With exhibition giant AMC Theatres' first-quarter results in the books, Wall Street analysts on Wednesday dissected the figures and management commentary, with their main takeaway being caution.
27.05.2020 - 18:15 / hollywoodreporter.com
MKM Partners analyst Eric Handler on Wednesday upgraded the stock of exhibition giant AMC Theatres from "sell" to "neutral," arguing that "near-term bankruptcy risk appears to have subsided." He raised his fair value estimate to $5 from $1. Handler said that risk has lessened "considerably" as a result of the "increasing likelihood movie theaters in the U.S.
With exhibition giant AMC Theatres' first-quarter results in the books, Wall Street analysts on Wednesday dissected the figures and management commentary, with their main takeaway being caution.
Exhibition giant AMC Theatres, hit in mid-March by a shutdown of its circuit amid the coronavirus pandemic, on Tuesday reported a deep first quarter loss due to onetime impairment charges, on sharply lower overall revenues.
Even more than usual, all eyes are on AMC Theatres and the company’s future. Sure, there’s plenty of talk about when the cinema chain will reopen its doors globally, but after last week’s regulatory filing, claiming that AMC might not be able to survive the losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, not only are people concerned about when they can watch movies on the big screen again but also if AMC will be there to show them.
Adam Aron said in a statement.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAMC Entertainment reported a whopping $2.2 billion loss in the first quarter on Tuesday, the result of the global theatrical shutdown.In a statement, the company said it is focused on its liquidity as it looks to fully reopen worldwide in July.“These are truly unprecedented times,” CEO Adam Aron said.
Sam Mendes has said that he feels “positive” about the prospect of a solution being found to support the UK’s ailing theatre sector through the lockdown.
Imperial Capital analyst David Miller isn't yet ready to follow his Wall Street peers and declare a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing from AMC Theatres as inevitable. So he raised the embattled cinema giant's stock price target on Friday ahead of AMC Theatres unveiling first quarter financial results on Tuesday.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Debt ratings agency S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday reduced yet again AMC Entertainment's credit rating after the exhibition giant unveiled plans for a debt swap for additional financial headroom. "We view the proposed transaction as distressed," the research firm said in an investors note.
Cinema giant AMC Theatres disclosed Wednesday that it expects its first-quarter financials, which were during the second half of March hit by the shutdown of its circuit, to include a loss of up to $2.4 billion, driven by a big impairment charge amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people were concerned that local arthouse theaters and independent exhibitors would be the first cinema-related businesses to be shut down for good. No one really thought that AMC or other major worldwide theater chains would be possibly destroyed by the pandemic.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, AMC Entertainment lost between $2.1 billion and $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2020, the company revealed on Wednesday.
Imperial Research analyst David Miller on Thursday downgraded his rating on the Walt Disney Co.
AMC Entertainment boss Adam Aron earned $9.7 million in total compensation in 2019, up from the $9.5 million the CEO took home the year before, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.