Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RDI or CNK?

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
Reading International	$205.64M	0.14	-$30.67M	-$1.04	-1.27
Cinemark	$3.01B	1.23	$188.20M	$1.52	21.13

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RDI or CNK?

Cinemark received 533 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.16% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 45.14% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 45.14%	Underperform Votes 282 54.86%
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 765 67.16%	Underperform Votes 374 32.84%

Do analysts rate RDI or CNK?

Reading International currently has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 81.82%. Cinemark has a consensus price target of $33.20, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Reading International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Reading International is more favorable than Cinemark.

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RDI or CNK?

44.7% of Reading International shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.7% of Reading International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cinemark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RDI or CNK?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 2 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cinemark and 1 mentions for Reading International. Reading International's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Cinemark's score of 0.94 indicating that Reading International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Reading International	Very Positive
Cinemark	Positive

Is RDI or CNK 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
Reading International	-21.22%	-258.21%	-8.30%
Cinemark	10.16%	65.83%	6.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, RDI or CNK?

Reading International has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cinemark has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cinemark beats Reading International on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.