TOON vs. GAIA, KWM, NIPG, BUUU, GAME, IMAQ, CNVS, AGH, AGAE, and GDHG
Should you be buying Kartoon Studios stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kartoon Studios include Gaia (GAIA), K Wave Media (KWM), NIP Group (NIPG), BUUU Group (BUUU), GameSquare (GAME), International Media Acquisition (IMAQ), Cineverse (CNVS), Aureus Greenway (AGH), Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), and Golden Heaven Group (GDHG). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Kartoon Studios vs. Its Competitors
Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) and Kartoon Studios (NASDAQ:TOON) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.
40.5% of Gaia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kartoon Studios shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Gaia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Kartoon Studios 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.
Gaia currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.66%. Given Gaia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gaia is more favorable than Kartoon Studios.
Gaia has higher revenue and earnings than Kartoon Studios. Gaia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kartoon Studios, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gaia had 15 more articles in the media than Kartoon Studios. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Gaia and 2 mentions for Kartoon Studios. Kartoon Studios' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Gaia's score of 0.85 indicating that Kartoon Studios is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gaia has a net margin of -5.06% compared to Kartoon Studios' net margin of -114.48%. Gaia's return on equity of -5.00% beat Kartoon Studios' return on equity.
Gaia has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kartoon Studios has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gaia beats Kartoon Studios on 14 of the 17 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:TOON) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
