CNK vs. AMC, SIX, CMPR, VSTO, VZIO, SONO, FUN, CABO, MBC, and MLKN
Should you be buying Cinemark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cinemark include AMC Entertainment (AMC), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cimpress (CMPR), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Cedar Fair (FUN), Cable One (CABO), MasterBrand (MBC), and MillerKnoll (MLKN). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
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 123 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 127 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 4 mentions for Cinemark. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.13 indicating that AMC Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 67.47% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $5.54, indicating a potential upside of 25.62%. Cinemark has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Cinemark's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Cinemark.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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