AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -18.8%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a market capitalization of $1.2B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) does not currently pay a regular dividend.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) operates in the Services-Motion Picture Theaters industry, within the Communication Services sector.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) reported annual revenue of $4.8 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a net profit margin of -13.0%. The company is currently unprofitable.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) generated $-366 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Item 1. Business. General Development of Business AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (“Multi-Cinema”) and its subsidiaries, (collectively with Holdings, unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company” or “AMC”), is principally involved in the theatrical exhibition business and owns, operates or has interests in theatres located in the United States and Europe. Our business was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1920. Holdings was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on June 6, 2007. We maintain our principal executive offices at One AMC Way, 11500 Ash Street, Leawood, Kansas 66211. As of December 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $428.5 million.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.0B | 4.8B | 4.6B | 4.8B | 3.9B | 2.5B |
| Net Income | -547M | -632M | -353M | -397M | -974M | -1.3B |
| EPS | $-1.15 | $-1.34 | $-1.06 | $-2.37 | $-9.29 | $-13.29 |
| Free Cash Flow | -124M | -366M | -296M | -441M | -831M | -707M |
| ROIC | 3.9% | - | -2.1% | -1.8% | -31.8% | -39.5% |
| Gross Margin | - | 20.3% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 11.8% | 7.1% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -4.27 | -4.67 | -4.92 | -3.80 | -5.97 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | $0.01 | - |
| Operating Income | 83M | - | -79M | -74M | -522M | -930M |
| Operating Margin | 1.6% | - | -1.7% | -1.5% | -13.4% | -36.8% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 34.6% | 19.5% | 17.7% | 44.1% | 54.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 540M | 472M | 333M | 167M | 105M | 95M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2.7B | 2.9B | 3.2B | 5.1B | 5.5B | 5.5B | N/A | 2.5B | 3.9B | 4.8B | 4.6B | 4.8B | 5.0B |
| Gross Margin | 21.4% | 21.5% | 66.3% | 20.6% | 24.3% | 19.7% | N/A | 7.1% | 11.8% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 20.3% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 65M | 58M | 90M | 133M | 179M | 153M | 157M | 227M | 208M | 242M | 227M | 230M | 235M |
| EBIT | 175M | 237M | 214M | 102M | 265M | 136M | -4.1B | -930M | -522M | -74M | -79M | N/A | 83M |
| Op. Margin | 6.5% | 8.0% | 6.6% | 2.0% | 4.9% | 2.5% | N/A | -36.8% | -13.4% | -1.5% | -1.7% | N/A | 1.6% |
| Net Income | 64M | 104M | 112M | -487M | 110M | -149M | -4.6B | -1.3B | -974M | -397M | -353M | -632M | -547M |
| Net Margin | 2.4% | 3.5% | 3.5% | -9.6% | 2.0% | -2.7% | N/A | -50.2% | -24.9% | -8.2% | -7.6% | -13.0% | -10.9% |
| Non-Recurring | 630K | -300K | 2.4M | 2.5M | 3.2M | 102M | 2.3B | 77M | 132M | 108M | 72M | 54M | 54M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 3.9% | 1.6% | -104.8% | -39.5% | -31.8% | -1.8% | -2.1% | N/A | 3.9% |
| ROE | 4.2% | 6.8% | 6.3% | -23.6% | 6.3% | -11.4% | N/A | 54.3% | 44.1% | 17.7% | 19.5% | 34.6% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 1.3% | 2.1% | 1.6% | -5.3% | 1.1% | -1.3% | -38.3% | -12.0% | -9.8% | -4.4% | -4.1% | -7.8% | -7.1% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 297M | 468M | 432M | 537M | 523M | 579M | -1.1B | -614M | -629M | -215M | -51M | -120M | 122M |
| Free Cash Flow | 27M | 134M | 10M | -89M | -53M | 61M | -1.3B | -707M | -831M | -441M | -296M | -366M | -124M |
| Owner Earnings | 70M | 224M | 159M | -6.9M | -29M | 125M | -1.7B | -1.1B | -1.0B | -623M | -392M | -450M | -210M |
| CapEx | 271M | 333M | 422M | 627M | 576M | 518M | 174M | 92M | 202M | 226M | 246M | 246M | 245M |
| Maint. CapEx | 216M | 233M | 268M | 539M | 538M | 450M | 498M | 425M | 396M | 365M | 320M | 313M | 313M |
| Growth CapEx | 54M | 100M | 154M | 88M | 39M | 68M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 216M | 233M | 268M | 539M | 538M | 450M | 498M | 425M | 396M | 365M | 320M | 313M | 313M |
