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AMC Global Media Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, AMC Global Media Inc. had return on equity of 9.7% and a net margin of 3.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin7.4%10.6%10.1%18.3%12.0%14.2%9.8%16.8%15.0%12.4%8.5%8.1%0.2%7.9%−9.4%3.9%−0.9%
Return on equity————————197.6%77.5%37.4%34.1%0.9%23.2%−23.8%9.7%−2.1%
Return on assets4.3%6.3%5.7%11.1%7.9%8.9%6.2%9.9%8.6%7.0%4.4%4.6%0.1%4.1%−4.9%2.2%−0.5%
Effective tax rate42.7%40.0%38.7%38.1%32.5%34.5%36.2%23.5%25.2%16.1%36.1%25.2%—32.0%—31.2%—
SG&A as % of revenue30.4%28.3%29.3%26.7%25.8%24.7%23.1%21.9%22.1%22.2%25.2%29.0%29.0%28.2%32.3%35.4%36.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.7bn
Short-term assets $1.3bnLonger-term assets $2.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.7bn
Short-term liabilities $717mLonger-term liabilities $2.1bnShareholders' equity $911m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.3bn of assets due within a year against $717m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.3bn short-term assets against $2.1bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $464m of cash against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 182% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 330% to 182% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $219m of operating cash flow against $1.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $52m against $171m of interest.

From AMC Global Media Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

65 /100

Moderate moat

How hard AMC Global Media'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 19 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 14.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 17 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 51.4%, moving by 1.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 4 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 15.4%; its worst year was -1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 13.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 14 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 8.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.4% 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 (70 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from AMC Global Media Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to AMC Global Media Inc.