AMC vs. CNK, MCS, RDI, WH, CHH, RRR, VFC, BC, NXST, and BYD
Should you be buying AMC Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Entertainment include Cinemark (CNK), Marcus (MCS), Reading International (RDI), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), V.F. (VFC), Brunswick (BC), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), and Boyd Gaming (BYD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 18 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 12 mentions for Cinemark. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.78 indicating that AMC Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned 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.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Cinemark's net margin of -6.75%. AMC Entertainment's return on equity of 69.48% beat Cinemark's return on equity.
AMC Entertainment received 116 more outperform votes than Cinemark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.73% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
Cinemark currently has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.10%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.54, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given AMC Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cinemark is more favorable than AMC Entertainment.
Cinemark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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