Eastman Kodak (KODK) Competitors

MasterBrand (NYSE:MBC) and Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MBC or KODK?

MasterBrand has higher revenue and earnings than Eastman Kodak. Eastman Kodak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MasterBrand, 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
MasterBrand	$2.70B	0.59	$182M	$0.97	12.85
Eastman Kodak	$1.04B	0.49	$75M	$0.91	6.97

Do analysts rate MBC or KODK?

MasterBrand currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.36%. Given MasterBrand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MasterBrand is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MasterBrand	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Eastman Kodak	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to MBC or KODK?

In the previous week, MasterBrand had 5 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MasterBrand and 5 mentions for Eastman Kodak. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat MasterBrand's score of 0.88 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MasterBrand	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eastman Kodak	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MBC or KODK?

MasterBrand has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.67, meaning that its stock price is 267% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MBC or KODK?

Eastman Kodak received 174 more outperform votes than MasterBrand when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave MasterBrand an outperform vote while only 52.65% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MasterBrand	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
Eastman Kodak	Outperform Votes 179 52.65%	Underperform Votes 161 47.35%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MBC or KODK?

87.3% of MasterBrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of MasterBrand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak 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.

Is MBC or KODK more profitable?

Eastman Kodak has a net margin of 7.70% compared to MasterBrand's net margin of 4.66%. MasterBrand's return on equity of 13.89% beat Eastman Kodak's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MasterBrand	4.66%	13.89%	6.57%
Eastman Kodak	7.70%	8.47%	3.43%

Summary

MasterBrand beats Eastman Kodak on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.