NCMI vs. FLNT, THRY, CCO, DRCT, RERE, GAMB, TRMR, NEXN, ACTG, and TINV
Should you be buying National CineMedia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National CineMedia include Fluent (FLNT), Thryv (THRY), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Direct Digital (DRCT), ATRenew (RERE), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), Tremor International (TRMR), Nexxen International (NEXN), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Tiga Acquisition (TINV).
National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) and Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
23.4% of Fluent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fluent 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 353 more outperform votes than Fluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote.
National CineMedia has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluent has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fluent had 1 more articles in the media than National CineMedia. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Fluent and 18 mentions for National CineMedia. Fluent's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat National CineMedia's score of 0.15 indicating that Fluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National CineMedia presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.70%. Fluent has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 296.90%. Given Fluent's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fluent is more favorable than National CineMedia.
National CineMedia has a net margin of 414.03% compared to Fluent's net margin of -22.22%. National CineMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Fluent's return on equity.
National CineMedia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluent.
Summary
National CineMedia and Fluent tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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