Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

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

Is RDI or CNK more profitable?

Cinemark has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Reading International's net margin of -21.22%. Cinemark's return on equity of 65.83% beat Reading International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%
Cinemark	10.16%	65.83%	6.33%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RDI or CNK?

44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Reading International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RDI or CNK?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 25 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cinemark and 1 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Reading International's score of 0.00 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reading International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cinemark	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, RDI or CNK?

Reading International has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cinemark has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RDI or CNK?

Cinemark received 531 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 45.49% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 45.49%	Underperform Votes 278 54.51%
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 763 67.28%	Underperform Votes 371 32.72%

Do analysts rate RDI or CNK?

Reading International presently has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 86.77%. Cinemark has a consensus target price of $33.10, suggesting a potential upside of 14.15%. Given Reading International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Reading International is more favorable than Cinemark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has better earnings and valuation, RDI or CNK?

Cinemark has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, 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
Reading International	$210.53M	0.14	-$30.67M	-$1.42	-0.90
Cinemark	$3.05B	1.12	$188.20M	$2.03	14.28

Summary

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