Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CNK or RDI?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CNK or RDI?

Cinemark has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% 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.

Does the media prefer CNK or RDI?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 11 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cinemark and 2 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Reading International's score of -0.08 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cinemark	Positive
Reading International	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNK or RDI?

Cinemark received 530 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 45.94% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 762 67.26%	Underperform Votes 371 32.74%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 45.94%	Underperform Votes 273 54.06%

Do analysts rate CNK or RDI?

Cinemark presently has a consensus target price of $32.70, suggesting a potential upside of 27.44%. Reading International has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 73.91%. Given Reading International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$3.05B	1.03	$188.20M	$2.03	12.64
Reading International	$197.27M	0.16	-$30.67M	-$1.88	-0.73

Is CNK or RDI 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
Cinemark	10.16%	65.83%	6.33%
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%

Summary

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