Cineverse (CNVS) Competitors

Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) and Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CNVS or GAIA?

Cineverse presently has a consensus target price of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 81.70%. Gaia has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Cineverse's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cineverse is more favorable than Gaia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cineverse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gaia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CNVS or GAIA more profitable?

Gaia has a net margin of -7.23% compared to Cineverse's net margin of -48.58%. Gaia's return on equity of -6.90% beat Cineverse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cineverse	-48.58%	-25.87%	-11.40%
Gaia	-7.23%	-6.90%	-4.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNVS or GAIA?

Gaia received 359 more outperform votes than Cineverse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.51% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Cineverse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cineverse	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%
Gaia	Outperform Votes 364 72.51%	Underperform Votes 138 27.49%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNVS or GAIA?

8.2% of Cineverse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Gaia shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Cineverse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Gaia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CNVS or GAIA?

Gaia has higher revenue and earnings than Cineverse. Gaia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cineverse, 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
Cineverse	$45.28M	1.40	-$21.41M	-$1.61	-2.48
Gaia	$80.42M	1.74	-$5.80M	-$0.27	-22.04

Does the media prefer CNVS or GAIA?

In the previous week, Gaia had 5 more articles in the media than Cineverse. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Gaia and 11 mentions for Cineverse. Cineverse's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Gaia's score of 0.15 indicating that Cineverse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cineverse	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gaia	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CNVS or GAIA?

Cineverse has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaia has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gaia beats Cineverse on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.