AMC Entertainment (AMC) Competitors

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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CNK or AMC?

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.

Does the media refer more to CNK or AMC?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cinemark	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AMC Entertainment	8 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CNK or AMC?

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.

Do analysts recommend CNK or AMC?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
AMC Entertainment	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Is CNK or AMC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cinemark	3.53%	51.32%	2.23%
AMC Entertainment	-10.69%	N/A	-3.98%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNK or AMC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cinemark	$2.45B	0.71	-$271.20M	$0.56	25.55
AMC Entertainment	$3.91B	0.35	-$973.60M	-$4.12	-1.69

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNK or AMC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 723 67.76%	Underperform Votes 344 32.24%
AMC Entertainment	Outperform Votes 848 71.14%	Underperform Votes 344 28.86%

Summary

Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.