Cineverse (CNVS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CURI or CNVS?

6.8% of CuriosityStream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Cineverse shares are held by institutional investors. 49.6% of CuriosityStream shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Cineverse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Cineverse has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 181.01%. Given Cineverse's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cineverse is more favorable than CuriosityStream.

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

Does the media favor CURI or CNVS?

In the previous week, Cineverse had 3 more articles in the media than CuriosityStream. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cineverse and 2 mentions for CuriosityStream. CuriosityStream's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Cineverse's score of 0.47 indicating that CuriosityStream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CuriosityStream	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cineverse	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CURI or CNVS?

Cineverse has higher revenue and earnings than CuriosityStream. CuriosityStream 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
CuriosityStream	$51.13M	2.79	-$48.90M	-$0.24	-10.33
Cineverse	$72.47M	0.57	-$21.41M	-$1.05	-2.46

Which has more risk & volatility, CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cineverse has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CURI or CNVS more profitable?

Cineverse has a net margin of -16.52% compared to CuriosityStream's net margin of -28.56%. Cineverse's return on equity of 7.33% beat CuriosityStream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CuriosityStream	-28.56%	-22.18%	-15.81%
Cineverse	-16.52%	7.33%	3.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream received 31 more outperform votes than Cineverse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Cineverse an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave CuriosityStream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CuriosityStream	Outperform Votes 36 63.16%	Underperform Votes 21 36.84%
Cineverse	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Summary

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