IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, COTY or IMAX?

Coty has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$6.00B	0.72	$89.40M	-$0.48	-10.36
IMAX	$359.75M	4.06	$25.33M	$0.47	57.85

Does the media favor COTY or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 30 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for IMAX and 14 mentions for Coty. Coty's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat IMAX's score of 0.46 indicating that Coty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IMAX	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COTY or IMAX?

IMAX received 493 more outperform votes than Coty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.86% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 555 54.52%	Underperform Votes 463 45.48%
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1048 77.86%	Underperform Votes 298 22.14%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COTY or IMAX?

42.4% of Coty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of IMAX shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Coty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of IMAX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 rate COTY or IMAX?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 56.73%. IMAX has a consensus price target of $31.22, suggesting a potential upside of 14.84%. Given Coty's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coty is more favorable than IMAX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Summary

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