Contrasting AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU)

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and AMC Entertainment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	$441.14 million	2.14	$368.54 million	$12.50	2.66
AMC Entertainment	$4.87 billion	0.23	-$352.60 million	($1.41)	-1.56

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and AMC Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	51.67%	21.30%	11.41%
AMC Entertainment	-7.39%	N/A	-4.07%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.9% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and AMC Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	0	1	3	0	2.75
AMC Entertainment	2	6	1	0	1.89

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $33.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.07%. AMC Entertainment has a consensus target price of $3.26, indicating a potential upside of 48.11%. Given AMC Entertainment’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality.

Risk and Volatility

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality beats AMC Entertainment on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality, Inc. engages in the provision of hospitality and leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events. It operates through the following segments: Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions. The Pursuit segment provides travel experiences that include recreational attractions, unique hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services. The Spiro segment is an experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. The GES Exhibitions segment is a global exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

About AMC Entertainment

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the theatrical exhibition business. It owns, operates, or has interests in theatres in the United States and Europe. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.