B. Riley Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Cinemark Earnings

Cinemark Holdings Inc (NYSE:CNK) – B. Riley dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Cinemark in a note issued to investors on Sunday, October 19th. B. Riley analyst D. Crum now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.62 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.65. The consensus estimate for Cinemark’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share.

Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.78 by ($0.15). The company had revenue of $940.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $942.14 million. Cinemark had a net margin of 9.13% and a return on equity of 59.16%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.32 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Cinemark from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 10th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $36.00 price objective on shares of Cinemark in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Cinemark in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wedbush upgraded shares of Cinemark from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $32.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 price objective on shares of Cinemark in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.30.

Cinemark Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of Cinemark stock opened at $27.24 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $26.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $28.80. The company has a market cap of $3.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.89, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.75. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.32. Cinemark has a 1 year low of $23.12 and a 1 year high of $36.28.

Cinemark Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 27th were paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 27th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Cinemark’s payout ratio is currently 17.49%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Cinemark news, EVP Melissa Thomas sold 7,200 shares of Cinemark stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.17, for a total transaction of $181,224.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 203,768 shares in the company, valued at $5,128,840.56. The trade was a 3.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 2.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Cinemark

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in Cinemark by 12.9% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 9,346,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,643,000 after buying an additional 1,066,225 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 758.9% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 4,497,305 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,729,000 after acquiring an additional 3,973,689 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 106.9% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,589,372 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,147,000 after acquiring an additional 1,338,153 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 119.9% during the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 2,180,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,808,000 after acquiring an additional 1,188,709 shares during the period. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 18.7% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 2,012,913 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,750,000 after acquiring an additional 316,476 shares during the period.

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.