IMAX (IMAX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COTY or IMAX?

IMAX received 486 more outperform votes than Coty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.85% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Coty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coty	Outperform Votes 551 54.99%	Underperform Votes 451 45.01%
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1037 77.85%	Underperform Votes 295 22.15%

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	$6.09B	0.80	$89.40M	-$0.01	-555.50
IMAX	$352.21M	4.03	$25.33M	$0.49	54.68

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 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, 24.1% of IMAX shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, COTY or IMAX?

Coty has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer COTY or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 13 more articles in the media than Coty. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for IMAX and 13 mentions for Coty. Coty's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat IMAX's score of 0.52 indicating that Coty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IMAX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer COTY or IMAX?

Coty currently has a consensus target price of $9.78, suggesting a potential upside of 76.02%. IMAX has a consensus target price of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.45%. Given Coty's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coty is more favorable than IMAX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coty	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

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