Eastman Kodak (KODK) Competitors

IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) and Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, IMAX or KODK?

IMAX has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.73, indicating that its share price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IMAX or KODK?

93.5% of IMAX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of IMAX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IMAX or KODK more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Eastman Kodak's net margin of 6.05%. Eastman Kodak's return on equity of 8.01% beat IMAX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IMAX	6.98%	7.79%	3.42%
Eastman Kodak	6.05%	8.01%	2.90%

Does the media prefer IMAX or KODK?

In the previous week, IMAX had 31 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for IMAX and 3 mentions for Eastman Kodak. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat IMAX's score of 0.17 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IMAX	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eastman Kodak	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer IMAX or KODK?

IMAX presently has a consensus price target of $31.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Given IMAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IMAX is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
Eastman Kodak	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IMAX or KODK?

Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Eastman Kodak 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
IMAX	$352.21M	4.42	$26.06M	$0.47	61.57
Eastman Kodak	$1.04B	0.55	$102M	$0.49	14.49

Summary

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