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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Skip ChartMedia 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.
Skip Chart