Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) and Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RDI or CNK?

Cinemark has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reading International	$222.74M	0.15	-$30.67M	-$1.47	-1.02
Cinemark	$3.07B	0.67	$188.20M	$1.45	11.59

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDI or CNK?

Cinemark received 500 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 49.79% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 49.79%	Underperform Votes 234 50.21%
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 732 67.34%	Underperform Votes 355 32.66%

Which has more risk and volatility, RDI or CNK?

Reading International has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cinemark has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RDI or CNK more profitable?

Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Cinemark's net margin of -14.77%. Reading International's return on equity of 69.48% beat Cinemark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reading International	-14.77%	-93.46%	-6.21%
Cinemark	7.12%	69.48%	4.48%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RDI or CNK?

44.7% of Reading International shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Reading International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cinemark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer RDI or CNK?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 10 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cinemark and 3 mentions for Reading International. Reading International's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Cinemark's score of 0.28 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reading International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cinemark	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RDI or CNK?

Cinemark has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.03%. Given Reading International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cinemark is more favorable than Reading International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Summary

Cinemark beats Reading International on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.