CNK vs. AMC, SONO, VZIO, MBC, MCW, SIX, FUN, CABO, ATGE, and CMPR
Should you be buying Cinemark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cinemark include AMC Entertainment (AMC), Sonos (SONO), VIZIO (VZIO), MasterBrand (MBC), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cedar Fair (FUN), Cable One (CABO), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Cinemark 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AMC Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than Cinemark. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for AMC Entertainment and 27 mentions for Cinemark. Cinemark's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat AMC Entertainment's score of 0.45 indicating that Cinemark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cinemark currently has a consensus price target of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.75%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus price target of $5.95, indicating a potential upside of 80.30%. Given AMC Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Cinemark.
AMC Entertainment received 117 more outperform votes than Cinemark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.84% of users gave AMC Entertainment an outperform vote while only 67.50% of users gave Cinemark an outperform vote.
Cinemark has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cinemark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cinemark has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% 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.
Cinemark has a net margin of 7.12% compared to AMC Entertainment's net margin of -8.24%. Cinemark's return on equity of 69.48% beat AMC Entertainment's return on equity.
Summary
Cinemark beats AMC Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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