Reservoir Media (RSVR) Competitors

Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION) and Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Is LION or RSVR more profitable?

Reservoir Media has a net margin of 4.88% compared to Lionsgate Studios' net margin of -4.02%. Reservoir Media's return on equity of 2.15% beat Lionsgate Studios' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lionsgate Studios	-4.02%	N/A	-0.44%
Reservoir Media	4.88%	2.15%	0.96%

Do analysts prefer LION or RSVR?

Lionsgate Studios presently has a consensus price target of $8.86, suggesting a potential upside of 51.40%. Reservoir Media has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.75%. Given Lionsgate Studios' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lionsgate Studios is more favorable than Reservoir Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lionsgate Studios	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Reservoir Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LION or RSVR?

Reservoir Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lionsgate Studios. Lionsgate Studios is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reservoir Media, 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
Lionsgate Studios	$3.20B	0.53	-$128.50M	-$0.43	-13.60
Reservoir Media	$158.71M	3.25	$7.75M	$0.11	71.73

Which has more risk and volatility, LION or RSVR?

Lionsgate Studios has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LION or RSVR?

In the previous week, Lionsgate Studios had 16 more articles in the media than Reservoir Media. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lionsgate Studios and 0 mentions for Reservoir Media. Lionsgate Studios' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Reservoir Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Lionsgate Studios is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lionsgate Studios	Positive
Reservoir Media	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LION or RSVR?

44.4% of Reservoir Media shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lionsgate Studios shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Reservoir Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Reservoir Media beats Lionsgate Studios on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.