KODK vs. IMAX, GPRO, BB, DAVA, CTS, PAR, VIAV, DBD, GRND, and ETWO
Should you be buying Eastman Kodak stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Kodak include IMAX (IMAX), GoPro (GPRO), BlackBerry (BB), Endava (DAVA), CTS (CTS), PAR Technology (PAR), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Grindr (GRND), and E2open Parent (ETWO).
IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) and Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
IMAX received 817 more outperform votes than Eastman Kodak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.75% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote.
IMAX has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IMAX had 3 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IMAX and 1 mentions for Eastman Kodak. IMAX's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Eastman Kodak's score of -0.02 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of IMAX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Eastman Kodak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMAX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IMAX has a net margin of 7.13% compared to IMAX's net margin of 6.80%. IMAX's return on equity of 10.61% beat Eastman Kodak's return on equity.
IMAX presently has a consensus target price of $20.57, indicating a potential upside of 25.93%. Given Eastman Kodak's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IMAX is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.
Summary
IMAX beats Eastman Kodak on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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