AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) vs IMAX Corporation (IMAX)

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and IMAX Corporation are both Entertainment companies. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and IMAX Corporation are of similar size ($2.8B and $2.6B). AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; IMAX Corporation trades at 19.9×. IMAX Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.2% against 15.9%. IMAX Corporation has the higher net margin (27.7% vs −2.60%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.3% vs 16.7%). Across the 19 metrics below, IMAX Corporation leads on 11 and AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
P/E n/m 19.90 24.17
P/S 0.49 5.52 1.36
P/B n/m 4.53 1.75
Price to free cash flow 15.98 18.96 17.36
EV/EBITDA 10.15 12.17 8.85
EV/Sales 1.02 5.17 1.68
Earnings yield (11.84%) 5.03% (1.47%)
Free cash flow yield 6.26% 5.27% 3.98%

Profitability

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
Gross margin 0.00% 63.46% 40.04%
Operating margin 7.82% 26.80% 2.30%
Net margin (2.60%) 27.70% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 7.27% 29.11% 4.34%
Return on equity 9.40% 26.15% 2.72%
Return on assets (1.83%) 13.97% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 16.65% 21.25% 0.55%

Growth

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.91% 28.15% 8.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.42%) 31.25% 9.67%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 31.30% 24.52% 10.07%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
Debt to equity (2.82) 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 0.58 0.00 1.00
Net debt to EBITDA 11.21 (0.78) 0.97

Dividend

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
Dividend yield — — 1.23%
Payout ratio — — 0.26

Size

Metric AMC IMAX Entertainment median
Market cap 2.75b 2.64b 3.27b

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