AMC Networks (AMCX) Competitors

AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMCX or CMCSA?

78.5% of AMC Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of AMC Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AMCX or CMCSA?

AMC Networks has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AMCX or CMCSA?

In the previous week, Comcast had 36 more articles in the media than AMC Networks. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Comcast and 9 mentions for AMC Networks. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat AMC Networks' score of 0.95 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AMC Networks	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Comcast	35 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer AMCX or CMCSA?

AMC Networks presently has a consensus target price of $5.38, suggesting a potential downside of 16.92%. Comcast has a consensus target price of $42.10, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than AMC Networks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMC Networks	4 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
Comcast	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AMCX or CMCSA?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than AMC Networks. AMC Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comcast, 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
AMC Networks	$2.38B	0.12	-$226.55M	-$5.94	-1.09
Comcast	$123.56B	1.08	$16.19B	$4.07	8.74

Is AMCX or CMCSA more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -9.36%. Comcast's return on equity of 19.98% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMC Networks	-9.36%	18.61%	4.14%
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMCX or CMCSA?

Comcast received 777 more outperform votes than AMC Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.35% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMC Networks	Outperform Votes 524 54.13%	Underperform Votes 444 45.87%
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1301 77.35%	Underperform Votes 381 22.65%

Summary

Comcast beats AMC Networks on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.