For the quarter ended June 2025, Imax (IMAX) reported revenue of $91.68 million, up 3.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.26, compared to $0.18 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.62% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $91.12 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.19, the EPS surprise was +36.84%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Imax performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Commercial Multiplex Systems (Period End): 1,750 versus 1,749 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Total IMAX System installations: 36 compared to the 30 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Commercial Multiplex Systems (Period End) - International Total: 1,331 compared to the 1,328 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total Commercial Multiplex Systems (Period End) - Domestic Total (United States & Canada): 419 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 417.
- Revenues- All other: $2.08 million compared to the $3.28 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -30.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Technology Products and Services: $55.6 million compared to the $52.6 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Content Solutions: $34 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $35.25 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.1%.
- Revenues- Technology Products and Services Revenue- Maintenance: $16.06 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $15.65 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.4%.
- Revenues- Technology Products and Services Revenue- Finance Income: $2.87 million compared to the $2.63 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +24.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Technology Products and Services Revenue- System Rentals: $18.71 million compared to the $18.53 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +34.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Content Solutions Revenue- Other Content Solutions: $2.32 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $3.31 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -83.2%.
- Revenues- Content Solutions Revenue- Film Remastering and Distribution: $31.65 million versus $31.83 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +48.6% change.
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Shares of Imax have returned +8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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