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AMC vs CNK

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and Cinemark Holdings, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

AMC vs CNK, at a glance
Metric AMC CNK
Revenue$4.8B$3.1B
Net income$-632.4M$138.2M
Gross margin··
Net margin−13.0%4.4%
Return on equity··
Diluted EPS−$1.34$1.04
Dividend / share·$0.33
Payout ratio··
Free cash flow$-365.9M·
Equity$-1.9B·
Net debt / equity··
Current ratio0.41×·
Revenue CAGR 5y31.3%35.3%
Profit CAGR 5y··

AMC bills 1.6× the revenue of CNK, and AMC closed the last reported year at a loss.

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

AMC vs CNK, revenue by year
Fiscal year AMC CNK
FY2025$4.8B$3.1B
FY2024$4.6B$3.0B
FY2023$4.8B$3.1B
FY2022$3.9B$2.5B
FY2021$2.5B$1.5B
FY2020$1.2B$686.3M
FY2019$5.5B$3.3B
FY2018$5.5B$3.2B
FY2017$5.1B$3.0B
FY2016$3.2B$2.9B
Net income by year

Bottom line

AMC vs CNK, net income by year
Fiscal year AMC CNK
FY2025$-632.4M$138.2M
FY2024$-352.6M$309.7M
FY2023$-396.6M$188.2M
FY2022$-973.6M$-271.2M
FY2021$-1.3B$-422.8M
FY2020$-4.6B$-616.8M
FY2019$-149.1M$191.4M
FY2018$110.1M$213.8M
FY2017$-487.2M$264.2M
FY2016$111.7M$255.1M
Revenue gap over time

13 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025+$1,733,900,000AMC
FY2024+$1,587,700,000AMC
FY2023+$1,745,900,000AMC
FY2022+$1,456,700,000AMC
FY2021+$1,017,400,000AMC
FY2020+$556,100,000AMC
FY2019+$2,216,901,000AMC
FY2018+$2,239,065,000AMC
FY2017+$2,087,653,000AMC
FY2016+$317,135,000AMC
FY2015+$94,291,000AMC
FY2014+$68,400,000AMC
FY2013+$66,534,000AMC

AMC has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 13 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

13 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

11 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−17.5 ppCNK
FY2024−17.9 ppCNK
FY2023−14.5 ppCNK
FY2022−14.0 ppCNK
FY2021−22.3 ppCNK
FY2020−279.4 ppCNK
FY2019−8.6 ppCNK
FY2018−4.7 ppCNK
FY2017−18.5 ppCNK
FY2016−5.3 ppCNK
FY2015−4.1 ppCNK

CNK has kept the higher net margin in every one of these 11 fiscal years.

11 of 15 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

AMC's net margin has been more volatile than CNK's over the 11 comparable fiscal years — 104.2 percentage points of standard deviation against 28.6.

11 of 15 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

CNK led in net margin in every one of the 11 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.

11 of 15 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

AMC's return on equity has been more volatile than CNK's over the 7 comparable fiscal years — 14.1 percentage points of standard deviation against 3.0.

7 of 14 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between AMC and CNK over these 7 fiscal years — AMC led in 1 and CNK in 6.

7 of 14 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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