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 media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNK or RDI?

Cinemark received 500 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 49.89% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 732 67.34%	Underperform Votes 355 32.66%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 49.89%	Underperform Votes 233 50.11%

Is CNK or RDI more profitable?

Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Reading International's net margin of -14.77%. Cinemark's return on equity of 69.48% beat Reading International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cinemark	7.12%	69.48%	4.48%
Reading International	-14.77%	-93.46%	-6.21%

Which has more volatility and risk, CNK or RDI?

Cinemark has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Reading International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CNK or RDI?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 5 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cinemark and 3 mentions for Reading International. Reading International's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Cinemark's score of 0.59 indicating that Reading International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cinemark	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 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

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	0.68	$188.20M	$1.45	11.69
Reading International	$222.74M	0.16	-$30.67M	-$1.47	-1.07

Do analysts recommend CNK or RDI?

Cinemark currently has a consensus price target of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.96%. Given Cinemark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cinemark is more favorable than Reading International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Cinemark beats Reading International on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.