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WildBrain (WILD) Competitors

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C$2.01 -0.02 (-0.99%)
As of 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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

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), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Yellow Pages (Y), EQ (EQ), VerticalScope (FORA), Axion Ventures (AXV), and East Side Games Group (EAGR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

WildBrain vs. Its Competitors

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

Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cineplex pays out -302.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WildBrain pays out -9.3% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$13.08, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. WildBrain has a consensus target price of C$1.88, suggesting a potential downside of 6.30%. Given Cineplex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cineplex is more favorable than WildBrain.

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

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$1.32B0.53-C$37.37M-C$0.59-18.49
WildBrainC$461.85M0.91-C$179.06M-C$0.86-2.33

In the previous week, WildBrain had 3 more articles in the media than Cineplex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WildBrain and 0 mentions for Cineplex. Cineplex's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat WildBrain's score of 0.40 indicating that Cineplex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

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
Cineplex-2.83% 172.20% 2.69%
WildBrain -38.77%3,013.26%5.21%

Summary

Cineplex beats WildBrain on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WILD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WILD vs. The Competition

MetricWildBrainEntertainment IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$421.84MC$813.86MC$3.38BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield3.39%3.63%6.85%6.72%
P/E Ratio-2.337.0821.3163.43
Price / Sales0.9192.80139.871,251.00
Price / Cash7.868.9616.5283.29
Price / Book2.124.155.194.87
Net Income-C$179.06MC$3.19MC$144.97MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.37%-4.44%-1.67%-2.26%
1 Month Performance-5.63%-0.28%3.37%0.81%
1 Year Performance42.55%7.56%24.20%26.63%

WildBrain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WILD
WildBrain
0.3647 of 5 stars
C$2.01
-1.0%
C$1.88
-6.3%
+37.7%C$421.84MC$461.85M-2.33548News Coverage
CGX
Cineplex
1.839 of 5 stars
C$11.07
-0.3%
C$18.79
+69.7%
+21.7%C$699.09MC$1.32B-18.6310,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ZUM
ZoomerMedia
N/AC$0.08
-6.3%
N/A+200.0%C$21.57MC$61.37M4.50N/AGap Down
CGO
Cogeco
3.4711 of 5 stars
C$62.92
+2.3%
C$82.00
+30.3%
+7.4%C$597.34MC$3.05B6.472,219
RAY.A
Stingray Group
1.7096 of 5 stars
C$10.26
-1.0%
C$11.50
+12.1%
+30.0%C$545.22MC$355.51M-35.381,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.50
flat
N/A+11.9%C$148.14MC$404.05M-2.592,834Gap Up
Y
Yellow Pages
0.9808 of 5 stars
C$10.50
-6.8%
C$10.50
+15.4%C$144.54MC$222.65M4.15627High Trading Volume
EQ
EQ
N/AC$0.97
flat
N/A-11.0%C$67.51MC$9.70M-14.4840News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FORA
VerticalScope
2.8465 of 5 stars
C$4.09
+2.8%
C$10.45
+155.5%
-55.1%C$64.44MC$49.94M23.03140News Coverage
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
EAGR
East Side Games Group
N/AC$0.47
-2.1%
N/A-40.6%C$38.32MC$83.35M10.57115Gap Down

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