Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IMAX scored 52.6, MSGE scored 58.6 — MSGE leads.
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IMAX
IMAX Corporation
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
52.6
$50.80 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.0
MSGE leads
MSGE
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
58.6
$80.84 · $3.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMSGE58.6x
Fastest growthIMAX+16.5%
Highest qualityMSGE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMSGE-57%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
IMAX
stronger →← stronger
MSGE
73
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
88
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
86
23
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
28
MSGE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IMAX
MSGE
$100mC
FCF
$323mC
+16.5%B+
Rev
+12.5%B+
0.63B
D/E
—
69.6xC
P/E
58.6xC
1.17B+
PEG
11.16D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
IMAX
MSGE
43% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% below
~20%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-40%
1-yr DCF upside
+109%
-30%
5-yr DCF upside
+134%
-12%
10-yr DCF upside
+179%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IMAX
No notable signals flagged.
MSGE
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
IMAXIMAX Corporation
Entertainment · $50.80 · beta 0.49
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $2.8b. 12% off the 52-week high of $57.73. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $56.58 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($63m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trailing P/E 69.6x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating.
MSGEMadison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Entertainment · $80.84 · beta 0.56
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $3.8b. 11% off the 52-week high of $90.41. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $91.63 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($181m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Trailing P/E 58.6x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where IMAX and MSGE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.0 points in favor of MSGE. The widest single difference is Quality, where MSGE leads by 10.4 points.
QualityIMAX 73.1 · MSGE 83.5MSGE +10.4
ValueIMAX 22.7 · MSGE 28.1MSGE +5.4
GrowthIMAX 87.9 · MSGE 85.8level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MSGE or IMAX the better stock?
MSGE scores higher: MSGE 58.6, IMAX 52.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MSGE and IMAX differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where MSGE leads by 10 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. MSGE also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are MSGE and IMAX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.