AMC Networks (AMCX) Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer CMCSA or AMCX?

Comcast currently has a consensus price target of $43.64, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. AMC Networks has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than AMC Networks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
AMC Networks	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Is CMCSA or AMCX more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -9.36%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.98% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%
AMC Networks	-9.36%	18.61%	4.14%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CMCSA or AMCX?

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of AMC Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of AMC Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CMCSA or AMCX?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than AMC Networks. AMC Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comcast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comcast	$123.73B	1.13	$16.19B	$4.15	8.90
AMC Networks	$2.42B	0.13	-$226.55M	-$5.25	-1.33

Does the media refer more to CMCSA or AMCX?

In the previous week, Comcast had 58 more articles in the media than AMC Networks. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Comcast and 5 mentions for AMC Networks. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat AMC Networks' score of 0.68 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	47 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMC Networks	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CMCSA or AMCX?

Comcast has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AMC Networks has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMCSA or AMCX?

Comcast received 775 more outperform votes than AMC Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.72% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 54.37% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1298 77.72%	Underperform Votes 372 22.28%
AMC Networks	Outperform Votes 523 54.37%	Underperform Votes 439 45.63%

Summary

Comcast beats AMC Networks on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.