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Employees: 11,499
Size Cineplex (CGX.TO) is a Canada Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $641M, the 310th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$14.25 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 26.0%, against -8.2% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.9%); the operating margin is 9.5% (peer median 6.0%).
Valuation It trades at 33.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (2nd most expensive of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +25%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.8 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | C$1.36B | C$1.28B | C$1.27B | C$1.39B | C$1.10B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | -8% | +26% | — |
| Gross profit | C$676M | C$629M | C$625M | C$701M | C$527M |
| EBITDA | C$285M | C$259M | C$215M | C$330M | C$224M |
| Net income | -C$16.3M | -C$40.5M | -C$105M | C$167M | C$113,000 |
| Free cash flow | C$133M | C$100M | C$90.5M | C$157M | C$52.1M |
| Capital expenditure | C$40.5M | C$48.6M | C$81.2M | C$63.5M | C$64.9M |
| Total debt | C$1.76B | C$1.79B | C$1.84B | C$1.90B | C$1.93B |
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| Measure | CGX.TO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +16.2% | +1.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +26.0% | -8.2% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -0.5% | -37.3% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.9% | +3.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 6.0% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 33.9× | 13.6× | 2nd most expensive of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.2% | 8.2% | 5th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +25.2% | +20.4% | 6th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -22.0 pp | -14.6 pp | 6th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.8 pp | -2.2 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.9× | 8.2× | 8th cheapest of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.8× | 2.2× | 4th most indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cineplex CGX.TO | Canada | $641M | +26% | -2% | 9% | 33.9× | 3.2% | +25.2% |
| Huayi Brothers Media 300027.SZ | China | $648M | -14% | -24% | -125% | 20.0× | n/a | n/a |
| COVER 5253.T | Japan | $633M | +11% | +4% | 14% | 13.6× | 11.4% | +53.8% |
| Angel Studios ANGX | United States | $633M | +1% | +233% | -30% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CJ CGV 079160.KS | South Korea | $629M | +5% | +12% | 5% | n/a | 8.2% | +31.3% |
| Hollywood Bowl BOWL.L | United Kingdom | $658M | +17% | +9% | 24% | 13.2× | -4.4% | +25.8% |
| Ciwen Media 002343.SZ | China | $610M | +38% | -55% | -35% | 39.0× | 32.0% | -9.9% |
| Rank RNK.L | United Kingdom | $583M | -3% | +5% | 9% | 10.3× | 5.8% | +20.4% |
| Zhejiang Huazhi Digital Media 300426.SZ | China | $578M | +30% | -71% | 27% | n/a | 33.6% | -10.6% |
| Viva Goods 0933.HK | Hong Kong | $578M | -23% | +4% | 4% | 9.1× | 2.5% | +65.8% |
| YG Entertainment 122870.KS | South Korea | $578M | -22% | +60% | 11% | 17.2× | -5.7% | +16.4% |
| Juventus Football Club JUVE.MI | Italy | $738M | -22% | -1% | -28% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Maoyan Entertainment 1896.HK | Hong Kong | $547M | -38% | -7% | 9% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Tivoli A/S TIV.CO | Denmark | $536M | -3% | +6% | 10% | n/a | 8.8% | +23.0% |
| China Television Media 600088.SS | China | $786M | -10% | -3% | 2% | n/a | 31.1% | +5.9% |
| Lucky Strike Entertainment LUCK | United States | $518M | -54% | +4% | 13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Studio Dragon 253450.KS | South Korea | $515M | -33% | +24% | 9% | 19.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Jinyi Media 002905.SZ | China | $515M | -11% | -15% | -14% | n/a | 8.1% | +14.3% |
| Marcus MCS | United States | $813M | +49% | +9% | 6% | 30.7× | 9.2% | +26.1% |
| Omnijoi Media 300528.SZ | China | $820M | -7% | -1% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media PSM.DE | Germany | $830M | -16% | -8% | 6% | 6.9× | -11.8% | -1.9% |