AMC: Bulls Are On The Wrong Side Of The Trade This Time

seekingalpha2021-04-25

Summary Despite being miraculously saved by public investors, AMC Entertainment still faces the risk of bankruptcy next year. In addition, the weak environment, poor performance in pre-COVID-19 days,...

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tacocat
2021-04-28
tacocat
Yeah a load of bull is what this is?
tacocat
2021-04-28
tacocat
Only bull here is bullshit hahaha
BlackJesus
2021-04-27
BlackJesus
LMAOOOOOO IM AMUSED ONCE AGAIN
yapyap168
2021-04-27
yapyap168
As usual trying to spread propaganda to down AMC.. Lousy tactic let see when it rocket ? to 100... More nonsense from the media.. Scare off tactic
dlyh
2021-04-27
dlyh
Trash report
fllod
2021-04-27
fllod
Fight with the best, die like the rest . $AMC Entertainment(AMC)$ to the moon!

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While during normal times, AMC would’ve been able to service that debt and deleverage its balance sheet by driving sales and generating positive FCF, it’s unlikely that it’ll be able to do so in the current environment since its business in the next couple of years is projected to not to return to its 2019 levels.\nSource: Seeking Alpha\nAMC will not be able to return to its pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon simply due to the fact that a large group of consumers will now prefer to watch movies on their big screens at home rather than go to an enclosed public space and risk getting sick. Considering that some major production companies recently decided to distribute their movies via streaming platforms the same day those movies are released in cinemas, it’s hard to imagine how the overall theater business will be able to recover in the foreseeable future. With such a change in consumer habits, it’s unlikely that AMC will be able to improve its top-line performance and generate positive FCF to decrease its high debt burden.\nAnother downside of AMC is that there’s still a possibility that it could become insolvent next year. In its latest 10-K filing the company said that its capacity needs to be at ~90% of pre-COVID-19 levels in the next few quarters in order to not run out of cash next year. Considering that the street expects the company to perform poorly in the near term, it’s unlikely that AMC will be able to reach such capacity levels and improve its operational performance, so there’s every reason to believe that it’ll be looking for additional liquidity. If AMC is unable to find enough liquidity, then the restructuring of its debt will take place. Here’s what the company has stated in its 10-K filing:\n\n If such additional liquidity were not realized or insufficient we likely would seek an in-court or out-of-court restructuring of our liabilities, and in the event of such future liquidation or bankruptcy proceeding, holders of our common stock and other securities would likely suffer a total loss of their investment.\n\nOne way AMC could raise liquidity is by issuing new shares and continuing to dilute its shareholders as it did in the last few quarters. Recently it was announced that the management of AMC will ask its investors to authorize it to issue additional 500 million shares during the upcoming annual investors' conference in May. While the company’s CEO pledged not to offer those shares in 2021, there’s every reason to believe that a dilution will happen next year since the overall business is not going to recover in the next few months. However, the problem is that public investors now control most of the company’s shares, so there’s a risk that the majority of them decide to vote against the authorization to issue new shares in order to prevent a depreciation of the company’s stock. On top of that, it will be significantly harder for public investors to execute another short squeeze with so many new shares outstanding.\nConsidering all of this, we believe that the bankruptcy of AMC is still on the table, as the company might be unable to improve its top-line performance and generate positive FCF to service its debt in the foreseeable future. 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Lousy tactic let see when it rocket ? to 100... More nonsense from the media.. Scare off tactic&nbsp;","listText":"As usual trying to spread propaganda to down AMC.. Lousy tactic let see when it rocket ? to 100... More nonsense from the media.. Scare off tactic&nbsp;","text":"As usual trying to spread propaganda to down AMC.. Lousy tactic let see when it rocket ? to 100... More nonsense from the media.. 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