Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
AMC Global Media Inc. AMCX
$11.14 -0.18% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $362.1M
Strong trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 23.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Operating margin widened to 7.7% from -1.0% a year earlier.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 121 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 39%
- Gross marginBottom 42%
- Operating marginTop 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
- Interest coverBottom 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 11%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 38%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.4% | -4.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 51.9% | 48.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -1.0% | 7.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 12.0% | 8.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.6% | -3.4% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 51.9% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | -1.0% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -7.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 12.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Top 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.3% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.17×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 12.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 12.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -23.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -58.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.33
- Target vs current price
- -7.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 41
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 24%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -140.6% | -5.3% | +17.4% | +24.0% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | -63.6% | +2.8% | -2.9% | +14.5% | +33.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +12.3% | -2.3% | +12.8% | -0.7% | +11.5% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -41.9% | +3.7% | +9.9% | +24.1% | +10.3% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | +27.8% | +8.8% | +18.0% | +26.0% | +26.3% |
| May 9, 2025 | -28.8% | +2.3% | +3.7% | +4.7% | -3.4% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | -19.0% | -10.7% | -21.6% | -29.0% | -40.5% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +5.8% | +2.5% | +14.0% | +12.5% | +12.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -$0.28 | -$0.12 | -140.6% | $547.5M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.22 | -63.6% | $542.1M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.57 | +12.3% | $594.8M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.31 | -41.9% | $561.7M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.54 | +27.8% | $600.0M |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.52 | $0.73 | -28.8% | $555.2M |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.64 | $0.79 | -19.0% | $599.3M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.91 | $0.86 | +5.8% | $599.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 7.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 1.5× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.73× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 52.62% | — | — | Top 4% |
| Earnings yield | -7.36% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.7× – 226.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 121
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.0%
- RSI (14)
- 37.9
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.13
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -73.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -92.9% | 1023 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Feb 4, 2021 | -25.1% | 7 days | 15 days (Feb 26, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -15.2% | 22 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $362.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.25B
- 52-week range
- $6.47 – $12.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.08B | $3.10B | $2.71B | $2.42B | $2.31B |
| Gross profit | $1.65B | $1.58B | $1.38B | $1.29B | $1.17B |
| Operating income | $489.9M | $86.9M | $388.4M | -$39.6M | $257.6M |
| Net income | $250.6M | $7.6M | $215.5M | -$226.5M | $89.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.77 | $0.17 | $4.90 | -$4.50 | $1.66 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $599.6M | $599.3M | $555.2M | $600.0M | $561.7M | $594.8M | $542.1M | $547.5M |
| Net income | $41.4M | -$284.5M | $18.0M | $50.3M | $76.5M | -$55.5M | -$18.9M | -$21.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.54 | -$6.35 | $0.34 | $0.91 | $1.38 | -$1.26 | -$0.43 | -$0.51 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $143.5M | $181.8M | $203.9M | $375.6M | $305.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$42.6M | -$44.3M | -$35.2M | -$44.8M | -$33.3M |
| Free cash flow | $100.9M | $137.6M | $168.7M | $330.8M | $272.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$32.9M | -$22.3M | -$7.3M | -$4.6M | -$22.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $464.0M
- Total assets
- $3.73B
- Total liabilities
- $2.78B
- Total debt
- $1.75B
- Net debt
- $1.29B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $911.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,552,376
- Days to cover
- 11.67
- Change vs previous report
- -5.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.