in the publishing and television entertainment businesses worldwide. It operates through IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment segments. The IDW Publishing segment publishes comic books, graphic novels, and digital content through its imprints IDW, Top Shelf Productions, and Artist’s Editions. The IDW Entertainment segment develops, produces, and distributes content in various formats, including film and television. The company was formerly known as CTM Media Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to IDW Media Holdings, Inc. in July 2015. IDW Media Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
About Sirius XM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. operates as an audio entertainment company in North America. It operates in two segments, Sirius XM, and Pandora and Off-platform. The company’s Sirius XM segment provides music, sports, entertainment, comedy, talk, news, traffic and weather channels, and other content, as well as podcast and infotainment services on subscription fee basis; and live, curated, and exclusive and on demand programming services through satellite radio systems and streamed through applications for mobile and home devices, and other consumer electronic equipment. This segment also distributes satellite radios through automakers and retailers, as well as its website; podcasts, including true crime, news, politics, music, comedy, sports, and entertainment; and offers location-based services through two-way wireless connectivity, including safety, security, convenience, maintenance and data, remote vehicles diagnostic, and stolen or parked vehicle locator services. In addition, this segment provides music channels on the DISH Network satellite television service as a programming package; Travel Link, a suite of data services that include graphical weather, fuel prices, sports schedule and scores, and movie listings; graphic information related to road closings, traffic flow, and incident data for consumers with in-vehicle navigation systems; real-time weather services in vehicles, boats, and planes; and music programming and commercial-free music services for office, restaurants, and other business. Its Pandora and Off-platform segment operates music, comedy, and podcast streaming platform, which offers personalized experience for listener through computers, tablets, mobile devices, vehicle speakers, and connected devices; and provides advertising services. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in New York.
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