NCMI vs. MEET, QUOT, CCO, GOOG, OMC, LAMR, IPG, ANGI, THRY, and TZOO
Should you be buying National CineMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National CineMedia include The Meet Group (MEET), Quotient Technology (QUOT), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Alphabet (GOOG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Angi (ANGI), Thryv (THRY), and Travelzoo (TZOO).
National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) and The Meet Group (NASDAQ:MEET) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
69.5% of National CineMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of The Meet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of The Meet Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National CineMedia presently has a consensus target price of $6.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.02%. Given National CineMedia's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe National CineMedia is more favorable than The Meet Group.
National CineMedia has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Meet Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Meet Group had 40 more articles in the media than National CineMedia. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for The Meet Group and 5 mentions for National CineMedia. National CineMedia's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat The Meet Group's score of 0.00 indicating that National CineMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National CineMedia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Meet Group. National CineMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Meet Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National CineMedia has a net margin of 426.76% compared to The Meet Group's net margin of 6.20%. The Meet Group's return on equity of 18.39% beat National CineMedia's return on equity.
National CineMedia received 108 more outperform votes than The Meet Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.58% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote while only 63.97% of users gave The Meet Group an outperform vote.
Summary
National CineMedia beats The Meet Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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