MDIA vs RCI vs TSQ Stock Comparison

Mediaco Holding, Rogers Communications and Townsquare Media Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MDIA Mediaco Holding Inc.
$0.96 -9.4% 1M 0.0% 1Y
Market cap
$85.88M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$139.42M
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services
3 wins
RCI Rogers Communications Inc
$34.10 +11.6% 1M -8.4% 1Y
Market cap
$17.98B
P/E
26.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.37B
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
6 wins
TSQ Townsquare Media, Inc.
$2.08 -54.4% 1M -66.6% 1Y
Market cap
$32.63M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$429.58M
Div. yield
0.44%
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Rogers Communications leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Rogers Communications 6, Mediaco Holding 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMDIARCITSQLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $85.88M $17.98B $32.63M RCI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.3x 26.8x -0.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.3% +8.8% -2.1% MDIA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -48.9% 4.1% -11.3% RCI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -24.1% 9.6% 0.6% RCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -4.0x 2.3x 16.8x MDIA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.44% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months 0.0% -8.4% -66.6% MDIA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.9%/yr -6.4%/yr -31.6%/yr RCI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.0% 29.6% 67.6% RCI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 14/100 56/100 43/100 RCI

Percentile Scorecard

MDIARCITSQ

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

AxisMDIARCITSQ
Valuation 21 #42 of 53 77 #12 of 49 69 #17 of 53
Growth 14 #38 of 44 35 #31 of 47 19 #36 of 44
Profitability 5 #41 of 43 69 #15 of 46 33 #29 of 43
Financial Health 15 #52 of 61 44 #28 of 49 10 #55 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 57 #16 of 36 82 #6 of 29
Overall 14 56 43
  • MDIA ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • RCI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TSQ ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMDIARCITSQSPY
1 month -9.4%+11.6%-54.4% -5.9%
3 months -5.0%-1.3%-67.3% -4.6%
6 months +4.2%-6.8%-68.5% +0.2%
Year to date +65.5%-9.6%-59.5% +7.5%
1 year 0.0%-8.4%-66.6% +8.2%
3 years +62.7%-15.8%-77.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +17.6%-5.6%-38.9% +19.0%
5 years -87.3%-28.0%-85.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year -33.9%-6.4%-31.6% +9.4%
10 years —-13.3%-74.9% +251.5%
10 years, per year —-1.4%-12.9% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureMDIARCITSQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.0%29.6%67.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.8%28.0%79.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.150.140.67 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.00-0.28-0.98 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.7%-61.3%-85.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.7%-16.8%-73.0% -5.9%
52-week high $1.21$40.97$7.71 $779.14
52-week low $0.55$29.79$2.08 $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.

MultipleMDIARCITSQ
P/E now vs peer median -1.2xmedian 14.0x 27.4xmedian 11.9x -0.8xmedian 14.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 1.1x 0.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -8.0xmedian 9.6x 3.9xmedian 6.6x 18.3xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -131.6xmedian 8.0x 2.8xmedian 4.7x 3.1xmedian 8.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.6x 1.6xmedian 1.5x -0.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 0.40 -4.47median 0.27 0.20median 0.40

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 monthsMDIARCITSQ
Revenue $139.42M $16.37B $429.58M
Gross profit -$10.47M $7.23B $106.35M
Operating income -$25.72M $6.95B $2.02M
Net income -$68.21M $733.46M -$48.19M
Free cash flow -$561.00K $6.69B $12.20M
EPS (diluted) $-0.83 $1.24 $-2.69
Cash & equivalents $1.81M $2.22B $4.61M
Total debt $74.96M $30.41B $446.69M
Shares (diluted) 82.59M 541.00M 18.03M
Enterprise value $69.61M $12.56B $19.91M

