Reviewing CuriosityStream (CURI) & Its Peers

CuriosityStream (NASDAQ:CURI) is one of 186 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare CuriosityStream to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for CuriosityStream and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CuriosityStream	0	1	2	2	3.20
CuriosityStream Competitors	1773	4374	9410	242	2.51

CuriosityStream currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.44%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 23.82%. Given CuriosityStream’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CuriosityStream is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CuriosityStream and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CuriosityStream	$71.66 million	-$6.43 million	295.00
CuriosityStream Competitors	$4.56 billion	$76.31 million	13.50

CuriosityStream’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than CuriosityStream. CuriosityStream is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares CuriosityStream and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CuriosityStream	0.03%	0.06%	0.03%
CuriosityStream Competitors	8.93%	-60.85%	-3.28%

Risk & Volatility

CuriosityStream has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CuriosityStream’s competitors have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.8% of CuriosityStream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.1% of CuriosityStream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

CuriosityStream pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. CuriosityStream pays out 3,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Entertainment” companies pay a dividend yield of 19.1% and pay out 78.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. CuriosityStream has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CuriosityStream lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

CuriosityStream beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

CuriosityStream Company Profile

CuriosityStream Inc. operates as a factual content streaming service and media company. The company provides premium video and audio programming services in various categories of factual entertainment, including science, history, society, nature, lifestyle, and technology through direct subscription video on-demand (SVoD) platforms accessible by internet connected devices, or indirectly via distribution partners who deliver CuriosityStream content via distributor's platform or system, as well as through bundled content licenses for SVoD and linear offerings, talks and courses, and partner bulk sales. It offers streaming content through devices, including televisions, set-top boxes, computers, streaming media players, game consoles, and mobile devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.