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Cinemark Holdings, Inc. CNK
$36.05 -0.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.18B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 21.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 91 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.36B, up 4.5% from a year earlier, slowing from 6.9% a quarter earlier.
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 5, 2026.
Growth39Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Quality59Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginBottom 21%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
- Interest coverTop 39%
Value72Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 37%
Momentum83Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 27%
- 6-month returnTop 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 20%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 15%
Revisions21Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 42%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 15%
Stability86Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 27%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.9% | 4.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -18.4% | -1.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 64.1% | 30.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 13.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 9.5% | 9.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.5% | 6.9% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.6% | -18.4% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| Gross margin | 30.0% | 64.1% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 12.8% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 9.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.3% | 9.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.1% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.3% | — | Top 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.68×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +21.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.31×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.98%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.41%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.38%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -21.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -8.4%
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
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -11.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.67
- Target vs current price
- +7.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 31
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- 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 | +15.5% | +3.6% | +8.3% | +6.3% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | -20.0% | -6.4% | -6.9% | -5.1% | +18.8% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -33.3% | +4.1% | +1.2% | +5.5% | +3.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -9.1% | +7.6% | +13.7% | -14.4% | -7.8% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | -19.2% | -3.7% | -7.0% | -5.1% | -1.7% |
| May 2, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.4% | +3.7% | +13.0% | -7.4% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -15.4% | -13.6% | -19.3% | -24.3% | -5.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +112.5% | -2.4% | +0.9% | +12.1% | -4.8% |
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 | $1.19 | $1.03 | +15.5% | $1.09B |
| May 1, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -20.0% | $643.1M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.24 | -33.3% | $776.3M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.44 | -9.1% | $857.5M |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.78 | -19.2% | $940.5M |
| May 2, 2025 | -$0.32 | -$0.32 | +0.0% | $540.7M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.39 | -15.4% | $814.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.19 | $0.56 | +112.5% | $921.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 20.0× | 20.0× | 50th | Top 24% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.66× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.49% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 4.99% | — | — | Top 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.1× – 29.4× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +28.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -1.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +42.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 91
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +21.1%
- RSI (14)
- 49.3
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.44
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -39.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Dec 28, 2022 | -67.7% | 452 days | 402 days (Aug 6, 2024) |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Dec 18, 2025 | -39.1% | 262 days | 152 days (Jul 30, 2026) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | -24.6% | 15 days | 16 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | -21.9% | 1 days | 17 days (Dec 29, 2020) |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Feb 2, 2021 | -14.4% | 4 days | 13 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.18B
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.80
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.36B
- Dividend yield
- 1.00%
- 52-week range
- $21.60 – $39.07
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.51B | $2.45B | $3.07B | $3.05B | $3.12B |
| Gross profit | $997.6M | $1.58B | $570.6M | $1.96B | $577.9M |
| Operating income | -$252.5M | -$89.8M | $371.8M | $359.3M | $341.8M |
| Net income | -$422.8M | -$271.2M | $188.2M | $309.7M | $138.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.60 | -$2.27 | $1.34 | $2.06 | $1.04 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $921.8M | $814.3M | $540.7M | $940.5M | $857.5M | $776.3M | $643.1M | $1.09B |
| Net income | $187.8M | $51.3M | -$38.9M | $93.5M | $48.9M | $34.1M | -$6.4M | $139.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.19 | $0.33 | -$0.32 | $0.63 | $0.40 | $0.27 | -$0.06 | $1.19 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $166.2M | $136.0M | $444.3M | $466.0M | $396.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$95.5M | -$110.7M | -$149.5M | -$150.8M | -$218.9M |
| Free cash flow | $70.7M | $25.3M | $294.8M | $315.2M | $177.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$38.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.1M | -$4.3M | -$2.9M | -$4.9M | -$275.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $504.3M
- Total assets
- $6.43B
- Total liabilities
- $4.36B
- Total debt
- $1.91B
- Net debt
- $1.40B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.06B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.09 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 29, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.08 | Mar 19, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2020 | $0.36 | Mar 20, 2020 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,262,674
- Days to cover
- 3.46
- Change vs previous report
- -14.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.