Cinemark Holdings (CNK) reported $857.5 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 7%. EPS of $0.40 for the same period compares to $1.19 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.53% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $836.36 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.44, the EPS surprise was -9.09%.
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 Cinemark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average ticket price - U.S. Operating Segment: $10.50 compared to the $10.36 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average ticket price - International Operating Segment: $3.87 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $3.84.
- Concession revenues per patron - U.S. Operating Segment: $8.20 compared to the $8.33 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Concession revenues per patron - International Operating Segment: $3.06 versus $3.12 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- U.S. Operating Segment- Admissions: $348.5 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $333.02 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -7.1%.
- Revenue- International Operating Segment- Admissions: $81.2 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $79.63 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4.7%.
- Revenue- U.S. Operating Segment- Concession: $272.4 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $270.23 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.1%.
- Revenue- International Operating Segment- Concession: $64.3 million compared to the $64.79 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5% year over year.
- Total revenue- U.S.: $683.6 million versus $666.93 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.8% change.
- Revenue- Admissions: $429.7 million versus $414.08 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.7% change.
- Revenue- Other: $91.1 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $88.62 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.2%.
- Revenue- Concession: $336.7 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $334.49 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.3%.
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Shares of Cinemark have returned +1.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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