Reading International (RDI) Competitors

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DIS or RDI?

65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Reading International 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, DIS or RDI?

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DIS or RDI?

Walt Disney currently has a consensus price target of $125.44, indicating a potential upside of 15.12%. Reading International has a consensus price target of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 75.18%. Given Reading International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Reading International is more favorable than Walt Disney.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Walt Disney	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DIS or RDI?

Walt Disney received 1762 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.27% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 46.12% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Walt Disney	Outperform Votes 1994 71.27%	Underperform Votes 804 28.73%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 46.12%	Underperform Votes 271 53.88%

Does the media refer more to DIS or RDI?

In the previous week, Walt Disney had 95 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Walt Disney and 3 mentions for Reading International. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Reading International's score of 0.96 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney	70 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reading International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DIS or RDI more profitable?

Walt Disney has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Reading International's net margin of -21.22%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 9.95% beat Reading International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Walt Disney	6.07%	9.95%	5.33%
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DIS or RDI?

Walt Disney has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, 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
Walt Disney	$92.50B	2.13	$4.97B	$3.07	35.49
Reading International	$197.27M	0.16	-$30.67M	-$1.88	-0.73

Summary

Walt Disney beats Reading International on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.