Critical Analysis: National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) vs. Antelope Enterprise Holdings L (NASDAQ:AEHL)

Antelope Enterprise Holdings L (NASDAQ:AEHL) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

69.5% of National CineMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Antelope Enterprise Holdings L shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of National CineMedia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Antelope Enterprise Holdings L and National CineMedia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antelope Enterprise Holdings L	1	0	0	0	1.00
National CineMedia	1	2	3	0	2.33

National CineMedia has a consensus target price of $4.81, indicating a potential upside of 80.24%. Given National CineMedia’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National CineMedia is more favorable than Antelope Enterprise Holdings L.

Profitability

This table compares Antelope Enterprise Holdings L and National CineMedia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antelope Enterprise Holdings L	N/A	N/A	N/A
National CineMedia	-3.05%	-1.31%	-0.99%

Volatility and Risk

Antelope Enterprise Holdings L has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Antelope Enterprise Holdings L and National CineMedia”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antelope Enterprise Holdings L	$98.77 million	0.08	-$10.54 million	N/A	N/A
National CineMedia	$243.20 million	1.03	-$10.60 million	($0.09)	-29.67

Antelope Enterprise Holdings L has higher earnings, but lower revenue than National CineMedia.

Summary

National CineMedia beats Antelope Enterprise Holdings L on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Antelope Enterprise Holdings L

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides livestream e-commerce services and business management and information systems consulting services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates an online social ecommerce and live broadcast streaming platform enhances product promotion, transaction speed, and marketing effectiveness of industries and applications to anchors and influencers. It also provides business management consulting; and information system technology consulting services, including the sales of software use rights for digital data deposit platforms and asset management systems, and online social media platform development and consulting. The company was formerly known as China Ceramics Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited in October 2020. Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, the People's Republic of China.

About National CineMedia

National CineMedia, Inc., through its subsidiary, National CineMedia, LLC, operates cinema advertising network in North America. It engages in the sale of advertising to national, regional, and local businesses in Noovie, a cinema advertising and entertainment show seen on movie screens; and sells advertising on its Lobby Entertainment Network, a series of strategically-placed screens located in movie theater lobbies, as well as other forms of advertising and promotions in theatre lobbies. The company also sells online and mobile advertising through its Noovie Audience Accelerator product across a suite of Noovie digital properties, such as Name That Movie and Noovie Trivia app to reach entertainment audiences beyond the theater. It offers its services to third-party theater circuits under long-term network affiliate agreements. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.