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CNK vs. AMC, IMAX, RDI, DIS, LYV, NWSA, CURI, TKO, NWS, and WMG

Should you be buying Cinemark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cinemark include AMC Entertainment (AMC), IMAX (IMAX), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), CuriosityStream (CURI), TKO Group (TKO), News (NWS), and Warner Music Group (WMG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Cinemark vs. Its Competitors

Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Cinemark currently has a consensus price target of $33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.17%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus price target of $3.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.70%. Given Cinemark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cinemark is more favorable than AMC Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cinemark
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
AMC Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Cinemark has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cinemark has a net margin of 9.13% compared to AMC Entertainment's net margin of -7.39%. Cinemark's return on equity of 59.16% beat AMC Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cinemark9.13% 59.16% 5.99%
AMC Entertainment -7.39%N/A -4.07%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cinemark$3.05B1.07$309.70M$1.8315.44
AMC Entertainment$4.64B0.31-$352.60M-$0.89-3.17

28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cinemark had 2 more articles in the media than AMC Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Cinemark and 9 mentions for AMC Entertainment. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.42 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cinemark
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AMC Entertainment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 14 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

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CNK vs. The Competition

MetricCinemarkMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.25B$12.49B$8.35B$21.44B
Dividend Yield1.12%2.14%2.97%3.49%
P/E Ratio15.4528.4518.3929.81
Price / Sales1.073.835.7751.35
Price / Cash7.4322.6817.2024.78
Price / Book5.7310.745.044.54
Net Income$309.70M$364.22M$255.59M$999.97M
7 Day Performance3.99%3.17%1.99%1.54%
1 Month Performance10.10%7.83%18.37%4.77%
1 Year Performance-1.15%41.77%50.77%14.11%

Cinemark Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNK
Cinemark
4.9642 of 5 stars
$28.25
-1.1%
$33.67
+19.2%
+0.6%$3.25B$3.05B15.4518,800Positive News
Short Interest ↓
AMC
AMC Entertainment
2.8268 of 5 stars
$2.91
+3.6%
$3.33
+14.3%
-40.2%$1.49B$4.92B-3.2733,382
IMAX
IMAX
2.7651 of 5 stars
$32.71
+1.1%
$32.80
+0.3%
+59.2%$1.76B$352.21M54.51780Insider Trade
RDI
Reading International
1.7056 of 5 stars
$1.51
+1.3%
N/A-15.0%$34.30M$219.21M-2.042,005
DIS
Walt Disney
4.7752 of 5 stars
$115.66
-0.3%
$131.18
+13.4%
+25.5%$207.95B$91.36B18.13233,000Trending News
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.1314 of 5 stars
$172.84
-0.5%
$170.72
-1.2%
+68.1%$40.53B$23.16B74.8232,200Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
NWSA
News
4.501 of 5 stars
$29.89
+2.3%
$38.62
+29.2%
+14.0%$16.89B$8.45B14.3722,300Positive News
CURI
CuriosityStream
3.8978 of 5 stars
$4.80
-1.0%
$6.17
+28.5%
+158.1%$278.06M$51.13M-53.3390
TKO
TKO Group
2.4336 of 5 stars
$204.78
+1.2%
$192.21
-6.1%
+70.5%$40.61B$2.97B84.621,300Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
NWS
News
1.0436 of 5 stars
$32.85
+1.8%
N/A+19.9%$18.56B$8.45B15.7925,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
WMG
Warner Music Group
3.5218 of 5 stars
$33.52
-0.3%
$34.65
+3.4%
+10.8%$17.47B$6.43B58.815,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CNK) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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