AMCX vs. WOW, UTI, RICK, RSVR, NRDY, VTRU, BALY, JOUT, MCS, and GTN
Should you be buying AMC Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Networks include WideOpenWest (WOW), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Nerdy (NRDY), Vitru (VTRU), Bally's (BALY), Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), Marcus (MCS), and Gray Television (GTN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) 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, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
AMC Networks has a net margin of 7.95% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -41.90%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of 30.42% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.
AMC Networks received 70 more outperform votes than WideOpenWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.49% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.
WideOpenWest currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 130.55%. AMC Networks has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. Given AMC Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than AMC Networks.
In the previous week, AMC Networks had 4 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AMC Networks and 2 mentions for WideOpenWest. AMC Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.07 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AMC Networks has higher revenue and earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMC Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of AMC Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of AMC Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Networks has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AMC Networks beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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