Contrasting Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) & PSQ (NYSE:PSQH)

PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) and Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for PSQ and Clear Channel Outdoor, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PSQ	0	0	0	0	N/A
Clear Channel Outdoor	0	2	1	0	2.33

Clear Channel Outdoor has a consensus target price of $1.66, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Clear Channel Outdoor’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clear Channel Outdoor is more favorable than PSQ.

Risk and Volatility

PSQ has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Channel Outdoor has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PSQ and Clear Channel Outdoor’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PSQ	N/A	N/A	$5.80 million	N/A	N/A
Clear Channel Outdoor	$2.48 billion	0.27	-$96.60 million	($0.02)	-69.47

PSQ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clear Channel Outdoor.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PSQ	N/A	-22.94%	-4.37%
Clear Channel Outdoor	-0.53%	N/A	-1.52%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.6% of PSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clear Channel Outdoor beats PSQ on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PSQ

PSQ Holdings, Inc. operates a mobile app and website that offers disposable diapers and wipes under pro-family EveryLife brand. The company is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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, Europe-South, and Other segments. The company offers 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, newsracks, and other public structures; transit displays, which are advertising surfaces within the common areas of rail stations and on various types of vehicles; and airport advertising displays. It also 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 general public in various municipalities. 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 founded in 1901 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.