XM or Sirius--Are either good long-term investments? Other cheap, non-penny stocks worth betting on?

I'll do homework on the suggestions, but I enjoy hearing them, along with any supporting reasoning. Thanks.

Sirius seems to be gaining market share on XM. It also has reported that it is now cash flow posititve. Personally, both are too speculative for me.

I do know of a cheap stock that might have some potential. It is on my watch list but not my buy list. LQMT. Unfortunately, it is getting cheaper every day. The company does have a product and also customers. What they are lacking is earnings.

From what I hear, you just have to wait a bit because talk is that they will merge. Meanwhile, XMSR is certainly the bigger fish than SIRI. If I were buying into either it would be XM, but my first rule is does it make a profit? (neither do), and second rule is if not is it likely to? (I suspect XM will before Sirius, as it looks to me).