APPS vs EVC vs IHRT Stock Comparison

Digital Turbine, Entravision Communications and iHeartMedia Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APPS Digital Turbine, Inc.
$9.91 -11.7% 1M +54.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.19B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
1 win
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc.
$1.56 -29.7% 1M -51.2% 1Y
Market cap
$215.50M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Entravision Communications leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Entravision Communications 8, Digital Turbine 1, iHeartMedia 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPPSEVCIHRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.19B $507.41M $215.50M APPS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 134.8x -0.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.4x 7.9x — EVC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +71.4% +3.1% EVC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 0.6% -7.2% EVC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.9% 0.1% EVC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.2x 14.0x EVC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 3.27% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +54.1% +204.5% -51.2% EVC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -35.1%/yr -5.1%/yr -39.6%/yr EVC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 93.5% 99.7% 87.8% IHRT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 60/100 46/100 EVC

Percentile Scorecard

APPSEVCIHRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPPSEVCIHRT
Valuation – 72 #48 of 166 62 #21 of 53
Growth – 80 #32 of 152 65 #16 of 44
Profitability – 64 #55 of 152 44 #24 of 42
Financial Health 23 #139 of 179 31 #124 of 179 12 #54 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 52 #46 of 94 –
Overall – 60 46
  • APPS ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • EVC ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • IHRT ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPPSEVCIHRTSPY
1 month -11.7%-16.2%-29.7% +0.9%
3 months +22.0%-44.6%-55.6% +5.9%
6 months +194.1%+63.6%-69.4% +8.5%
Year to date +98.2%+108.9%-62.5% +13.3%
1 year +54.1%+204.5%-51.2% +12.4%
3 years +108.6%+80.5%-27.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year +27.8%+21.8%-10.0% +23.5%
5 years -88.5%-23.2%-92.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year -35.1%-5.1%-39.6% +11.0%
10 years +1,276.4%-9.1%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +30.0%-0.9%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPPSEVCIHRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 93.5%99.7%87.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 76.0%63.1%81.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.081.541.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.582.05-0.58 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.7%-85.0%-96.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.1%-54.6%-75.4% -0.9%
52-week high $14.39$13.48$6.33 $779.14
52-week low $2.82$1.98$1.50 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPPSEVCIHRT
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.8x 134.8xmedian 16.8x -0.9xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.4x 0.7xmedian 1.4x 0.1xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.9x 17.4xmedian 13.9x 14.7xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.4x 9.3xmedian 11.4x 5.9xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 1.8x 6.1xmedian 1.8x -0.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.36 -5.86median 0.36 -0.02median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPPSEVCIHRT
Revenue – $679.88M $3.99B
Gross profit – $347.36M $2.34B
Operating income – $20.91M $6.41M
Net income – $4.18M -$286.32M
Free cash flow – $54.33M $36.26M
EPS (diluted) – $0.04 $-1.81
Cash & equivalents $37.96M $80.79M $174.44M
Total debt $360.96M $157.27M $5.04B
Shares (diluted) 120.47M 102.86M 157.71M
Enterprise value $1.03B $223.25M -$554.84M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPPSEVCIHRT
P/E – 134.8x -0.9x
P/FCF – 9.3x 5.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 8.0x 1.8x
P/S – 0.7x 0.1x
P/B 5.9x 6.1x -0.1x
P/Tangible book -69.3x -12.8x -0.1x
EV/EBITDA – 17.4x 14.7x
EV/EBIT – 27.8x 792.7x
EV/Revenue – 0.9x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 10.7x 140.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.1x 42.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -5.86 -0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPPSEVCIHRT
Revenue growth (1Y) – 71.4% 3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 46.1% 1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 47.2% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 21.0% -0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 122.1% -96.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 10.1% 26.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 103.5% 23.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -17.6% 40.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 103.1% 25.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -23.0% 41.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 292.3% 138.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 0.3% -24.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 606.7% 181.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.8% -34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPPSEVCIHRT
Gross margin – 51.1% 58.8%
EBITDA margin – 4.9% 8.7%
Operating margin – 3.1% 0.2%
Pretax margin – 1.3% -10.5%
Net margin – 0.6% -7.2%
FCF margin – 8.0% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 9.4% 3.0%
Return on equity – 5.6% –
Return on assets – 0.9% -5.9%
Return on invested capital – 4.9% 0.1%
Return on capital employed – 7.5% 0.2%
Asset turnover – 1.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 15.2x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.7% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPPSEVCIHRT
Debt / assets 42.9% 34.9% 103.9%
Debt / equity 1.8x 1.9x -2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.2x 14.0x
Debt / FCF – 2.9x 139.1x
Liabilities / assets 76.2% 81.5% 141.4%
Equity / assets 23.8% 18.5% -41.4%
Interest coverage – 1.5x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.5x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.4x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 0.48 -0.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPPSEVCIHRT
Dividend yield – 3.3% –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 3.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPPSEVCIHRT
Forward P/E 13.4xFY2026 7.9xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.74FY2026 $0.77FY2027 $-0.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.1%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +32.4% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $690.88MFY2026 $1.07BFY2027 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.2%FY2026 +139.4%FY2027 +0.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.6% – +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPPSEVCIHRT
Held by institutions 64.5% 68.8% 72.1%
Institutions holding 211 147 136
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.1% +21.1% +6.6%
Institutions buying 128 108 73
Institutions selling 62 27 50
Buyers to sellers 2.06 4.00 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APPSEVCIHRT
APPS 1.00 0.28 0.16
EVC 0.28 1.00 0.19
IHRT 0.16 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APPS, EVC and IHRT?

Digital Turbine (APPS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Digital Turbine (APPS) $1.19B, Entravision Communications (EVC) $507.41M, iHeartMedia (IHRT) $215.50M.

Which company is growing faster?

Entravision Communications (EVC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Entravision Communications (EVC) +71.4%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) +3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Entravision Communications (EVC) has the highest net margin (Entravision Communications (EVC) 0.6%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -7.2%). On return on invested capital, Entravision Communications (EVC) leads (Entravision Communications (EVC) 4.9%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 0.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Entravision Communications (EVC) returned the most: Digital Turbine (APPS) +54.1%, Entravision Communications (EVC) +204.5%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -51.2%. Over five years, Entravision Communications (EVC) compounded fastest (Digital Turbine (APPS) -35.1%/yr, Entravision Communications (EVC) -5.1%/yr, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -39.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Entravision Communications (EVC) 3.27%. Digital Turbine (APPS) and iHeartMedia (IHRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, iHeartMedia (IHRT) has been the steadiest (Digital Turbine (APPS) 93.5%, Entravision Communications (EVC) 99.7%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 87.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APPS, EVC and IHRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Entravision Communications (EVC) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.