WILD vs. CGX, BRAG, FORA, Y, EAGR, CGO, TGO, EGLX, GVC, and CCA
Should you be buying WildBrain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WildBrain include Cineplex (CGX), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), VerticalScope (FORA), Yellow Pages (Y), East Side Games Group (EAGR), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), Enthusiast Gaming (EGLX), Glacier Media (GVC), and Cogeco Communications (CCA). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Cineplex (TSE:CGX) and WildBrain (TSE:WILD) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Cineplex has a beta of 2.84, meaning that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WildBrain has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WildBrain had 3 more articles in the media than Cineplex. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WildBrain and 7 mentions for Cineplex. WildBrain's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Cineplex's score of -0.29 indicating that Cineplex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
18.8% of Cineplex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of WildBrain shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Cineplex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of WildBrain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cineplex pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.6%. WildBrain pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Cineplex pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WildBrain pays out -38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Cineplex has a net margin of 12.04% compared to Cineplex's net margin of -7.15%. WildBrain's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cineplex's return on equity.
Cineplex received 770 more outperform votes than WildBrain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.63% of users gave Cineplex an outperform vote while only 23.81% of users gave WildBrain an outperform vote.
Cineplex presently has a consensus target price of C$12.88, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. WildBrain has a consensus target price of C$1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 90.24%. Given Cineplex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WildBrain is more favorable than Cineplex.
Cineplex has higher revenue and earnings than WildBrain. WildBrain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cineplex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cineplex beats WildBrain on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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