MCS vs. AMC, FNKO, EEX, ONEW, CVEO, SSP, AGS, GHG, MCFT, and LINC
Should you be buying Marcus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marcus include AMC Entertainment (AMC), Funko (FNKO), Emerald (EEX), OneWater Marine (ONEW), Civeo (CVEO), E.W. Scripps (SSP), PlayAGS (AGS), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), and Lincoln Educational Services (LINC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marcus (NYSE:MCS) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Marcus has a net margin of 1.73% compared to AMC Entertainment's net margin of -8.24%. Marcus' return on equity of 2.66% beat AMC Entertainment's return on equity.
Marcus has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 13 more articles in the media than Marcus. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 21 mentions for Marcus. Marcus' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.30 indicating that Marcus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marcus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marcus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AMC Entertainment received 419 more outperform votes than Marcus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.03% of users gave Marcus an outperform vote while only 70.84% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote.
Marcus presently has a consensus target price of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 75.91%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.95, indicating a potential upside of 86.52%. Given AMC Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Marcus.
81.6% of Marcus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Marcus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marcus pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. AMC Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Marcus pays out 116.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AMC Entertainment pays out -1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Marcus beats AMC Entertainment on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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