AMC Entertainment Holdings

AMC

Entertainment · Communication Services

Price

$1.94

-0.13 (-6.28%)

Market Cap

$1.19B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+350.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 113.8M (2021) → 513.0M (2025)

AMC Entertainment runs movie theaters. It is the largest movie theater chain in the world, with hundreds of locations across the United States and Europe. Customers are everyday people who pay to watch films on the big screen, and AMC works closely with major Hollywood studios to show their releases.

AMC makes money mainly by selling movie tickets and concessions like popcorn and drinks. Concessions carry very high margins, which is why gross margin looks strong even when ticket sales are uneven. The company operates in the U.S. and several European countries and has a large physical footprint that is hard to replicate quickly. However, AMC carries a heavy debt load from the COVID-19 pandemic, when theaters were forced to close for months, and the ongoing shift toward streaming services remains a serious long-term risk to theater attendance.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-1.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+24.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.9%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$429M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

AMC Entertainment Holdings's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

140.4%

Premium pricing power — 140.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

144.8%

Excellent — 144.8% operating margin

ROCE

87.0%

Exceptional — 87.0% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+4.6%

Slow sales growth (4.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

FCF Margin

-7.5%

Burning cash (-7.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

—

Data not available

Interest Cover

2.38x

Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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