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
MetricMDIARCITSQ
P/E -1.2x 27.4x -0.8x
P/FCF -131.6x 2.8x 3.1x
P/Operating cash flow 785.4x 4.0x 1.5x
P/S 0.5x 1.1x 0.1x
P/B 2.6x 1.6x -0.4x
P/Tangible book -0.5x -2.0x -0.2x
EV/EBITDA -8.0x 3.9x 18.3x
EV/EBIT -5.7x 6.7x 237.3x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 2.8x 1.1x
EV/FCF -262.0x 7.0x 39.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 1,564x 10.2x 18.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 -4.47 0.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMDIARCITSQ
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.3% 8.8% -2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 55.1% 6.7% -2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -41.5% 4.5% -11.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -65.1% 7.1% -6.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -12.4% 5.9% -96.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -131.8% 7.2% 39.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -296.6% -85.0% -351.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -57.6% -1.2% -8.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -304.1% -86.3% -340.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -38.0% -6.1% -3.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -97.6% 14.8% -44.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 7.1% -23.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -121.1% 0.3% -60.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.4% 1.0% -34.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMDIARCITSQ
Gross margin -7.5% 44.2% 24.8%
EBITDA margin -13.2% 73.5% 6.1%
Operating margin -18.4% 42.4% 0.5%
Pretax margin -47.4% 7.8% -10.4%
Net margin -48.9% 4.1% -11.3%
FCF margin -0.4% 40.9% 2.8%
Operating cash flow margin 0.1% 27.8% 5.9%
Return on equity -211.5% 6.3% –
Return on assets -24.9% 1.1% -9.7%
Return on invested capital -24.1% 9.6% 0.6%
Return on capital employed -21.9% 13.3% 0.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 6.2x -0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMDIARCITSQ
Debt / assets 27.6% 46.7% 92.0%
Debt / equity 2.6x 2.6x -5.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -4.0x 2.3x 16.8x
Debt / FCF -133.6x 4.5x 36.6x
Liabilities / assets 89.5% 82.1% 117.5%
Equity / assets 10.5% 17.9% -17.5%
Interest coverage -1.6x 4.4x 0.0x
Current ratio 0.2x 0.7x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -0.74 – -0.23

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMDIARCITSQ
Dividend yield – 5.9% 38.5%
Net buyback yield – – 2.7%
Shareholder yield – 5.9% 41.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -29.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 116.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 10.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 31.3%

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.

ConsensusMDIARCITSQ
Forward P/E – 9.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.48FY2026 $-1.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -4.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – -0.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.03BFY2026 $409.46MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -4.9%FY2026 -4.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +1.1% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMDIARCITSQ
Held by institutions 86.1% – 50.3%
Institutions holding 18 – 63
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% – +0.3%
Institutions buying 6 – 24
Institutions selling 5 – 19
Buyers to sellers 1.20 – 1.26

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.

MDIARCITSQ
MDIA 1.00 0.02 0.08
RCI 0.02 1.00 -0.06
TSQ 0.08 -0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MDIA, RCI and TSQ?

Rogers Communications (RCI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) $85.88M, Rogers Communications (RCI) $17.98B, Townsquare Media (TSQ) $32.63M.

Which company is growing faster?

Mediaco Holding (MDIA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) +14.3%, Rogers Communications (RCI) +8.8%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) -2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rogers Communications (RCI) has the highest net margin (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -48.9%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 4.1%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) -11.3%). On return on invested capital, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -24.1%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.6%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) 0.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mediaco Holding (MDIA) returned the most: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) 0.0%, Rogers Communications (RCI) -8.4%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) -66.6%. Over five years, Rogers Communications (RCI) compounded fastest (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -33.9%/yr, Rogers Communications (RCI) -6.4%/yr, Townsquare Media (TSQ) -31.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) 0.00%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 0.00%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) 0.44%. Mediaco Holding (MDIA) and Rogers Communications (RCI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rogers Communications (RCI) has been the steadiest (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) 71.0%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 29.6%, Townsquare Media (TSQ) 67.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MDIA, RCI and TSQ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads on 6. 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.