IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) and Coty (NYSE:COTY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer IMAX or COTY?

IMAX presently has a consensus price target of $30.56, suggesting a potential upside of 41.40%. Coty has a consensus price target of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 76.92%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than IMAX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IMAX or COTY?

93.5% of IMAX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of IMAX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IMAX or COTY more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. IMAX's return on equity of 8.60% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IMAX	7.40%	8.60%	3.67%
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%

Does the media favor IMAX or COTY?

In the previous week, IMAX had 6 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for IMAX and 25 mentions for Coty. IMAX's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Coty's score of -0.05 indicating that IMAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IMAX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coty	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IMAX or COTY?

Coty has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMAX, 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
IMAX	$352.21M	3.25	$25.33M	$0.49	44.10
Coty	$6.09B	0.67	$89.40M	-$0.01	-469.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMAX or COTY?

IMAX received 487 more outperform votes than Coty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.77% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1039 77.77%	Underperform Votes 297 22.23%
Coty	Outperform Votes 552 54.65%	Underperform Votes 458 45.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, IMAX or COTY?

IMAX has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coty has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IMAX beats Coty on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.