IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IMAX or KODK?

IMAX received 817 more outperform votes than Eastman Kodak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.75% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IMAX	Outperform Votes 996 77.75%	Underperform Votes 285 22.25%
Eastman Kodak	Outperform Votes 179 53.75%	Underperform Votes 154 46.25%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IMAX or KODK?

93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of IMAX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is IMAX or KODK more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Eastman Kodak's net margin of 6.80%. Eastman Kodak's return on equity of 10.61% beat IMAX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IMAX	7.13%	9.47%	3.93%
Eastman Kodak	6.80%	10.61%	4.35%

Do analysts prefer IMAX or KODK?

IMAX presently has a consensus price target of $20.57, suggesting a potential upside of 25.21%. Given IMAX's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IMAX is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMAX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Eastman Kodak	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IMAX or KODK?

Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Eastman Kodak 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	$374.84M	2.31	$25.33M	$0.48	34.23
Eastman Kodak	$1.12B	0.38	$75M	$0.64	8.34

Which has more volatility and risk, IMAX or KODK?

IMAX has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.56, suggesting that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IMAX or KODK?

In the previous week, IMAX had 5 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IMAX and 1 mentions for Eastman Kodak. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat IMAX's score of 0.26 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IMAX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eastman Kodak	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IMAX beats Eastman Kodak on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.