AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. had an operating margin of -0.4% and a current ratio of 0.41. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 66.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 6.5% | 8.0% | 6.6% | 2.0% | 4.9% | 2.5% | −330.2% | −36.8% | −13.4% | −1.5% | −1.7% | −0.4% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 3.5% | −9.6% | 2.0% | −2.7% | −369.4% | −50.2% | −24.9% | −8.2% | −7.6% | −13.0% | −10.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.5% | 1.0% | 4.6% | 0.3% | −1.8% | −1.0% | 1.1% | −104.9% | −27.9% | −21.2% | −9.2% | −6.4% | −7.5% | −0.4% |
| Return on equity | 24.2% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 6.3% | −23.6% | 6.3% | −11.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 1.6% | −5.3% | 1.1% | −1.3% | −38.3% | −12.0% | −9.8% | −4.4% | −4.1% | −7.8% | −6.9% |
| Asset turnover | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.65 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.41 | 0.55 |
| Debt to equity | 137.3% | 118.5% | 125.8% | 220.8% | 231.3% | 378.0% | 404.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 1.5x | 1.4x | 2.2x | 1.8x | 0.4x | 0.8x | 0.4x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | 0.4x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 34.4% | 36.5% | 25.4% | — | 11.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 9.5% | 10.0% | 11.3% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 9.5% | 14.0% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 26.5% | 41.5% | 129.1% | 9.0% | — | −48.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | 91.3% | 75.6% | 71.3% | — | 234.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.6% | 220.6% | 58.6% | 796.0% | — | — | 138.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 0.4% | −16.9% | 6.6% | 2.8% | 0.0% | −4.4% | 14.9% |
| Net margin | −1.5% | −10.4% | −23.4% | −0.3% | −22.9% | −9.9% | −11.2% | −0.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −6.8% | 8.7% | −48.3% | 6.4% | −6.2% | 3.4% | −16.7% | 11.9% |
| Current ratio | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.55 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.0bn of assets due within a year against $1.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.0bn short-term assets against $7.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $778m of cash against $3.9bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $219m of operating cash flow against $3.9bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $228m against $557m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard AMC Entertainment Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -5.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -2.1%; its worst year was -270.8%.
- Cash conversion 1 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 10 years, at a median -6.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 15225.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (26 before it).
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