AMC vs. CNK, MCS, RDI, WH, PLNT, CHH, BC, RRR, NXST, and COLM
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), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Brunswick (BC), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), and Columbia Sportswear (COLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both 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.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Cinemark's net margin of -6.75%. AMC Entertainment's return on equity of 69.48% beat Cinemark's return on equity.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 21 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 10 mentions for Cinemark. AMC Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Cinemark's score of 0.42 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 67.40% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
Cinemark has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Cinemark currently has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.49%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.54, suggesting a potential upside of 21.76%. Given Cinemark's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Cinemark.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment 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.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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