Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

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

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

44.7% of Reading International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Reading International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNK or RDI?

Cinemark received 525 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 46.77% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 757 67.29%	Underperform Votes 368 32.71%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 46.77%	Underperform Votes 264 53.23%

Does the media favor CNK or RDI?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 3 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cinemark and 2 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Reading International's score of 0.50 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cinemark	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reading International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CNK or RDI?

Cinemark presently has a consensus price target of $32.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.51%. Reading International has a consensus price target of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 63.27%. Given Reading International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reading International is more favorable than Cinemark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CNK or RDI more profitable?

Cinemark has a net margin of 8.36% compared to Reading International's net margin of -21.22%. Cinemark's return on equity of 60.21% beat Reading International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cinemark	8.36%	60.21%	4.97%
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CNK or RDI?

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
Cinemark	$3.07B	1.14	$188.20M	$1.55	18.48
Reading International	$197.27M	0.17	-$30.67M	-$1.88	-0.78

Which has more volatility and risk, CNK or RDI?

Cinemark has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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