Q4 EPS Estimates for Cinemark Raised by Barrington Research

Cinemark Holdings Inc (NYSE:CNK) – Barrington Research boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Cinemark in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 16th. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.57 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.53. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $36.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cinemark’s current full-year earnings is $1.93 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Cinemark’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.92 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.98 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.62 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on CNK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Cinemark from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on Cinemark in a report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “buy” rating and a $36.00 target price for the company. B. Riley initiated coverage on Cinemark in a research report on Friday, May 16th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $35.00 price objective for the company. Wedbush upgraded shares of Cinemark from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $32.00 to $37.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Roth Capital cut their price target on shares of Cinemark from $36.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.00.

Cinemark Stock Up 0.8%

CNK opened at $30.23 on Thursday. Cinemark has a one year low of $21.17 and a one year high of $36.28. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $31.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.53, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.88.

Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported ($0.32) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.32). The business had revenue of $540.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $604.62 million. Cinemark had a return on equity of 51.68% and a net margin of 8.17%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.19 EPS.

Cinemark Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 29th were issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 29th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.06%. Cinemark’s payout ratio is 21.05%.

Insider Transactions at Cinemark

In other Cinemark news, EVP Melissa Thomas sold 7,200 shares of Cinemark stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.43, for a total value of $226,296.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 210,968 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,630,724.24. This trade represents a 3.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Wanda Marie Gierhart sold 52,524 shares of Cinemark stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.85, for a total value of $1,672,889.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 94,890 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,022,246.50. The trade was a 35.63% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 84,724 shares of company stock valued at $2,724,435. Insiders own 2.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Cinemark

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State of Alaska Department of Revenue increased its position in shares of Cinemark by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 60,062 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,812,000 after purchasing an additional 892 shares during the last quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda purchased a new stake in shares of Cinemark in the 2nd quarter worth $247,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Cinemark by 66.2% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,474 shares of the company’s stock worth $105,000 after purchasing an additional 1,384 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in Cinemark by 106.9% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,589,372 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,147,000 after purchasing an additional 1,338,153 shares during the period. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC lifted its position in Cinemark by 605.1% during the first quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 102,936 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,562,000 after purchasing an additional 88,338 shares in the last quarter.

Cinemark Company Profile

Cinemark Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the motion picture exhibition business. As of February 16, 2024, it operated 501 theatres with 5,719 screens in 42 states and 13 countries in South and Central America. Cinemark Holdings, Inc was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.