AMC Entertainment (AMC) closed the most recent trading day at $1.61, moving +2.55% from the previous trading session. This move outpaced the S&P 500’s daily gain of 1.16%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 1.21%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 1.18%.
Coming into today, shares of the movie theater operator had lost 6.55% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Discretionary sector lost 3.58%, while the S&P 500 lost 0.42%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of AMC Entertainment in its upcoming release. The company’s upcoming EPS is projected at -$0.06, signifying a 66.67% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $1.39 billion, indicating a 6.23% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
AMC’s full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$1.15 per share and revenue of $4.95 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +10.16% and 0%, respectively.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for AMC Entertainment. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To capitalize on this, we’ve crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed an unchanged state. Currently, AMC Entertainment is carrying a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
The Leisure and Recreation Services industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 176, positioning it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.
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