RDI vs. DIS, LYV, NWSA, CNK, AGH, ISPO, YYAI, GIFT, GDHG, and SOND
Should you be buying Reading International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reading International include Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Aureus Greenway (AGH), Inspirato (ISPO), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), Giftify (GIFT), Golden Heaven Group (GDHG), and Sonder (SOND). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Reading International vs. Its Competitors
Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Walt Disney has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Walt Disney has a consensus price target of $131.18, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Reading International.
Walt Disney has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Reading International's net margin of -7.54%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 9.67% beat Reading International's return on equity.
Reading International has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Reading International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Walt Disney shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 113 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 113 mentions for Walt Disney and 0 mentions for Reading International. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Reading International's score of 0.00 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Walt Disney beats Reading International on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:RDI) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
