IMAX - IMAX Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMAX or GPRO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IMAX	Outperform Votes 965 78.39%	Underperform Votes 266 21.61%
GoPro	Outperform Votes 1152 64.39%	Underperform Votes 637 35.61%

Does the media refer more to IMAX or GPRO?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IMAX or GPRO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IMAX	$300.80 million	3.39	-$22.80 million	-$0.39	-48.44
GoPro	$1.09 billion	0.68	$28.85 million	$0.18	26.61

Do analysts prefer IMAX or GPRO?

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

Is IMAX or GPRO more profitable?

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%

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

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.

Which has more volatility and risk, IMAX or GPRO?

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.