IMAX CORP · Photographic Equipment & Supplies

IMAX

Low riskNext report: Due any day

View price ↗

The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 12% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Sales up 17% last year

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 5.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (132 bought, 109 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$52.10-2.3% that day

Company value: $2.9B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 72.4x; You pay about $72 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 6.9x; Company value is 6.9 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 6%; Cash as a share of company value

From IMAX's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$102.8M+12% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $416.1M, up 15% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 25% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of IMAX. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+15% a yearRecently: +15% a yearProfit margin10%Last 12 months: 9.8%P/E at the end40xToday: 72.4x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-1% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$837M

Profit in 5 years$84M

Price these guesses point to$64.19+23% vs $52.10 todayAbout +4.3% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 40x P/E, sales would have to grow about 10% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.11.0%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$118.9M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-2.0% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.60.0%

Revenue: $410.2M; +16.5% vs prior year
5-year growth: +24.5%/yr; revenue, per year
Free cash flow: $118.9M; 29.0% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.