ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) vs Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ)

ACCESS Newswire Inc. and Townsquare Media, Inc. are both Advertising Agencies companies. Townsquare Media, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $37.9M against $13.4M — 2.8× the size. ACCESS Newswire Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.42% against −2.08%. Townsquare Media, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −7.63%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.35% vs −4.47%). Across the 19 metrics below, Townsquare Media, Inc. leads on 10 and ACCESS Newswire Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
P/E n/m n/m 21.69
P/S 0.60 0.09 0.73
P/B 0.46 n/m 1.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.27 8.36
EV/EBITDA 10.43 17.26 11.66
EV/Sales 0.56 1.12 0.96
Earnings yield (12.61%) (131.66%) (2.98%)
Free cash flow yield (10.19%) 44.14% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 74.86% 24.76% 44.67%
Operating margin (8.77%) 0.47% 0.00%
Net margin (7.63%) 0.00% (2.95%)
Free cash flow margin 1.48% 5.93% 0.00%
Return on equity (5.72%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets (4.00%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (4.47%) 0.35% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.42%) (2.08%) 2.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 139.36% 12.35% 44.63%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.07% 2.85% 5.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.30% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 0.04 (5.26) 0.04
Current ratio 0.82 1.04 1.72
Net debt to EBITDA (0.34) 6.24 0.02

Dividend

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — 38.46% 3.66%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ACCS TSQ Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 13.36m 37.92m 60.75m

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