Yatsen (YSG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YSG or IMAX?

IMAX received 1039 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.86% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yatsen	Outperform Votes 9 37.50%	Underperform Votes 15 62.50%
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1048 77.86%	Underperform Votes 298 22.14%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YSG or IMAX?

93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of IMAX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is YSG or IMAX more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Yatsen's net margin of -24.65%. IMAX's return on equity of 8.60% beat Yatsen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yatsen	-24.65%	-11.65%	-9.58%
IMAX	7.40%	8.60%	3.67%

Do analysts recommend YSG or IMAX?

Yatsen currently has a consensus target price of $3.80, suggesting a potential downside of 59.10%. IMAX has a consensus target price of $31.22, suggesting a potential upside of 9.25%. Given IMAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IMAX is more favorable than Yatsen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yatsen	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
IMAX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Does the media refer more to YSG or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 7 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IMAX and 5 mentions for Yatsen. Yatsen's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat IMAX's score of 0.69 indicating that Yatsen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yatsen	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IMAX	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, YSG or IMAX?

Yatsen has a beta of -2.4, indicating that its stock price is 340% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, YSG or IMAX?

IMAX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yatsen. Yatsen 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
Yatsen	$3.45B	0.25	-$104.90M	-$0.84	-11.06
IMAX	$359.75M	4.27	$25.33M	$0.47	60.81

Summary

IMAX beats Yatsen on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.