AMC Entertainment's Q2 Earnings Preview: Revenue Expected to Grow 30% YoY

AMC Entertainment is set to report Q2 earnings on August 11. The company is expected to report a narrower loss of $0.07 per share and revenue growth of 30% YoY to $1.34 billion. Analysts are cautiously optimistic about AMC's financial health, but concerns about high debt levels and shareholder dilution persist. The company is taking initiatives to improve its financial health, and improving attendance at theaters and growth initiatives are driving the top line higher.

AMC Entertainment is poised to report its second-quarter (Q2) earnings on August 11, 2025. The company is expected to report a narrower loss of $0.07 per share and revenue growth of 30% year-over-year (YoY) to $1.34 billion, according to Wedbush analysts [1]. The stock has shown resilience, closing at $2.84 on July 2, 2025, down 1.05% from the previous session, outperforming the S&P 500's 0.49% loss.

Analysts are cautiously optimistic about AMC's financial health, given the company's strategic initiatives and the improving box office receipts. The firm expects a steady release schedule, market share gains in 2025 and 2026, and the repayment of all 2026 debt. Despite these positive projections, concerns about high debt levels and shareholder dilution persist [1].

AMC's stock has a 52-week high of $5.56 and a 52-week low of $2.45, with shares trading slightly higher by 1.55% to $2.95 on Thursday morning [1]. The company's strategic initiatives, such as its partnership with Eminem for the documentary "Stans" and its promotion offering 50% off tickets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for loyalty members, align with CEO Adam Aron's narrative of recovery [1].

Analysts seem to be aiming too low heading into the Aug. 11 report. They see a net loss of $0.08 a share, a significant improvement from the $0.43 a share deficit it produced a year earlier. Can AMC fare even better? Can it produce a quarterly profit, something that it has only done twice in the last six years? The only time that AMC was profitable since the summer of 2019 was in the second and third quarter of 2023 [2].

AMC has been stepping up its game on the concessions front that isn't covered by box office reports. It's been ramping up its offerings, including premium-priced collectibles tied to specific tentpole releases. Its net loss and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) deficit widened in the first quarter, but as a scalable business, the opposite should be happening in its second-quarter performance [2].

A profitable second quarter would turn heads. Beating analyst revenue targets should be even easier. I know a 30% year-over-year increase in revenue sounds impressive for an out-of-favor investment, but how can analysts be aiming that low when overall domestic box office receipts climbed 37%? It's unlikely that AMC is either losing share or falling short at the concessions counter. I would be shocked if AMC doesn't beat on revenue. An actual profit for the quarter would be the cherry on top of the hot buttered popcorn sundae [2].

AMC has had its blunders. Most of the blame for the stock's dramatic fall from its 2021 peak is self-inflicted, outside of the frenzied rally that inflated the shares in the first place. AMC's own fingerprints are all over the reckless dilution at inopportune times. It's a different world now. The future is brighter than the projectors for movie theater stocks. Rival Cinemark (NYSE: CNK) has been profitable since 2023, and it's now even paying a quarterly dividend [2].

AMC has a lot riding on next week's financial update. It will probably never be able to reverse its bloated share count, but long-term debt is shrinking for the fifth year in a row. The headwinds are there heading into Monday afternoon's report. The revenue beat should be a lay-up. A profitable quarter is the trick shot, but if it can hit nothing but net -- and stay there -- this will be a whole new world for AMC, its shareholders, and Kidman's lonely walk into a barren movie theater [2].

References:
[1] https://www.ainvest.com/news/amc-entertainment-q2-report-expected-show-solid-results-upside-potential-2508/
[2] https://www.aol.com/amc-stock-surge-aug-11-154700702.html