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NYSE:IMAX

IMAX - IMAX Competitors

$18.64
-0.25 (-1.32%)
(As of 03/29/2023 04:28 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$18.50
$18.94
50-Day Range
$15.72
$19.04
52-Week Range
$12.13
$20.50
Volume
527,133 shs
Average Volume
568,664 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.01 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$20.63

IMAX vs. GPRO, SBGI, RGR, AFYA, MBC, GES, PRDO, BALY, WOW, and AMWD

Should you be buying IMAX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMAX include GoPro (GPRO), Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Afya (AFYA), MasterBrand (MBC), Guess' (GES), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Bally's (BALY), WideOpenWest (WOW), and American Woodmark (AMWD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

IMAX vs.

IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) and GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

GoPro received 187 more outperform votes than IMAX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.39% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave GoPro an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IMAXOutperform Votes
965
78.39%
Underperform Votes
266
21.61%
GoProOutperform Votes
1152
64.39%
Underperform Votes
637
35.61%

In the previous week, IMAX and IMAX both had 4 articles in the media. IMAX's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat GoPro's score of -0.09 indicating that IMAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IMAX
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GoPro
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

GoPro has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. IMAX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoPro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IMAX$300.80 million3.39-$22.80 million-$0.39-48.44
GoPro$1.09 billion0.68$28.85 million$0.1826.61

IMAX currently has a consensus target price of $20.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.18%. GoPro has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.01%. Given GoPro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GoPro is more favorable than IMAX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IMAX
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
GoPro
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

GoPro has a net margin of 2.64% compared to IMAX's net margin of -7.58%. GoPro's return on equity of 7.68% beat IMAX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IMAX -7.58% -5.96% -2.61%
GoPro 2.64% 7.68% 4.23%

75.4% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of GoPro shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of IMAX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of GoPro shares are held by 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.

IMAX has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoPro has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GoPro beats IMAX on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IMAX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IMAX vs. The Competition

MetricIMAXPhotographic equipment & supplies IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$975.23M$3.40B$6.74B$14.09B
Dividend YieldN/A1.84%2.96%3.93%
P/E Ratio-48.4411.7812.2318.80
Price / Sales3.391.146.8510.41
Price / Cash26.8311.0116.0416.39
Price / Book3.211.184.616.76
Net Income-$22.80M$314.06M$223.71M$866.29M
7 Day Performance7.21%1.77%1.47%1.35%
1 Month Performance2.44%1.05%-6.28%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-2.18%-20.62%-19.36%-15.29%

IMAX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPRO
GoPro
2.2531 of 5 stars
$4.87
-3.0%
$8.00
+64.3%
-43.3%$754.31M$1.09B27.06766Short Interest ↓
SBGI
Sinclair Broadcast Group
2.5934 of 5 stars
$13.62
-3.9%
$25.83
+89.7%
-43.7%$947.48M$3.93B0.377,900
RGR
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
0 of 5 stars
$54.57
-1.3%
N/A-21.2%$960.27M$595.84M11.001,880
AFYA
Afya
2.7241 of 5 stars
$10.74
-1.4%
$15.75
+46.6%
-30.8%$988.83M$318.68M14.328,079Short Interest ↓
MBC
MasterBrand
1.3472 of 5 stars
$7.82
-1.5%
$9.00
+15.1%
N/A$1.00B$3.28B0.0013,654News Coverage
GES
Guess'
2.6926 of 5 stars
$18.69
-3.7%
$26.00
+39.1%
-15.6%$1.02B$2.69B8.3812,500Short Interest ↑
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
2.7498 of 5 stars
$13.11
-2.3%
$19.00
+44.9%
+15.2%$880.73M$695.21M9.504,500
BALY
Bally's
2.2093 of 5 stars
$18.66
-3.7%
$27.86
+49.3%
-39.8%$871.05M$2.26B-2.3810,500
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.2138 of 5 stars
$10.04
+0.8%
$16.38
+63.1%
-42.0%$864.04M$704.90M-501.751,390Short Interest ↓
AMWD
American Woodmark
1.2483 of 5 stars
$51.30
-1.5%
$51.00
-0.6%
-2.1%$853.63M$1.86B10.9410,000
This page (NYSE:IMAX) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff