GAIA vs. GNUS, ESGC, FUBO, IMAQ, CURI, TOON, XPOF, WOW, RICK, and LIND
Should you be buying Gaia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gaia include Genius Brands International (GNUS), Eros STX Global (ESGC), fuboTV (FUBO), International Media Acquisition (IMAQ), CuriosityStream (CURI), Kartoon Studios (TOON), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), WideOpenWest (WOW), RCI Hospitality (RICK), and Lindblad Expeditions (LIND). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) and Genius Brands International (NASDAQ:GNUS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Gaia has a net margin of -6.29% compared to Genius Brands International's net margin of -87.71%. Gaia's return on equity of -5.98% beat Genius Brands International's return on equity.
40.5% of Gaia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of Genius Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 35.4% of Gaia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Genius Brands International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gaia received 123 more outperform votes than Genius Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.75% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote while only 66.85% of users gave Genius Brands International an outperform vote.
Gaia has higher revenue and earnings than Genius Brands International.
In the previous week, Gaia had 9 more articles in the media than Genius Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gaia and 0 mentions for Genius Brands International. Gaia's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Genius Brands International's score of 0.00 indicating that Gaia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gaia has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genius Brands International has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gaia beats Genius Brands International on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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