Here's What AMC Entertainment Investors Still Need to Worry About

Motley Fool2022-03-01

KEY POINTSAMC is reporting fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, March 1, after the market closes.It released preliminary results on Feb. 1, but they don't tell the whole story.Investors shouldn't ...

Source Link

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Comments

deadcow
2022-03-01
deadcow
haha...buy amc
DZEnterprise
2022-03-01
DZEnterprise
they r so afraid. they r in dipshit short position thus hoping investors stop squeesing their exposed balls of mayo.
Grit100
2022-03-01
Grit100
Ok

Leave a comment

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"isChannel":false,"data":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1155243506?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2022-03-01 15:51","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"1155243506","market":"us","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Here's What AMC Entertainment Investors Still Need to Worry About","media":"Motley Fool","content":"<div>\n<p>KEY POINTSAMC is reporting fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, March 1, after the market closes.It released preliminary results on Feb. 1, but they don't tell the whole story.Investors shouldn't ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/28/heres-what-amc-entertainment-investors-still-need/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":null,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Here's What AMC Entertainment Investors Still Need to Worry About</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nHere's What AMC Entertainment Investors Still Need to Worry About\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-03-01 15:51 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/28/heres-what-amc-entertainment-investors-still-need/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>KEY POINTSAMC is reporting fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, March 1, after the market closes.It released preliminary results on Feb. 1, but they don't tell the whole story.Investors shouldn't ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/28/heres-what-amc-entertainment-investors-still-need/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"AMC","symbol_name":"AMC院线","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/02/28/heres-what-amc-entertainment-investors-still-need/","article_id":"1155243506","we_media_id":null,"thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1155243506","pubTimestamp":1646121082,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":null,"weMediaInfo":null,"summary":"Business looks better on the surface, but investors must guard against what could be lurking underneath.","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"fool.com","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"AMC":"AMC院线"},"translate_title":"以下是AMC院线投资者仍需担心的问题","themeId":"","isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"AMC":0.9},"content_text":"KEY POINTSAMC is reporting fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, March 1, after the market closes.It released preliminary results on Feb. 1, but they don't tell the whole story.Investors shouldn't expect many surprises when AMC Entertainment reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday after the market closes. It already released preliminary results several weeks ago in a bid to generate some positive momentum for the stock after a steady drumbeat of gloom kept knocking its stock lower.Since there wasn't much of a reason to preannounce earnings -- it says it did so in advance of possibly meeting with potential investors -- what small, retail investors should be concerned about is if there will be a nugget or two of bad news contained deep within the official disclosures.As hopeful as many of AMC's faithful investors are about the movie theater operator still going from here straight to the moon, let's take a more realistic look at what to expect.Image source: Getty Images.The curtain is still coming downAMC is doing better on the revenue front, no doubt about it. The preliminary fourth-quarter report indicates the theater chain is looking at $1.17 billion in revenue, and it even said it will have adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of between $146.8 million and $151.8 million, operating cash of $215 million, and liquidity of $1.8 billion.CEO Adam Aron says it represents \"the strongest quarter in two years.\"The problem is that that's as good as it gets. It reported net losses much worse than what Wall Street was expecting, and was only able to turn those GAAP losses into adjusted profits mostly by backing out impairments on assets while controlling for interest, depreciation, and amortization. Operationally, AMC is still an ailing company.And even on the revenue front, it's not all that great. The boost to sales was primarily the result of the December release ofSpider-man: No Way Home, the massive blockbuster hit that has become one of the 10 best movie releases of all time. This year isn't shaping up to be much of a repeat.A dreary lineup of entertainmentSo far in 2022, total movie box office is $682 million, 30% of which is a carryover from Spider-man. The next biggest film,Scream, generated only about a third of that, or $77.7 million. That should get your Spidey senses tingling that theater operators are going to have a difficult time replicating their fourth-quarter success.Hollywood also isn't putting out as many movies this year. Only 71 films are slated to debut in theaters in 2022 (thankfully, that includes anotherSpider-manmovie), but streaming services are still as much a viable threat now as they were during the lockdown phase of the pandemic.You're still going to get straight-to-streaming like what Disney is opting to do with Pixar's Turning Red, sending it straight to Disney+, or using day-and-date releases -- simultaneously releasing into theaters and streaming -- like Comcast's Universal Pictures did withMarry Me. Streaming is only going to risk further erosion of attendance.Image source: Getty Images.The drip, drip, drip of declineThat's part of the worry for AMC Entertainment. The industry is slowly losing attendance over time and has offset that with price increases, which only exacerbates the situation.Reddit traders rallied to boost AMC's stock price during last year's trading frenzy, and keep it aloft despite the fundamentals of the theater operator arguing against it. They seem to continue hoping that exposing dark pools, naked shorting, and other nefarious plots used to depress shares will send the stock soaring again.It's possible these practices may have an effect. But eventually, a stock is only as solid as its business, and the foundations under AMC are simply not solid enough to justify its current valuation. Ultimately, that's the risk investors need to watch for: That some item in its financials will cause the entire foundation to crumble.It may not occur this quarter, but investors need to be wary of a movie theater stock treading on such thin ice.","kind":"news","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9039726552,"gmtCreate":1646134064868,"gmtModify":1676534094468,"author":{"id":"3579085067033099","authorId":"3579085067033099","name":"deadcow","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b73e551a33ab83c745d06a9d890b1f93","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3579085067033099","idStr":"3579085067033099"},"htmlText":"haha...buy amc","listText":"haha...buy amc","text":"haha...buy amc","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9039726552","repostId":1155243506,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9039781135,"gmtCreate":1646126517288,"gmtModify":1676534093845,"author":{"id":"3578455735381463","authorId":"3578455735381463","name":"DZEnterprise","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/0c2eac0d8bbd9c6c3f141873741ddc1a","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3578455735381463","idStr":"3578455735381463"},"htmlText":"they r so afraid. they r in dipshit short position thus&nbsp;hoping&nbsp;investors stop squeesing their exposed balls of mayo.","listText":"they r so afraid. they r in dipshit short position thus&nbsp;hoping&nbsp;investors stop squeesing their exposed balls of mayo.","text":"they r so afraid. they r in dipshit short position thus hoping investors stop squeesing their exposed balls of mayo.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9039781135","repostId":1155243506,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":9039783047,"gmtCreate":1646126260681,"gmtModify":1676534093814,"author":{"id":"3581502897038686","authorId":"3581502897038686","name":"Grit100","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c3c65cb20cfcce91cc07fddb27bc3ccd","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581502897038686","idStr":"3581502897038686"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9039783047","repostId":1155243506,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":21,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1155243506"}