Marcus Corporation (The)

MCS Communication Services Entertainment

Marcus Corporation (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $758.5 million, up 3.11% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+13.1%
EPS
+16.4%
Free cash flow
+50.6%
Total debt
−8.47%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

26.83 1.22 −4.35%
Market cap
$817.6M
P/E
33.7×
Fwd P/E
33.2×
Dividend yield
1.23%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.58
Beneish M
−2.92
Dividend safety
36/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 1.96
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 3 1 — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 27.84%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 817.58
Revenue ttm 817.40
Net income ttm 25.21
Free cash flow ttm 77.05
Net debt Q 91.39
Valuation
P/E 33.73
Forward P/E 33.20
Price / sales 1.02
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 10.79
Price / book 1.73
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.67 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 0.33 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 11.97
Growth
Revenue growth Q +13.13% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +33.22% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +101.22% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +17.58% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +8.72%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +44.22% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 68.25%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 50.97%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 72.35%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 38.25%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 24.11%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 4 years running

Yield
1.23%
Annual rate
0.33
Payout ratio
42.0%
Growth, 2017–25
−6.19%/yr
  1. 0.50 ’17
  2. 0.60 ’18 +20
  3. 0.64 ’19 +7
  4. 0.17 ’20 −73
  5. 0.00 ’21 −100
  6. 0.10 ’22
  7. 0.24 ’23 +140
  8. 0.28 ’24 +17
  9. 0.30 ’25 +7
  10. 0.32 ’26e +7
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 60 45 27 65
Receivables 20 21 19 21
Inventory — — — —
Other 22 26 19 18
102 92 65 104
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 37 51 45 30
ST’ Debt 10 10 — —
Other — — — —
164 177 163 156

