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K Wave Media (KWM) Competitors

$1.73 -0.12 (-6.49%)
As of 08/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

KWM vs. RSVR, XPOF, CDRO, GAMB, CURI, SEAT, GAIA, NIPG, CNVS, and GAME

Should you be buying K Wave Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of K Wave Media include Reservoir Media (RSVR), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), Codere Online Luxembourg (CDRO), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), CuriosityStream (CURI), Vivid Seats (SEAT), Gaia (GAIA), NIP Group (NIPG), Cineverse (CNVS), and GameSquare (GAME). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

K Wave Media vs. Its Competitors

Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) and K Wave Media (NASDAQ:KWM) are both small-cap entertainment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

44.4% of Reservoir Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of K Wave Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Reservoir Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.1% of K Wave Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Reservoir Media had 1 more articles in the media than K Wave Media. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Reservoir Media and 1 mentions for K Wave Media. K Wave Media's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Reservoir Media's score of 1.81 indicating that K Wave Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Reservoir Media Very Positive
K Wave Media Very Positive

Reservoir Media has higher revenue and earnings than K Wave Media.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Reservoir Media$158.71M3.26$7.75M$0.1171.64
K Wave MediaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K Wave Media has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Reservoir Media currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.94%. Given Reservoir Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Reservoir Media is more favorable than K Wave Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Reservoir Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
K Wave Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Reservoir Media has a net margin of 4.67% compared to K Wave Media's net margin of 0.00%. Reservoir Media's return on equity of 2.07% beat K Wave Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Reservoir Media4.67% 2.07% 0.90%
K Wave Media N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Reservoir Media beats K Wave Media on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KWM vs. The Competition

MetricK Wave MediaServices – Motion Picture Production And Distribution IndustryServices SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$109.33M$1.75B$1.59B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A6.92%4.04%
P/E RatioN/AN/A4.5026.60
Price / SalesN/A76.0412.98113.73
Price / CashN/AN/A228.8959.26
Price / BookN/AN/A3.006.58
Net IncomeN/AN/A-$28.57M$265.95M
7 Day Performance-11.73%-5.78%-2.86%0.17%
1 Month Performance-54.71%-22.32%-9.59%3.90%
1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A170.04%19.67%

K Wave Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KWM
K Wave Media
N/A$1.73
-6.5%
N/AN/A$109.33MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
RSVR
Reservoir Media
3.6882 of 5 stars
$8.06
+4.9%
$11.50
+42.7%
+1.5%$503.49M$158.71M73.2880Positive News
XPOF
Xponential Fitness
3.424 of 5 stars
$8.81
+1.7%
$12.93
+46.8%
-35.1%$429.75M$316.84M-5.00400News Coverage
CDRO
Codere Online Luxembourg
1.042 of 5 stars
$8.70
+2.4%
$10.00
+14.9%
+9.3%$387.95M$217.20M0.00230News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GAMB
Gambling.com Group
3.5968 of 5 stars
$8.55
+3.0%
$16.00
+87.1%
-14.3%$296.42M$127.18M21.38230
CURI
CuriosityStream
3.5219 of 5 stars
$4.38
+5.8%
$6.17
+40.8%
+197.4%$253.73M$60.84M-48.6690Analyst Downgrade
SEAT
Vivid Seats
3.7251 of 5 stars
$16.98
+8.2%
$53.64
+215.9%
-80.9%$161.77M$775.59M0.00430Trending News
GAIA
Gaia
2.538 of 5 stars
$5.75
+9.7%
$8.00
+39.1%
+19.3%$131.38M$90.36M-30.26150
NIPG
NIP Group
N/A$2.04
+2.9%
$6.00
+194.6%
-75.0%$112.26M$85.27M0.00N/A
CNVS
Cineverse
2.3309 of 5 stars
$5.37
+11.6%
$7.25
+35.0%
+503.7%$91.75M$78.18M67.13134
GAME
GameSquare
2.6398 of 5 stars
$0.88
+12.1%
$3.00
+242.5%
-27.4%$77.37M$96.20M-0.72110Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KWM) was last updated on 8/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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