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Imax Corp (NYSE: IMAX) closed the day trading at $26.59 down -2.78% from the previous closing price of $27.35. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.3 million shares were traded. IMAX stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.24.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of IMAX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 14.72 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 18.20. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.62 and its Current Ratio is at 1.82. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.97.
On July 24, 2024, Seaport Research Partners started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $23.
Barrington Research reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on April 21, 2023, while the target price for the stock was revised from $22 to $24.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 19 ’25 when Richard Gelfond bought 100,000 shares for $27.14 per share.
GELFOND RICHARD L sold 100,000 shares of IMAX for $2,711,440 on May 19 ’25. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 604,599 shares after completing the transaction at $27.11 per share. On Feb 24 ’25, another insider, Demirian Eric A, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 23,000 shares for $26.81 each. As a result, the insider received 616,630 and left with 35,007 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, IMAX now has a Market Capitalization of 1428999808 and an Enterprise Value of 1782977664. As of this moment, Imax’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 57.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.38. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.81. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.97 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.77. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.956 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.876.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for IMAX is 0.82, which has changed by 0.60180724 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11708844 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, IMAX has reached a high of $29.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $16.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.08%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, IMAX traded about 1.02M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, IMAX traded about 889610 shares per day. A total of 53.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.00M. Insiders hold about 19.99% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.01% stake in the company. Shares short for IMAX as of 1749772800 were 4317470 with a Short Ratio of 4.22, compared to 1747267200 on 5680232. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4317470 and a Short% of Float of 9.99.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
