Contrasting Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) and Pop Culture Group (NASDAQ:CPOP)

Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) and Pop Culture Group (NASDAQ:CPOP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Clear Channel Outdoor and Pop Culture Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clear Channel Outdoor	2	2	2	1	2.29
Pop Culture Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Clear Channel Outdoor currently has a consensus price target of $2.18, indicating a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Clear Channel Outdoor’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clear Channel Outdoor is more favorable than Pop Culture Group.

Profitability

This table compares Clear Channel Outdoor and Pop Culture Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clear Channel Outdoor	1.25%	N/A	-2.52%
Pop Culture Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Clear Channel Outdoor has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pop Culture Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.5% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Pop Culture Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clear Channel Outdoor and Pop Culture Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clear Channel Outdoor	$1.54 billion	0.60	-$179.25 million	$0.04	46.63
Pop Culture Group	$65.19 million	0.04	-$12.41 million	N/A	N/A

Pop Culture Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clear Channel Outdoor.

Summary

Clear Channel Outdoor beats Pop Culture Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. operates as an out-of-home advertising company in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through America, Airports, Europe-North, and Other segments. The company provides advertising services through billboards, including bulletins and posters, as well as spectaculars, which are customized display structures with videos, multi-dimensional lettering and figures, mechanical devices, moving parts, and other embellishments; street furniture displays, such as advertising surfaces on bus shelters, information kiosks, news racks, and other public structures; transit displays for rail stations and on various types of vehicles; retail displays; and airport advertising displays. It offers solutions, such as RADARView, an audience and campaign planning tool, which analyzes historical mobile location data; RADARConnect, a campaign amplification solution that delivers ads across mobile and other devices to re-target audience groups exposed to an out-of-home advertisement; RADARProof, a campaign measurement and attribution solutions which analyzes anonymized and/or aggregated data; and RADARSync, a data integration platform that uses customer data across the tools for customized application of solutions to customers' specific audience targets and goals. In addition, the company sells street furniture equipment; provides cleaning and maintenance services; and operates public bike programs, a public bicycle rental program that offers bicycles for rent to the public. The company was formerly known as Eller Media Company and changed its name to Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. in August 2005. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

About Pop Culture Group

Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd hosts entertainment events to corporate clients in China. The company hosts concerts and hip-hop related events, including stage plays, dance competitions, cultural and musical festivals, and promotional parties, as well as creates hip-hop related online programs; and provides event planning and execution services comprising communication, planning, design, production, reception, execution, and analysis services to advertising and media service providers, industry associations, and companies in a range of industries, such as consumer goods, real estate, tourism, entertainment, technology, e-commerce, education, and sports. It also offers marketing services, including brand promotion, such as trademark and logo design, visual identity system design, brand positioning and personality design, and digital solutions; and other services, including digital collection sales, music recording services, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software services, and advertisement distribution services to corporate clients. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Xiamen, China. Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd is a subsidiary of Joya Enterprises Limited.