Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

NYSE:CNK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.0b

Cinemark Holdings Valuation

Is CNK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CNK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$29.56
Fair Value
11.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: CNK ($26.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($29.56)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CNK is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CNK?

Key metric: As CNK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CNK. This is calculated by dividing CNK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CNK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.4x
EarningsUS$288.80m
Market CapUS$3.01b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CNK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CNK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average87.9x
IQ iQIYI
187.5x59.84%US$2.4b
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entertainment
49.8x32.83%US$1.9b
IMAX IMAX
45.4x22.28%US$1.5b
RSVR Reservoir Media
69x-7.21%US$528.4m
CNK Cinemark Holdings
10.4x5.99%US$3.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CNK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the peer average (87.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CNK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Entertainment Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SOHU Sohu.com
3.9x-133.28%US$467.82m
DDI DoubleDown Interactive
4.4x6.26%US$454.41m
RDBX Redbox Entertainment
1.2x-121.78%US$76.65m
ABQQ AB International Group
1.3xn/aUS$1.20m
No more companies available in this PE range
CNK 10.4xIndustry Avg. 36.8xNo. of Companies7PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CNK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the US Entertainment industry average (37.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CNK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.4x
Fair PE Ratio14.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CNK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CNK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$26.16
US$33.91
+29.62%
11.62%US$37.00US$22.00n/a11
Aug ’26US$25.87
US$34.36
+32.83%
11.66%US$37.00US$22.00n/a11
Jul ’26US$30.10
US$33.60
+11.63%
11.99%US$36.00US$22.00n/a10
Jun ’26US$33.77
US$33.60
-0.50%
11.99%US$36.00US$22.00n/a10
May ’26US$29.89
US$33.33
+11.52%
12.57%US$36.00US$22.00n/a9
Apr ’26US$24.54
US$33.11
+34.93%
12.28%US$36.00US$23.00n/a9
Mar ’26US$25.61
US$33.11
+29.29%
12.28%US$36.00US$23.00n/a9
Feb ’26US$28.63
US$34.89
+21.86%
14.26%US$40.00US$24.00n/a9
Jan ’26US$30.98
US$34.00
+9.75%
15.28%US$40.00US$22.00n/a10
Dec ’25US$34.52
US$33.00
-4.40%
13.21%US$38.00US$22.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$29.85
US$32.70
+9.55%
12.54%US$36.00US$22.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$27.47
US$28.44
+3.55%
12.52%US$32.00US$20.00n/a9
Sep ’25US$27.38
US$27.30
-0.29%
14.93%US$31.00US$16.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$23.09
US$24.10
+4.37%
16.12%US$28.00US$14.00US$25.8710
Jul ’25US$21.57
US$21.50
-0.32%
17.56%US$26.00US$14.00US$30.1010
Jun ’25US$17.27
US$20.80
+20.44%
16.90%US$25.00US$14.00US$33.7710
May ’25US$17.43
US$19.80
+13.60%
16.87%US$24.00US$14.00US$29.8910
Apr ’25US$18.46
US$18.00
-2.49%
20.18%US$24.00US$13.00US$24.5410
Mar ’25US$17.58
US$18.00
+2.39%
20.18%US$24.00US$13.00US$25.6110
Feb ’25US$13.85
US$18.00
+29.96%
20.64%US$24.00US$12.00US$28.6310
Jan ’25US$14.09
US$19.30
+36.98%
17.19%US$24.00US$13.00US$30.9810
Dec ’24US$14.61
US$20.20
+38.26%
13.06%US$24.00US$16.00US$34.5210
Nov ’24US$16.58
US$20.40
+23.04%
14.24%US$24.00US$15.00US$29.8510
Oct ’24US$18.35
US$20.30
+10.63%
14.29%US$24.00US$14.00US$27.4710
Sep ’24US$17.03
US$19.73
+15.84%
16.76%US$24.00US$14.00US$27.3811
Aug ’24US$16.94
US$18.59
+9.75%
16.41%US$23.00US$12.50US$23.0911
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
US$33.91
Fair Value
22.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/26 15:19
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/25 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. is covered by 36 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Marla BackerAscendiant Capital Markets LLC
Anthony DiClementeBarclays