Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Cinemark Q2 Earnings

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNK) – Investment analysts at Barrington Research lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Cinemark in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now forecasts that the company will earn $0.49 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.58. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $40.00 target price 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.09 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on CNK. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Cinemark from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Cinemark from $38.00 to $36.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Benchmark decreased their target price on shares of Cinemark from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Wedbush reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $32.00 target price on shares of Cinemark in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Cinemark from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, November 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Cinemark currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.70.

Cinemark Price Performance

Shares of CNK opened at $27.47 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $30.24 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.79. Cinemark has a fifty-two week low of $15.74 and a fifty-two week high of $36.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.36 billion, a PE ratio of 13.53 and a beta of 2.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.01.

Cinemark (NYSE:CNK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.39 by ($0.06). Cinemark had a return on equity of 65.83% and a net margin of 10.16%. The business had revenue of $814.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $797.18 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.15) EPS. Cinemark’s revenue for the quarter was up 27.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Cinemark Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a — dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. Cinemark’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.76%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CNK. CWM LLC raised its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 134.4% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 2,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,000 after buying an additional 1,716 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its holdings in shares of Cinemark by 74.8% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 20,907 shares of the company’s stock worth $582,000 after buying an additional 8,946 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cinemark in the third quarter worth $9,530,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Cinemark in the third quarter worth $12,133,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cinemark by 18.8% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 629,782 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,533,000 after acquiring an additional 99,843 shares during the period.

About Cinemark

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.