CGX vs. WILD, CGO, BRAG, FORA, CCA, Y, EAGR, TGO, EGLX, and GVC
Should you be buying Cineplex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cineplex include WildBrain (WILD), Cogeco (CGO), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), VerticalScope (FORA), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Yellow Pages (Y), East Side Games Group (EAGR), TeraGo (TGO), Enthusiast Gaming (EGLX), and Glacier Media (GVC). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
WildBrain (TSE:WILD) and Cineplex (TSE:CGX) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.8%. WildBrain pays out -38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cineplex pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
WildBrain has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cineplex has a beta of 2.84, meaning that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WildBrain currently has a consensus price target of C$2.17, indicating a potential upside of 102.49%. Cineplex has a consensus price target of C$12.88, indicating a potential upside of 43.53%. Given Cineplex's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe WildBrain is more favorable than Cineplex.
Cineplex received 770 more outperform votes than WildBrain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.63% of users gave Cineplex an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave WildBrain an outperform vote.
46.7% of WildBrain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Cineplex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of WildBrain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Cineplex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cineplex has higher revenue and earnings than WildBrain. WildBrain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cineplex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cineplex had 2 more articles in the media than WildBrain. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cineplex and 2 mentions for WildBrain. WildBrain's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Cineplex's score of 0.36 indicating that Cineplex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cineplex has a net margin of 12.04% compared to Cineplex's net margin of -7.15%. WildBrain's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cineplex's return on equity.
Summary
Cineplex beats WildBrain on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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