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WildBrain (WILD) Competitors

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C$1.89 -0.06 (-3.08%)
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WILD vs. CGX, ZUM, RAY.A, CGO, Y, PNC.B, EQ, FORA, AXV, and USS

Should you be buying WildBrain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WildBrain include Cineplex (CGX), ZoomerMedia (ZUM), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Cogeco (CGO), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), EQ (EQ), VerticalScope (FORA), Axion Ventures (AXV), and Uniserve Communications (USS). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

WildBrain vs. Its Competitors

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

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

WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. WildBrain pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cineplex pays out -302.9% 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.

WildBrain currently has a consensus target price of C$1.88, suggesting a potential downside of 0.35%. Cineplex has a consensus target price of C$13.08, suggesting a potential upside of 25.56%. Given Cineplex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cineplex is more favorable than WildBrain.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WildBrain
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cineplex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
WildBrain-38.77% 3,013.26% 5.21%
Cineplex -2.83%172.20%2.69%

45.4% of WildBrain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Cineplex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of WildBrain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Cineplex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, WildBrain had 2 more articles in the media than Cineplex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WildBrain and 1 mentions for Cineplex. Cineplex's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat WildBrain's score of 0.40 indicating that Cineplex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WildBrainC$461.85M0.86-C$179.06M-C$0.86-2.19
CineplexC$1.32B0.50-C$37.37M-C$0.59-17.53

Summary

Cineplex beats WildBrain on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WILD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
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WILD vs. The Competition

MetricWildBrainEntertainment IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$396.66MC$753.11MC$3.38BC$6.36B
Dividend Yield3.39%3.63%6.84%6.72%
P/E Ratio-2.196.9221.3161.08
Price / Sales0.8690.17140.061,431.85
Price / Cash7.868.9616.5283.29
Price / Book1.993.875.144.91
Net Income-C$179.06MC$3.19MC$144.97MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-7.35%-2.66%-0.14%0.32%
1 Month Performance-10.00%-1.36%3.20%1.87%
1 Year Performance29.45%9.73%26.79%31.44%

WildBrain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WILD
WildBrain
0.42 of 5 stars
C$1.89
-3.1%
C$1.88
-0.4%
+38.3%C$396.66MC$461.85M-2.19548
CGX
Cineplex
1.8585 of 5 stars
C$11.09
+0.1%
C$18.79
+69.4%
+19.3%C$700.35MC$1.32B-18.6610,000
ZUM
ZoomerMedia
N/AC$0.08
-6.3%
N/A+200.0%C$21.57MC$61.37M4.50N/AGap Down
RAY.A
Stingray Group
1.7463 of 5 stars
C$10.99
+1.1%
C$12.00
+9.2%
+32.2%C$584.01MC$355.51M-37.901,000
CGO
Cogeco
3.5134 of 5 stars
C$59.63
-0.9%
C$82.00
+37.5%
+8.8%C$566.10MC$3.05B6.142,219
Y
Yellow Pages
0.7512 of 5 stars
C$10.98
flat
C$10.50
-4.4%
+15.8%C$151.15MC$222.65M4.34627Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.50
+3.4%
N/A+11.9%C$148.14MC$404.05M-2.592,834Gap Up
EQ
EQ
N/AC$0.97
flat
N/A-16.5%C$67.51MC$9.70M-14.4840Gap Down
FORA
VerticalScope
2.1352 of 5 stars
C$3.90
+0.5%
C$10.45
+167.9%
-54.4%C$61.45MC$49.94M21.96140News Coverage
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
USS
Uniserve Communications
N/AC$0.53
+3.9%
N/A+1,566.7%C$42.68MC$6.44M2.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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