AMC vs RDI vs CNK Stock Comparison

Amc Entertainment Holdings, Reading International and Cinemark Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RDI Reading International Inc
$1.72 -13.6% 1M +19.4% 1Y
Market cap
$36.48M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$214.46M
Div. yield
–
Movie Theaters Communication Services
CNK Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
$39.58 +4.8% 1M +46.4% 1Y
Market cap
$4.59B
P/E
13.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.36B
Div. yield
0.91%
Movie Theaters Communication Services
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Cinemark Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cinemark Holdings 7, Amc Entertainment Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMCRDICNKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.15B $36.48M $4.59B CNK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.9x -3.1x 13.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 16.2x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.4% -2.2% +4.5% AMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -10.6% -5.9% 10.2% CNK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.3% 1.4% 8.1% AMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.5x 16.3x 3.6x CNK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.91% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.4% +19.4% +46.4% CNK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -61.5%/yr -19.4%/yr +15.2%/yr CNK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.4% 49.7% 39.5% CNK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 34/100 68/100 CNK

Percentile Scorecard

AMCRDICNK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMCRDICNK
Valuation 75 #4 of 13 58 #6 of 13 92 #2 of 13
Growth 60 #5 of 11 50 #6 of 11 40 #7 of 11
Profitability 50 #6 of 11 20 #9 of 11 80 #3 of 11
Financial Health 25 #10 of 13 8 #12 of 13 58 #6 of 13
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 53 34 68
  • AMC ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • RDI ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • CNK ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMCRDICNKSPY
1 month +1.7%-13.6%+4.8% -0.2%
3 months +12.0%+18.6%+12.9% +3.9%
6 months +81.7%+52.2%+35.3% +8.2%
Year to date +91.0%+63.8%+70.3% +12.9%
1 year +10.4%+19.4%+46.4% +12.3%
3 years -67.4%-9.5%+155.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year -31.2%-3.3%+36.7% +23.3%
5 years -99.2%-65.9%+102.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -61.5%-19.4%+15.2% +10.9%
10 years -99.1%-87.2%+2.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year -37.2%-18.6%+0.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMCRDICNKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.4%49.7%39.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 76.1%46.8%37.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.820.420.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.120.391.18 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.8%-80.2%-62.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.1%-26.5%-1.4% -1.2%
52-week high $3.28$2.34$40.15 $779.14
52-week low $0.95$1.00$21.93 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMCRDICNK
P/E now vs peer median -3.9xmedian 50.4x -3.1xmedian 50.4x 13.3xmedian 50.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 0.2xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.4xmedian 18.0x 18.7xmedian 18.0x 9.7xmedian 18.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -81.5xmedian 17.5x 11.5xmedian 17.5x 17.5xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median -1.5xmedian 2.4x -1.6xmedian 2.4x 2.9xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -0.08median 0.26 -0.11median 0.26 0.27median 0.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMCRDICNK
Revenue $5.23B $214.46M $3.36B
Gross profit $3.44B $29.52M –
Operating income $228.30M $2.54M $541.50M
Net income -$554.10M -$12.72M $343.60M
Free cash flow -$26.40M $3.17M $261.60M
EPS (diluted) $-0.77 $-0.53 $2.95
Cash & equivalents $778.40M $5.70M $1.01B
Total debt $3.85B $256.79M $3.75B
Shares (diluted) 722.02M 23.84M 116.40M
Enterprise value $239.70M $6.79M $1.20B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMCRDICNK
P/E -3.9x -3.1x 13.3x
P/FCF -81.5x 11.5x 17.5x
P/Operating cash flow 9.8x 6.9x 5.8x
P/S 0.4x 0.2x 1.4x
P/B -1.5x -1.6x 2.9x
P/Tangible book -1.3x -1.5x 4.7x
EV/EBITDA 9.4x 18.7x 9.7x
EV/EBIT 22.9x 113.2x 13.5x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 1.3x 2.2x
EV/FCF -197.9x 90.8x 28.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.9x 54.7x 9.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.08 -0.11 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMCRDICNK
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.4% -2.2% 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.1% 0.8% 6.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.4% 9.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 32.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 884.1% 190.3% 15.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.0% 28.5% 30.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -52.6% 26.2% 20.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 27.2% 319.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.5% 28.1% 369.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 46.1% 27.3% 48.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 467.6% 65.6% 70.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.3% 32.0% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 91.4% 483.9% 68.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 66.2% 28.4% -18.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMCRDICNK
Gross margin 65.8% 13.8% –
EBITDA margin 10.6% 7.2% 22.4%
Operating margin 4.4% 1.2% 16.1%
Pretax margin -10.5% -5.4% 10.8%
Net margin -10.6% -5.9% 10.2%
FCF margin -0.5% 1.5% 7.8%
Operating cash flow margin 4.2% 2.5% 23.6%
Return on equity – – 21.7%
Return on assets -7.0% -3.0% 3.8%
Return on invested capital 10.3% 1.4% 8.1%
Return on capital employed 3.8% 1.1% 7.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x -0.4x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMCRDICNK
Debt / assets 47.9% 59.8% 40.7%
Debt / equity -2.7x -11.0x 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.5x 16.3x 3.6x
Debt / FCF -145.9x 81.1x 14.3x
Liabilities / assets 118.1% 105.4% 82.8%
Equity / assets -18.1% -5.4% 17.2%
Interest coverage 0.4x 0.1x 4.2x
Current ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.0x 0.6x
Altman Z-score -0.83 -0.31 0.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMCRDICNK
Dividend yield – – 0.9%
Net buyback yield -15.6% – 2.2%
Shareholder yield -15.6% – 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 11.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 15.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -113.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMCRDICNK
Forward P/E – – 16.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.09FY2026 $-0.20FY2026 $2.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +134.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +7.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.37BFY2026 $245.21MFY2026 $3.46BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.6%FY2026 +20.8%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.9% -4.9% +2.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMCRDICNK
Held by institutions 60.8% 39.3% 63.5%
Institutions holding 292 31 308
Change in shares held, QoQ +121.1% -0.9% +1.4%
Institutions buying 190 5 156
Institutions selling 35 8 107
Buyers to sellers 5.43 0.63 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMCRDICNK
AMC 1.00 0.09 0.41
RDI 0.09 1.00 0.09
CNK 0.41 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMC, RDI and CNK?

Cinemark Holdings (CNK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) $2.15B, Reading International (RDI) $36.48M, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) $4.59B.

Which company is growing faster?

Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) +6.4%, Reading International (RDI) -2.2%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) +4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cinemark Holdings (CNK) has the highest net margin (Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) -10.6%, Reading International (RDI) -5.9%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) 10.2%). On return on invested capital, Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) leads (Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) 10.3%, Reading International (RDI) 1.4%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cinemark Holdings (CNK) returned the most: Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) +10.4%, Reading International (RDI) +19.4%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) +46.4%. Over five years, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) compounded fastest (Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) -61.5%/yr, Reading International (RDI) -19.4%/yr, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) +15.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) 0.00%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) 0.91%. Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) and Reading International (RDI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) has been the steadiest (Amc Entertainment Holdings (AMC) 83.4%, Reading International (RDI) 49.7%, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) 39.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMC, RDI and CNK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cinemark Holdings (CNK) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.