AMC vs. CNK, MCS, OXM, VZIO, GIII, AMWD, CRSR, SGHC, BVH, and MSGE
Should you be buying AMC Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Entertainment include Cinemark (CNK), Marcus (MCS), Oxford Industries (OXM), VIZIO (VZIO), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), American Woodmark (AMWD), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Super Group (SGHC), Bluegreen Vacations (BVH), and Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE).
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cinemark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 19 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 3 mentions for Cinemark. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat AMC Entertainment's score of -0.11 indicating that AMC Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cinemark presently has a consensus target price of $19.05, indicating a potential upside of 33.12%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $10.35, indicating a potential upside of 49.35%. Given Cinemark's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Cinemark.
Cinemark has a net margin of 3.53% compared to Cinemark's net margin of -10.69%. AMC Entertainment's return on equity of 51.32% beat Cinemark's return on equity.
Cinemark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AMC Entertainment received 125 more outperform votes than Cinemark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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