IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer COTY or IMAX?

Coty presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 64.33%. IMAX has a consensus price target of $31.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.53%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, equities research 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09

Which has more risk & volatility, COTY or IMAX?

Coty has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger 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	$6.12B	0.68	$89.40M	-$0.48	-9.89
IMAX	$352.21M	4.26	$26.06M	$0.47	59.41

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of IMAX shares are held 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 COTY or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 14 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for IMAX and 6 mentions for Coty. Coty's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat IMAX's score of 0.03 indicating that Coty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IMAX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is COTY or IMAX more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Coty's net margin of -6.60%. IMAX's return on equity of 7.79% beat Coty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coty	-6.60%	5.61%	1.87%
IMAX	6.98%	7.79%	3.42%

Summary

IMAX beats Coty on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.