CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK)
Communication Services · movie theater exhibition · NYSE
A major global movie theater chain operating a significant footprint of cinemas across the U.S. and Latin America.
What CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC does
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry, operating a large network of movie theaters across the United States and Latin America. The company generates revenue primarily through box office admissions and the sale of concessions, supplemented by screen advertising and other theater-based amenities.
Themes: media & entertainment, theatrical exhibition, consumer discretionary, out-of-home entertainment
Fundamentals
- Price$36.60 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$4.4B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+39.8% 2025-08-21 close $26.18 → 2026-08-21 close $36.60
- P/E20.20 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+6.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+64.3% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+52.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity3.99 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.05 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.9%; at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How CNK compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 79 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2021
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
CNK is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
49.1 #533 of 987 scored · #9 of 25 in Communication Services
Long-term trend 80th (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control) and profitability 63rd (return on equity 52%, operating margin 11.7%); weakest is capital return (11th, consecutive years of dividend increases 1 year).
Short-term score
54.0 #545 of 1,704 scored · #19 of 66 in Communication Services
Volume and participation 72nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; trend 70th: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; weakest is catalysts 7th: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which CNK reported a dividend payment is FY2020, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2020 ratio would not describe CNK today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2020) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC looks technically
CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) is trading 28.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 91 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 37, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 14 trading days ago. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 6% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 28.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +28.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $33.75 | $33.75 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $28.42 | $28.42 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 5 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 36.28. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 5 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 91 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 91 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 37, with buyers in control | 36.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 56.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($36.28 to $38.51) — its "stochastic" reading is 14 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 14.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $38.97 | $38.97 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 6.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -6.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 69.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +69.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 6.1% below its highest point of the past year | 6.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 14 trading days ago | 14 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 14 trading days ago | 14 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $45.68 (set on 2015-04-06) | $45.68 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($21.93 to $38.07), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 9% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $27.58 to $28.10. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 9.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 19.9% below its all-time high | -19.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.9% above a support level at $36.28 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-12-02, most recently on 2026-08-10. Since 2024-08-21 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.71 (set on 2020-03-18) | $5.71 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 541.0% above its all-time low | +541.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 6% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 6th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.14 between its high and its low — about 3.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.14 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $34.60 and $39.10 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $34.60 – $36.85 – $39.10 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (28.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 7.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.28× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.2% since the prior reading | -0.2% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.09 toward sell |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.2% above the previous close 24 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 30.42 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.2% |
| Gap filled | a 4.6% gap up opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 16 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 16 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -1.93% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 13.9 percentage points (the stock gained 16.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | +13.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 34.5 percentage points (the stock gained 37.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | +34.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 27.1 percentage points (the stock gained 38.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | +27.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 19.3 percentage points (the stock gained 39.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +19.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 19% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +19.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 26% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $29.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +25.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $37.25 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 17 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CNK last closed at $36.60 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $36.28 | Support | 0.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-02 to 2026-08-10 |
| $33.16 | Support | 9.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-02-18 to 2025-06-18 |
| $30.99 | Support | 15.3% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-11-18 to 2026-04-09 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 5 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $36.28.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $41.81 and $50.76 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This reading has stood for 5 trading days, since 2026-08-17.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · beating the market · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 11 analysts
- Mean price target$39.27 range $33.00 – $43.00; median $40.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CNK
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.7263 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-19
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Competition from streaming platforms and alternative content delivery formats.","Reliance on the number, quality, and diversity of film releases from studios.","Sensitivity to general economic conditions and discretionary consumer spending."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CNK's 10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Box office performance influenced by 'quality and quantity of films released' and 'scale and effectiveness of studio-led marketing support' (2026 filing)
- Films mentioned leading box office during Q1 2026: Project Hail Mary, Hoppers, Scream 7, GOAT, and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2026 filing)
- Concession supplies sourcing from 'variety of global partners' (2026 filing) vs. 'variety of partners around the world' (2025 filing)
- Three months ended March 31, 2026 financial data table comparing 2026 vs. 2025 quarters (2026 filing)
- Removed:
- Reference to COVID-19 pandemic and Hollywood strikes' effects on film content recovery (2025 filing removed)
- 'Recent Developments' section discussing October 30, 2025 share repurchase program and November 4, 2025 dividend increase (2025 filing removed)
- Nine months ended September 30, 2025 financial data table (2025 filing removed)
- Films mentioned: A Minecraft Movie, Lilo & Stitch, Superman, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Sinners (2025 filing removed)
- 'Impairment of long-lived and other assets' line item from operating data table (2025 filing removed)
- Reworded:
- As of date changed from 'September 30, 2025' to 'March 31, 2026'
- Industry success description changed from 'contingent upon several key factors, including the volume of new film content available' to 'primarily driven by the box office performance of newly released film content'
- Removed reference to ongoing recovery 'from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently the writers' and actors' guilds strikes'
- Added reference to 'scale and effectiveness of studio-led marketing support' as a key influencing factor
- Changed 'electronic video games and other games' to just 'games' in revenue streams description
- Changed 'also product mix' to 'and product mix' in concession supplies expense description
- Reporting period changed from 'nine months ended September 30, 2025' to 'three months ended March 31, 2026'
- Notes:
- The newer filing appears to be a 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, while the older filing was for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2025, making direct operational comparisons limited to the respective periods presented
- The newer filing's text appears truncated ('The 2026 period - The North American Industry box office generated approximately $1.8 billion during the 2026 p'), preventing full comparison of comparative analysis sections
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days0 buys · 1 sell ($4M) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-01. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CNK's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CNK as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 28,838,912
- Reported value $822,485,752
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CNK had 7,951,575 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for CNK because the newest share count we hold predates that settlement by more than 180 days, and a buyback or issuance in between would move the base. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 7,951,575
- Prior settlement (shares) 8,528,465
- Reported change -6.76%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.6
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- AMC Entertainment (AMC)
- Marcus Corporation (MCS)
- Cineplex Inc.
- Regal Cinemas (Cineworld)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) do?
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry, operating a large network of movie theaters across the United States and Latin America. The company generates revenue primarily through box office admissions and the sale of concessions, supplemented by screen advertising and other theater-based amenities.
What sector is CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) in?
CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is movie theater exhibition. It trades on NYSE.
Does CNK pay a dividend?
Yes — CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.93% and at least 1 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC's (CNK) competitors?
Notable peers of CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) include AMC Entertainment, Marcus Corporation, Cineplex Inc. and Regal Cinemas (Cineworld). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) overbought or oversold right now?
CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (CNK) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CNK come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.