Cineverse (CNVS) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Cineverse has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 104.23%. Given Cineverse's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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 MarketBeat Community prefer CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream received 30 more outperform votes than Cineverse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Cineverse an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave CuriosityStream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CuriosityStream	Outperform Votes 35 62.50%	Underperform Votes 21 37.50%
Cineverse	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%

Does the media prefer CURI or CNVS?

In the previous week, CuriosityStream had 12 more articles in the media than Cineverse. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CuriosityStream and 4 mentions for Cineverse. Cineverse's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat CuriosityStream's score of 0.10 indicating that Cineverse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CuriosityStream	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cineverse	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CURI or CNVS?

CuriosityStream has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cineverse has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Cineverse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Which has preferable 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	$51.78M	2.71	-$48.90M	-$0.28	-9.04
Cineverse	$72.47M	0.78	-$21.41M	-$1.05	-3.38

Summary

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