AMC vs. CNK, MCS, RDI, WHR, COLM, BYD, IQ, MSGS, PWSC, and HGV
Should you be buying AMC Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Entertainment include Cinemark (CNK), Marcus (MCS), Reading International (RDI), Whirlpool (WHR), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Boyd Gaming (BYD), iQIYI (IQ), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), PowerSchool (PWSC), and Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) and Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cinemark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AMC Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Cinemark pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. AMC Entertainment pays out -3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cinemark pays out 99.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AMC Entertainment received 116 more outperform votes than Cinemark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to AMC Entertainment's net margin of -6.75%. Cinemark's return on equity of 69.48% beat AMC Entertainment's return on equity.
Cinemark has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 18 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 8 mentions for Cinemark. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.30 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cinemark has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AMC Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $5.54, indicating a potential upside of 27.94%. Cinemark has a consensus price target of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Given AMC Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Cinemark.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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