Cineplex (CGX) Competitors

Cineplex (TSE:CGX) and WildBrain (TSE:WILD) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CGX or WILD?

24.3% of Cineplex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of WildBrain shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Cineplex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WildBrain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CGX or WILD?

Cineplex presently has a consensus target price of C$12.65, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. WildBrain has a consensus target price of C$1.88, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Given Cineplex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cineplex is more favorable than WildBrain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cineplex	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
WildBrain	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CGX or WILD a better dividend stock?

Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Cineplex pays out -302.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WildBrain pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cineplex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CGX or WILD?

Cineplex has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WildBrain has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CGX or WILD?

Cineplex has higher revenue and earnings than WildBrain. Cineplex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WildBrain, 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
Cineplex	C$1.32B	0.56	-C$37.37M	-C$0.59	-19.82
WildBrain	C$461.85M	0.93	-C$179.06M	-C$0.86	-2.38

Does the media prefer CGX or WILD?

In the previous week, Cineplex had 3 more articles in the media than WildBrain. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cineplex and 3 mentions for WildBrain. Cineplex's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat WildBrain's score of -0.03 indicating that Cineplex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cineplex	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WildBrain	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CGX or WILD more profitable?

Cineplex has a net margin of -2.83% compared to WildBrain's net margin of -38.77%. WildBrain's return on equity of 3,013.26% beat Cineplex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cineplex	-2.83%	172.20%	2.69%
WildBrain	-38.77%	3,013.26%	5.21%

Summary

Cineplex beats WildBrain on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.