Cineplex: BMO Lifts Price Target To $15 After Q3 Earnings
On November 11th, Cineplex Inc. (TSX: CGX) reported its third quarter financial results. The company announced revenues of $250.4 million, up 310% year over year and 286% quarter over quarter.
The company also reported positive gross margins, the first since the pandemic started. Gross margins came in at $115.54 million. The company reported another quarter of negative operating profits of ($24.32) million, better than the ($98.93) million last quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $1.6 million while earnings per share came in at ($3.58).
Cineplex currently has 7 analysts covering the stock with an average 12-month price target of C$16.79, or a 13% upside to the current stock price. Out of the 7 analysts, 3 have buy ratings and the other 4 have hold ratings. The street high sits at C$20 from Scotiabank while the lowest comes in at C$13.
In BMO’s third quarter review, they reiterate their market perform rating but raised their 12-month price target to C$15 from C$14, saying that the company’s operating environment continues to improve into 2022.
BMO says that the company’s results reflect a recovery in the company’s operations, which is aided by a strong film slate with a number of films having their release dates scheduled for the second of 2021.
For the results, Cineplex smashed BMO’s revenue estimate of $206 million, primarily coming from better than expected box office, concession, and rec room revenues while media revenue came in below their estimates. Box office revenues were $94 million, beating both BMO and the consensus estimates, versus the $178 million during the third quarter of 2019. Theatre foodservice revenues were $71 million, beating both consensus and BMO’s estimates.
Below you can see BMO’s updated 2021 and 2022 estimates.
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