AMC vs. MCS, CNK, GTN.A, SBGI, SWBI, MNRO, IMAX, MBUU, WWW, and TILE
Should you be buying AMC Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMC Entertainment include Marcus (MCS), Cinemark (CNK), Gray Television (GTN.A), Sinclair (SBGI), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Monro (MNRO), IMAX (IMAX), Malibu Boats (MBUU), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), and Interface (TILE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marcus (NYSE:MCS) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
81.6% of Marcus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Marcus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marcus currently has a consensus target price of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 65.96%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.95, indicating a potential upside of 77.08%. Given Marcus' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Marcus.
Marcus has a net margin of 2.03% compared to Marcus' net margin of -8.24%. AMC Entertainment's return on equity of 3.19% beat Marcus' return on equity.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 39 more articles in the media than Marcus. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 6 mentions for Marcus. AMC Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Marcus' score of 0.33 indicating that Marcus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marcus has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AMC Entertainment received 420 more outperform votes than Marcus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.98% of users gave Marcus an outperform vote while only 70.84% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote.
Marcus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marcus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marcus beats AMC Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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