Cinemark (CNK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CNK or RDI?

Cinemark presently has a consensus target price of $33.10, indicating a potential upside of 17.29%. Reading International has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 101.68%. Given Reading International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNK or RDI?

Cinemark received 531 more outperform votes than Reading International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote while only 45.49% of users gave Reading International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cinemark	Outperform Votes 763 67.28%	Underperform Votes 371 32.72%
Reading International	Outperform Votes 232 45.49%	Underperform Votes 278 54.51%

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

44.7% of Reading International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Reading International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	1.09	$188.20M	$2.03	13.90
Reading International	$210.53M	0.13	-$30.67M	-$1.42	-0.84

Does the media refer more to CNK or RDI?

In the previous week, Cinemark had 29 more articles in the media than Reading International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Cinemark and 1 mentions for Reading International. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.63 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 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

Which has more risk and volatility, CNK or RDI?

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

Summary

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