| CapEx/OCF | 91.1% | 71.3% | 97.7% | 116.6% | 110.1% | 89.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 201.6% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 59M | 79M | 80M | 105M | 258M | 84M | 6.5M | 0 | 700K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | N/A | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 92K | 0 | 0 | 34M | 22M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | 0.2% | 0.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 11M | 11M | 4.9M | 5.7M | 15M | 4.4M | 25M | 43M | 23M | 43M | 22M | 17M | 19M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 75M | 13M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9M | 2.4M | 2.4M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.6B | 1.7B | 3.9B | 4.3B | 4.4B | 10.0B | 10.9B | 9.1B | 9.3B | 8.2B | 7.6B | 7.7B | 3.6B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 218M | 211M | 207M | 310M | 313M | 265M | 308M | 1.6B | 632M | 884M | 632M | 429M | 339M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.8B | 1.9B | 3.7B | 4.2B | 4.7B | 4.7B | 5.7B | 5.4B | 5.1B | 4.6B | 4.0B | 4.0B | 3.9B |
| Debt/Equity | 1.18 | 1.24 | 2.05 | 2.17 | 3.38 | 8.44 | -3.90 | -5.97 | -3.80 | -4.92 | -4.67 | -4.27 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -11.5 | -2.0 | -1.4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | N/A | 13.1 |
| Equity | 1.5B | 1.5B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 1.4B | 1.2B | -2.9B | -1.8B | -2.6B | -1.8B | -1.8B | -1.9B | -1.9B |
| Total Assets | 4.8B | 5.1B | 8.6B | 9.8B | 9.5B | 13.7B | 10.3B | 10.8B | 9.1B | 9.0B | 8.2B | 8.0B | 7.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.2B | 3.5B | 6.6B | 7.7B | 8.1B | 12.5B | 13.1B | 12.6B | 11.8B | 10.9B | 10.0B | 9.9B | 9.6B |
| Intangibles | 226M | 237M | 365M | 381M | 352M | 195M | 163M | 153M | 147M | 147M | 144M | 147M | 146M |
| Retained Earnings | 327M | 353M | 384M | -208M | -551M | -706M | -5.3B | -6.6B | -7.6B | -8.0B | -8.3B | -9.0B | -9.1B |
| Working Capital | -235M | -298M | -506M | -537M | -547M | -1.3B | -1.1B | 82M | -788M | -429M | -798M | -1.0B | -1.1B |
| Current Assets | 402M | 414M | 684M | 872M | 781M | 673M | 487M | 1.9B | 902M | 1.2B | 947M | 731M | 583M |
| Current Liabilities | 636M | 712M | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.7B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.66 | 1.06 | 1.13 | -3.80 | 0.41 | -1.44 | -19.58 | -13.29 | -9.29 | -2.37 | -1.06 | -1.34 | -1.15 |
| Owner EPS | 0.72 | 2.29 | 1.60 | -0.05 | -0.11 | 1.20 | -7.05 | -11.33 | -9.99 | -3.72 | -1.18 | -0.95 | -0.39 |
| Book Value | 15.58 | 15.70 | 20.34 | 16.48 | 5.20 | 11.73 | -12.31 | -18.74 | -25.04 | -11.04 | -5.29 | -4.01 | -3.57 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 3.06 | 4.77 | 4.37 | 4.19 | 1.95 | 5.59 | -4.82 | -6.43 | -6.00 | -1.29 | -0.15 | -0.25 | -0.43 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.96 | 0.81 | 0.03 | N/A | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 97.1M | 98.0M | 98.8M | 128.2M | 268.5M | 103.5M | 234.4M | 95.5M | 104.8M | 167.3M | 332.6M | 471.9M | 539.7M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 294.9 | 164.8 | 238.3 | N/A | 280.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -2.0 |
| P/FCF | 711.2 | 127.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 123.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 116.9 | 79.4 | 142.9 | 194.0 | 133.0 | 88.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 58.6 |
| Price/Book | 12.5 | 11.1 | 13.2 | 7.3 | 22.1 | 6.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 6.1 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 2.1 | N/A | 10.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% | -0.6% | -0.2% | 0.8% | -23.3% | -2.7% | -20.6% | -42.4% | -22.3% | -45.9% | -10.1% |
| Market Cap | 18.9B | 17.1B | 26.6B | 15.5B | 30.8B | 7.5B | 5.6B | 26.5B | 4.0B | 1.0B | 1.3B | 798M | 1.2B |
| Avg. Price | 169.49 | 217.69 | 220.31 | 177.62 | 138.18 | 111.97 | 46.35 | 272.54 | 135.60 | 35.08 | 4.47 | 2.92 | 2.27 |
| Year-End Price | 194.61 | 174.66 | 269.30 | 121.01 | 114.80 | 72.55 | 23.90 | 277.20 | 38.40 | 6.21 | 4.00 | 1.69 | 2.27 |
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average gross margin is 15.7%.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-1.34 in its most recent fiscal year.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a return on equity (ROE) of 34.6%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a 5-year average gross margin of 15.7%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. (AMC) has a book value per share of $-4.01, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.