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.51% 26.12% 3.84%
Cash Flow 0.46% 0.00% (3.33%)
Earnings (6.17%) 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 2.26% (1.72%) 0.03%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.51) 0.51 0.60 — —
’25 (0.54) 0.23 0.52 0.19 0.41
’24 (0.38) (0.64) 0.73 0.03 (0.25)
’23 (0.31) 0.35 0.32 (0.05) 0.36
’22 (0.48) 0.24 0.10 (0.30) (0.39)
’21 (0.93) (0.76) 0.06 0.18 (1.42)
’20 (0.64) (0.89) (1.30) (1.29) (4.13)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 154 232 238 — —
’25 149 206 210 193 758
’24 139 176 233 188 736
’23 152 207 209 162 730
’22 132 199 184 163 677
’21 51 93 146 169 458
’20 159 8 34 37 238
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (15) 54 38 — —
’25 (35) 32 39 49 84
’24 (15) 36 30 53 104
’23 (8) 55 21 34 103
’22 6 49 5 33 93
’21 (13) 3 12 44 46
’20 (17) (38) (26) 12 (69)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (22) 44 28 — —
’25 (58) 15 19 26 2
’24 (31) 16 12 30 28
’23 (17) 48 11 25 68
’22 3 40 (6) 23 61
’21 (10) (1) 14 49 51
’20 (27) (43) (28) 12 (85)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 574 654 707 821 238 458 677 730 736 758 817 +3.1% 825 839 866 +4.5%
Gross margin, % 49.70 47.89 48.35 44.67 28.75 44.19 42.96 44.40 44.57 44.05 44.78 (5.6) pt
EBT 61 68 67 54 (196) (59) (2) 22 (10) 9 27 (19.4%)
EBT margin, % 10.54 10.42 9.42 6.63 (82.38) (12.87) (0.29) 2.97 (1.39) 1.15 3.36 (9.4) pt
Net income 38 64 53 42 (125) (43) (9) 15 (8) 13 25 (11.4%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 20.85 23.52 25.16 26.78 7.66 14.61 21.51 23.05 23.07 24.34 26.38 +1.7%
Earnings 1.36 2.29 1.86 1.35 (4.13) (1.42) (0.39) 0.46 (0.25) 0.41 0.80 (12.5%)
Cash flow 3.00 3.92 4.89 4.62 (2.21) 1.47 2.96 3.24 3.26 2.70 4.07 (1.2%)
Capex (2.98) (3.97) (2.08) (2.09) (0.54) 0.16 (1.02) (1.09) (2.39) (2.64) (1.58) (1.3%)
Free cash flow 0.02 (0.04) 2.81 2.53 (2.75) 1.64 1.94 2.15 0.87 0.06 2.49 +11.6%
Book value 14.22 16.02 17.44 20.27 16.07 14.46 14.51 14.88 14.58 14.68 15.50 +0.4%
Shares, m 28 28 28 31 31 31 31 32 32 31 31 +1.4%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.24 12.18 21.24 23.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.13 0.00 38.78 33.73 15.7
P/S 1.52 1.19 1.57 1.19 1.76 1.22 0.67 0.63 0.93 0.64 1.02 1.1
P/B 2.22 1.74 2.27 1.57 0.84 1.23 0.99 0.97 1.47 1.06 1.73 1.4
EV/Sales 2.04 1.66 1.91 1.44 3.01 1.78 0.92 0.80 1.10 0.84 1.14 1.5
EV/FCF 1,923.47 (871.93) 17.11 15.31 (8.37) 15.90 10.18 8.54 29.10 343.02 12.10 148.2
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 83 109 137 141 (69) 46 93 103 104 84 126 +0.2%
Capex (82) (110) (59) (64) (17) 5 (32) (35) (76) (82) (49) 0.0%
Free cash flow 1 (1) 79 77 (85) 51 61 68 28 2 77 +13.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (95) (83) (80) (96) (150) (113) (92) (63) (85) (99) (52) +0.5%
Net debt 301 309 239 212 296 256 171 123 125 141 91 (8.1%)
Shareholders’ equity 392 445 490 621 499 454 457 471 465 457 480 +1.7%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.42 6.74 5.32 3.58 (9.55) (3.54) (1.06) 1.39 (0.74) 1.23 2.49 (3.2) pt
ROIC 6.45 6.40 7.13 5.12 (14.02) (3.65) 0.83 3.57 1.71 1.78 4.35 (4.7) pt
ROE 10.01 15.53 11.42 7.56 (22.29) (9.09) (2.63) 3.19 (1.66) 2.75 5.39 (7.3) pt
People
People Employees 7,900 7,800 8,000 10,500 4,200 7,500 8,050 7,780 8,550 8,390 — +0.7%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 — +2.5%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 3 Nov 2026

Marcus Corporation (The) vs peers in Entertainment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AMC AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. $2.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +31.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m +319.93% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 14.53% Compare
IMAX IMAX Corporation $2.6B 19.9× 29.8× +63.66% (above 0%: growing) +444.74% (above 0%: growing) +28.64% (above 0%: growing) 72.36% 42.90% Compare
MCS Marcus Corporation (The) $817.6M 33.7× 33.2× +13.13% (above 0%: growing) +16.42% (above 0%: growing) +50.55% (above 0%: growing) 47.79% 12.74%
RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc. $681.1M 60.2× 76.2× +9.85% (above 0%: growing) +133.33% (above 0%: growing) +19.43% (above 0%: growing) 64.43% 24.57% Compare
ANGX Angel Studios, Inc. $618.2M — (loss-making) — +27.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +208.11% (above 0%: growing) 53.67% (16.57%) Compare
IQ iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR $478.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.15% (above 0%: growing) n/m −86.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.50% (1.67%) Compare
STRZ Starz Entertainment Corp. $419.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +0.47% (above 0%: growing) n/m +141.85% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% (6.58%) Compare
AMCX AMC Global Media Inc. $347.7M — (loss-making) 9.3× −8.75% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −54.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.25% 2.90% Compare
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. $283.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −2.39% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +31.34% (above 0%: growing) 84.71% 3.57% Compare
Median of peers $548.2M — 29.8× +5.50% — +29.99% 59.05% 3.24%

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Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 4.84m 311.76k 121.98
2024 7.19m 10.83m 167.75
2023 4.78m 3.84m 111.37
2022 3.52m 2.86m 106.35
2021 3.83m 4.72m 133.16
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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