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WildBrain (WILD) Competitors

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C$1.87 -0.01 (-0.53%)
As of 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

WILD vs. CGX, ZUM, CGO, RAY.A, FORA, Y, PNC.B, EQ, AXV, 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), Axion Ventures (AXV), and GameSquare (GAME). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

WildBrain vs.

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

45.4% of WildBrain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Cineplex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of WildBrain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Cineplex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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 18.3%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WildBrain-38.77% 3,013.26% 5.21%
Cineplex -2.83%172.20%2.69%

WildBrain currently has a consensus price target of C$1.88, indicating a potential upside of 0.71%. Cineplex has a consensus price target of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.25%. Given Cineplex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cineplex is more favorable than WildBrain.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WildBrain
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cineplex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cineplex received 776 more outperform votes than WildBrain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.52% of users gave Cineplex an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave WildBrain an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WildBrainOutperform Votes
5
20.00%
Underperform Votes
20
80.00%
CineplexOutperform Votes
781
72.52%
Underperform Votes
296
27.48%

In the previous week, WildBrain and WildBrain both had 1 articles in the media. WildBrain's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Cineplex's score of 0.00 indicating that WildBrain is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
WildBrainC$461.85M0.85-C$179.06M-C$0.86-2.17
CineplexC$1.32B0.47-C$37.37M-C$0.59-16.56

Summary

Cineplex beats WildBrain on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WILD vs. The Competition

MetricWildBrainEntertainment IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$392.46MC$775.99MC$3.45BC$5.66B
Dividend Yield3.39%3.63%6.77%6.44%
P/E Ratio-2.175.8225.3229.82
Price / Sales0.8589.41187.97617.30
Price / Cash7.868.3616.1483.35
Price / Book1.972.584.573.65
Net Income-C$179.06MC$3.21MC$144.13MC$300.69M
7 Day Performance-2.09%0.15%-0.53%-0.92%
1 Month Performance-1.06%-2.23%-0.70%-0.24%
1 Year Performance68.47%5.38%9.39%14.71%

WildBrain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WILD
WildBrain
0.495 of 5 stars
C$1.87
-0.5%
C$1.88
+0.7%
+68.5%C$392.46MC$461.85M-2.17548
CGX
Cineplex
2.003 of 5 stars
C$9.95
+1.5%
C$20.00
+101.0%
+33.5%C$628.36MC$1.32B-16.7410,000
ZUM
ZoomerMedia
N/AC$0.08
-6.3%
N/A+200.0%C$21.57MC$61.37M4.50N/AGap Down
CGO
Cogeco
2.3237 of 5 stars
C$60.88
+0.7%
C$81.67
+34.1%
+8.6%C$577.97MC$3.05B6.262,219
RAY.A
Stingray Group
1.7309 of 5 stars
C$9.01
+0.3%
C$10.88
+20.7%
+16.2%C$478.79MC$355.51M-31.071,000
FORA
VerticalScope
1.9275 of 5 stars
C$9.56
+2.0%
C$16.94
+77.2%
+8.2%C$150.62MC$49.94M53.82140
Y
Yellow Pages
0.5007 of 5 stars
C$10.39
-2.8%
C$10.50
+1.1%
+7.5%C$143.03MC$222.65M4.11627News Coverage
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.01
flat
N/AN/AC$99.75MC$404.05M-1.742,834
EQ
EQ
N/AC$1.02
+2.0%
N/A-8.1%C$70.99MC$9.70M-15.2240
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080News Coverage
GAME
GameSquare
N/AC$1.80
+5.9%
N/AN/AC$38.37MC$58.92M-1.52110Gap Up
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