AMCX vs. WOW, IDEX, LILA, CABO, GTN, MBUU, SWBI, RGR, RSVR, and BALY
Should you be buying AMC Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Networks include WideOpenWest (WOW), Ideanomics (IDEX), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Cable One (CABO), Gray Television (GTN), Malibu Boats (MBUU), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Reservoir Media (RSVR), and Bally's (BALY).
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
AMC Networks has higher revenue and earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMC Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AMC Networks had 18 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AMC Networks and 0 mentions for WideOpenWest. AMC Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.48 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of AMC Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of AMC Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WideOpenWest currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.63%. AMC Networks has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential downside of 24.73%. Given AMC Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than AMC Networks.
AMC Networks received 70 more outperform votes than WideOpenWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.41% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.
WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Networks has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AMC Networks has a net margin of 6.09% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -39.16%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of 23.57% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.
Summary
AMC Networks beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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