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WildBrain (WILD) Competitors

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C$1.01 +0.03 (+3.06%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

WILD vs. CGX, ZUM, CGO, RAY.A, FORA, Y, PNC.B, EQ, EAGR, and GAME

Should you be buying WildBrain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WildBrain include Cineplex (CGX), ZoomerMedia (ZUM), Cogeco (CGO), Stingray Group (RAY.A), VerticalScope (FORA), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), EQ (EQ), East Side Games Group (EAGR), and GameSquare (GAME). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

WildBrain vs.

Cineplex (TSE:CGX) and WildBrain (TSE:WILD) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CineplexC$1.30B0.50-C$71.92M-C$1.12-9.18
WildBrainC$461.82M0.45-C$105.97M-C$0.51-1.98

Cineplex has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its share price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WildBrain has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cineplex has a net margin of 0.35% compared to WildBrain's net margin of -22.95%. Cineplex's return on equity of 0.00% beat WildBrain's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cineplex0.35% N/A 2.69%
WildBrain -22.95%-28.10%5.21%

Cineplex presently has a consensus price target of C$18.71, suggesting a potential upside of 82.05%. WildBrain has a consensus price target of C$1.90, suggesting a potential upside of 88.12%. Given WildBrain's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WildBrain is more favorable than Cineplex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cineplex
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
WildBrain
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Cineplex had 3 more articles in the media than WildBrain. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cineplex and 4 mentions for WildBrain. WildBrain's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Cineplex's score of -0.15 indicating that WildBrain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

24.3% of Cineplex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of WildBrain shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Cineplex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WildBrain shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cineplex received 774 more outperform votes than WildBrain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.47% of users gave Cineplex an outperform vote while only 22.73% of users gave WildBrain an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CineplexOutperform Votes
779
72.47%
Underperform Votes
296
27.53%
WildBrainOutperform Votes
5
22.73%
Underperform Votes
17
77.27%

Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.5%. WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Cineplex pays out -160.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WildBrain pays out -15.7% 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.

Summary

Cineplex beats WildBrain on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WILD vs. The Competition

MetricWildBrainEntertainment IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$208.18MC$625.38MC$1.66BC$6.08B
Dividend Yield3.39%7.24%7.07%5.33%
P/E Ratio-1.9864.68311.5226.33
Price / Sales0.4571.13128.541,427.12
Price / Cash7.867.8015.6982.02
Price / Book-20.202.733.663.06
Net Income-C$105.97M-C$14.42MC$75.12MC$291.48M
7 Day Performance-4.72%-2.87%5.71%-0.14%
1 Month Performance-8.18%-2.46%-1.38%-1.45%
1 Year Performance-21.09%3.72%10.46%42.59%

WildBrain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WILD
WildBrain
1.3574 of 5 stars
C$1.01
+3.1%
C$1.90
+88.1%
-15.8%C$208.18MC$461.82M-1.98548Gap Down
CGX
Cineplex
2.3018 of 5 stars
C$10.01
-1.3%
N/A+12.2%C$637.44MC$1.30B-8.9410,000News Coverage
ZUM
ZoomerMedia
N/AC$0.08
-3.8%
N/A+122.9%C$21.57MC$61.37M4.50N/ANews Coverage
CGO
Cogeco
2.7327 of 5 stars
C$61.78
-1.5%
N/A+31.2%C$488.68MC$3.07B7.362,219
RAY.A
Stingray Group
2.5816 of 5 stars
C$8.07
+0.2%
N/A+60.9%C$428.84MC$355.51M-27.831,000
FORA
VerticalScope
2.8702 of 5 stars
C$8.15
+2.4%
N/A+65.5%C$151.75MC$64.77M116.43140Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Y
Yellow Pages
0.6283 of 5 stars
C$10.40
-0.4%
N/A-2.2%C$141.02MC$224.79M4.26627Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.36
flat
N/AN/AC$134.31MC$404.05M-2.342,834
EQ
EQ
N/AC$1.10
+1.9%
N/A+42.9%C$76.55MC$9.86M-15.7140Upcoming Earnings
EAGR
East Side Games Group
N/AC$0.68
-1.4%
N/AN/AC$55.45MC$82.77M13.60115Gap Down
GAME
GameSquare
N/AC$1.80
+5.9%
N/A-15.1%C$54.58MC$41.49M-0.19110News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (TSE:WILD) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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