CNK vs. RDI, DIS, LYV, NWSA, AMC, MCS, TTC, HAS, ROKU, and PSO
Should you be buying Cinemark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cinemark include Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Marcus (MCS), Toro (TTC), Hasbro (HAS), Roku (ROKU), and Pearson (PSO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Cinemark received 500 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 49.89% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Reading International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cinemark has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cinemark currently has a consensus price target of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. Given Cinemark's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cinemark is more favorable than Reading International.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Reading International's net margin of -14.77%. Cinemark's return on equity of 69.48% beat Reading International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cinemark had 7 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cinemark and 1 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Reading International's score of 0.94 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cinemark beats Reading International on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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