CGX vs. WILD, ZUM, CCA, RAY.A, CGO, Y, PNC.B, EQ, FORA, and AXV
Should you be buying Cineplex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cineplex include WildBrain (WILD), ZoomerMedia (ZUM), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Cogeco (CGO), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), EQ (EQ), VerticalScope (FORA), and Axion Ventures (AXV). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Cineplex vs. Its Competitors
WildBrain (TSE:WILD) and Cineplex (TSE:CGX) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
WildBrain presently has a consensus target price of C$1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.36%. Cineplex has a consensus target price of C$13.21, suggesting a potential upside of 23.91%. Given Cineplex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cineplex is more favorable than WildBrain.
Cineplex has a net margin of -2.83% compared to WildBrain's net margin of -38.77%. WildBrain's return on equity of 3,013.26% beat Cineplex's return on equity.
WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. WildBrain pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cineplex pays out -302.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cineplex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Cineplex had 8 more articles in the media than WildBrain. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cineplex and 2 mentions for WildBrain. WildBrain's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Cineplex's score of 0.22 indicating that WildBrain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cineplex has higher revenue and earnings than WildBrain. Cineplex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WildBrain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.4% of WildBrain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Cineplex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of WildBrain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Cineplex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WildBrain has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cineplex has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cineplex beats WildBrain on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CGX) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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