CURI vs. TOON, IMAQ, GAIA, CULP, BZFD, BEDU, CRWS, KUKE, GORV, and CLOE
Should you be buying CuriosityStream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CuriosityStream include Kartoon Studios (TOON), International Media Acquisition (IMAQ), Gaia (GAIA), Culp (CULP), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), Crown Crafts (CRWS), Kuke Music (KUKE), Lazydays (GORV), and Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Kartoon Studios (NASDAQ:TOON) and CuriosityStream (NASDAQ:CURI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
CuriosityStream has higher revenue and earnings than Kartoon Studios. CuriosityStream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kartoon Studios, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CuriosityStream had 14 more articles in the media than Kartoon Studios. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CuriosityStream and 1 mentions for Kartoon Studios. CuriosityStream's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Kartoon Studios' score of -0.03 indicating that Kartoon Studios is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kartoon Studios has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CuriosityStream has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CuriosityStream has a net margin of -85.95% compared to CuriosityStream's net margin of -174.80%. Kartoon Studios' return on equity of -32.94% beat CuriosityStream's return on equity.
CuriosityStream received 31 more outperform votes than Kartoon Studios when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave CuriosityStream an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Kartoon Studios an outperform vote.
8.6% of Kartoon Studios shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of CuriosityStream shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Kartoon Studios shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.4% of CuriosityStream shares are held 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.
Kartoon Studios currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 818.19%. CuriosityStream has a consensus price target of $1.35, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. Given CuriosityStream's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kartoon Studios is more favorable than CuriosityStream.
Summary
CuriosityStream beats Kartoon Studios on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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