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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.5%, EPS grew 121.7%, free cash flow grew 199.3% and total debt fell 17.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Marcus Corporation (The) (MCS) Altman Z-score
Marcus Corporation (The)'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.58, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.58 | (0.15) |
| FY2024 | 1.72 | 0.17 |
| FY2023 | 1.56 | 0.19 |
| FY2022 | 1.37 | 0.41 |
| FY2021 | 0.95 | 0.67 |
| FY2020 | 0.28 | (1.67) |
| FY2019 | 1.95 | (0.90) |
| FY2018 | 2.85 | 0.70 |
| FY2017 | 2.15 | (0.16) |
| FY2016 | 2.31 | 0.38 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.10) | — | −0.12 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.26 | — | 0.37 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.02 | — | 0.06 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.87 | — | 0.52 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.75 | — | 0.75 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.58 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 1.20 | ||
Z and Z″ put Marcus Corporation (The) in different zones: distress zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| AMCX AMC Global Media Inc. compare | 1.7× |
| MCS Marcus Corporation (The) | 1.6× |
| RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc. compare | 1.1× |
| PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. compare | 0.8× |
| IQ iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare | −0.8× |
| AMC AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. compare | −1.1× |
| ANGX Angel Studios, Inc. compare | −1.1× |
| EMWP Eros Media World PLC compare | — |
| STRZ Starz Entertainment Corp. compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets