IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

Coty (NYSE:COTY) and IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, COTY or IMAX?

Coty has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COTY or IMAX more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Coty's net margin of 0.22%. IMAX's return on equity of 8.60% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	0.22%	6.34%	2.14%
IMAX	7.40%	8.60%	3.67%

Do analysts prefer COTY or IMAX?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $8.24, suggesting a potential upside of 63.26%. IMAX has a consensus price target of $30.56, suggesting a potential upside of 25.43%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than IMAX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, COTY or IMAX?

Coty has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Coty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMAX, 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
Coty	$6.09B	0.72	$89.40M	-$0.01	-505.00
IMAX	$359.75M	3.64	$25.33M	$0.47	51.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COTY or IMAX?

IMAX received 492 more outperform votes than Coty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.87% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 553 54.59%	Underperform Votes 460 45.41%
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1045 77.87%	Underperform Votes 297 22.13%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in COTY or IMAX?

42.4% of Coty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of IMAX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to COTY or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 35 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for IMAX and 14 mentions for Coty. Coty's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat IMAX's score of 0.35 indicating that Coty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IMAX	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

IMAX beats Coty on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.