Cinemark (NYSE:CNK – Get Free Report) and Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Cinemark and Reservoir Media, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cinemark | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Reservoir Media | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Cinemark presently has a consensus price target of $37.93, indicating a potential upside of 11.86%. Given Cinemark’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cinemark is more favorable than Reservoir Media.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Profitability
This table compares Cinemark and Reservoir Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cinemark | 6.44% | 50.94% | 4.88% |
| Reservoir Media | 4.87% | 2.33% | 0.94% |
Risk and Volatility
Cinemark has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Cinemark and Reservoir Media”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cinemark | $3.36 billion | 1.17 | $138.20 million | $1.69 | 20.06 |
| Reservoir Media | $179.98 million | 3.42 | $8.30 million | $0.13 | 71.92 |
Cinemark has higher revenue and earnings than Reservoir Media. Cinemark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reservoir Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cinemark beats Reservoir Media on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cinemark
Cinemark Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the motion picture exhibition business. As of February 16, 2024, it operated 501 theatres with 5,719 screens in 42 states and 13 countries in South and Central America. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
About Reservoir Media
Reservoir Media, Inc. operates as a music publishing company. It operates through two segments, Music Publishing and Recorded Music. The Music Publishing segment acquires interests in music catalogs, as well as signs songwriters. The Recorded Music segment engages in the acquisition of sound recording catalogs; discovery and development of recording artists; and marketing, distribution, sale, and licensing of the music catalogs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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