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Should you be buying National CineMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National CineMedia include Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Alphabet (GOOG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Angi (ANGI), Thryv (THRY), Travelzoo (TZOO), PSQ (PSQH), and Inuvo (INUV).
National CineMedia vs. Its Competitors
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
National CineMedia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clear Channel Outdoor. National CineMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Channel Outdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clear Channel Outdoor presently has a consensus price target of $2.04, indicating a potential upside of 76.41%. National CineMedia has a consensus price target of $7.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.34%. Given Clear Channel Outdoor's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Clear Channel Outdoor is more favorable than National CineMedia.
In the previous week, Clear Channel Outdoor had 2 more articles in the media than National CineMedia. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Clear Channel Outdoor and 3 mentions for National CineMedia. Clear Channel Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat National CineMedia's score of 0.38 indicating that Clear Channel Outdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clear Channel Outdoor has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.5% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of National CineMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of National CineMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National CineMedia received 167 more outperform votes than Clear Channel Outdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote while only 53.84% of users gave Clear Channel Outdoor an outperform vote.
Clear Channel Outdoor has a net margin of -6.12% compared to National CineMedia's net margin of -9.49%. Clear Channel Outdoor's return on equity of 0.00% beat National CineMedia's return on equity.
Summary
Clear Channel Outdoor beats National CineMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NCMI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff