Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CNK or RDI?

Cinemark has higher revenue and earnings than Reading International. Reading International 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	$3.05B	1.17	$188.20M	$2.03	14.93
Reading International	$210.53M	0.14	-$30.67M	-$1.42	-0.91

Do analysts recommend CNK or RDI?

Cinemark presently has a consensus target price of $33.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Reading International has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 86.05%. Given Reading International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reading International is more favorable than Cinemark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cinemark	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Reading International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, CNK or RDI?

Cinemark has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNK or RDI?

Cinemark received 531 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 45.40% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 763 67.22%	Underperform Votes 372 32.78%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 45.40%	Underperform Votes 279 54.60%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CNK or RDI?

44.7% of Reading International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cinemark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Reading International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CNK or RDI?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 39 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Cinemark and 1 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Reading International's score of 0.00 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cinemark	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reading International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CNK or RDI more profitable?

Cinemark has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Reading International's net margin of -21.22%. Cinemark's return on equity of 65.83% beat Reading International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cinemark	10.16%	65.83%	6.33%
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%

Summary

Cinemark beats Reading International on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.