CNK vs. RDI, DIS, LYV, NWSA, AMC, MCS, RL, CHDN, BIRK, and TTC
Should you be buying Cinemark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cinemark include Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Marcus (MCS), Ralph Lauren (RL), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Birkenstock (BIRK), and Toro (TTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and Reading International (NASDAQ:RDI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
44.7% of Reading International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Reading International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cinemark received 509 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 49.05% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cinemark had 17 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cinemark and 3 mentions for Reading International. Reading International's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Cinemark's score of 0.43 indicating that Reading International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cinemark presently has a consensus price target of $22.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.14%. Reading International has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 72.66%. Given Reading International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Reading International is more favorable than Cinemark.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Reading International's net margin of -14.77%. Cinemark's return on equity of 69.48% beat Reading International's return on equity.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reading International has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Cinemark beats Reading International on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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