Cinemark Holdings, Inc (CNK) Key Metrics

NYSE: CNKValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

CNK valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$4.46B
Enterprise value
$6.61B
P/E (TTM)
21.4
10-yr median 17.4
Forward P/E
13.6
PEG ratio
1.72
Price / sales
1.3
10-yr median 1.3
Price / book
8.4
10-yr median 4.7
EV / EBITDA
10.6
10-yr median 9.5
Dividend yield
0.94%
$0.36 a year
Beta
1.03

CNK key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

CNK valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio+45.8%
22.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 17.4 (−2.1%)2017: 15.3 (−12.1%)2018: 19.6 (+27.9%)2019: 20.6 (+5.4%)2023: 11.42024: 15.5 (+36.2%)2025: 22.6 (+45.8%)
20162025
Price / sales−36.3%
1.0
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 1.5 (+12.5%)2017: 1.4 (−11.2%)2018: 1.3 (−3.9%)2019: 1.2 (−7.4%)2020: 3.0 (+146.2%)2021: 1.3 (−57.7%)2022: 0.4 (−66.7%)2023: 0.7 (+67.5%)2024: 1.6 (+125.3%)2025: 1.0 (−36.3%)
20162025
Price / book−4.6%
7.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.5 (+0.3%)2017: 2.9 (−19.0%)2018: 2.9 (+0.8%)2019: 2.7 (−4.3%)2020: 2.6 (−6.2%)2021: 5.9 (+127.1%)2022: 9.3 (+58.7%)2023: 6.9 (−25.6%)2024: 8.1 (+16.8%)2025: 7.7 (−4.6%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA+8.1%
12.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 8.7 (+8.3%)2017: 8.1 (−7.2%)2018: 8.3 (+1.9%)2019: 10.3 (+24.7%)2022: 27.22023: 8.0 (−70.5%)2024: 11.7 (+45.6%)2025: 12.6 (+8.1%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow+15.7%
17.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 35.6 (+14.4%)2017: 27.4 (−23.0%)2018: 19.8 (−27.5%)2019: 15.3 (−23.0%)2021: 26.72022: 40.5 (+51.3%)2023: 7.3 (−82.0%)2024: 15.2 (+109.6%)2025: 17.6 (+15.7%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield−0.9 pts
5.7%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 2.8% (−0.4 pts)2017: 3.7% (+0.8 pts)2018: 5.0% (+1.4 pts)2019: 6.5% (+1.5 pts)2020: −20.4% (−26.9 pts)2021: 3.7% (+24.1 pts)2022: 2.5% (−1.3 pts)2023: 13.8% (+11.3 pts)2024: 6.6% (−7.2 pts)2025: 5.7% (−0.9 pts)
20162025

CNK valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

CNK returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

CNK debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

CNK cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

CNK price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

CNK key metrics

2016–2025
Cinemark Holdings, Inc key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$3.12B$4.80B$2.14B$1.02B$1.89B$2.03B$3.95B$4.18B$4.04B$4.44B
Enterprise value$6.56B$7.20B$4.85B$4.13B$5.13B$5.31B$6.83B$5.80B$5.58B$5.92B
P/E ratio22.615.511.4———20.619.615.317.4
Price / sales1.01.60.70.41.33.01.21.31.41.5
Price / book7.78.16.99.35.92.62.72.92.93.5
Price / free cash flow17.615.27.340.526.7—15.319.827.435.6
Price / operating cash flow7.910.34.87.511.4—7.07.57.69.8
EV / sales2.12.41.61.73.47.72.11.81.92.0
EV / EBITDA12.611.78.027.2——10.38.38.18.7
EV / free cash flow37.022.816.4163.172.5—26.527.537.847.4
Earnings yield4.4%6.5%8.8%−26.5%−22.4%−30.4%4.8%5.1%6.5%5.7%
Free cash flow yield5.7%6.6%13.8%2.5%3.7%−20.4%6.5%5.0%3.7%2.8%
Dividend yield1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%4.0%3.6%3.3%2.8%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)10.1%0.1%0.1%0.4%0.2%2.1%4.1%3.6%3.4%3.0%
Share price at fiscal year-end$23.24$30.98$14.09$8.66$16.12$17.41$33.85$35.80$34.82$38.36
Per share
Revenue per share$23.19$19.69$20.18$20.77$12.88$5.88$28.16$27.57$25.78$25.21
Earnings per share$1.03$2.00$1.24−$2.29−$3.61−$5.29$1.64$1.83$2.28$2.20
Operating cash flow per share$2.95$3.01$2.92$1.15$1.42−$2.83$4.82$4.77$4.55$3.90
Free cash flow per share$1.32$2.03$1.94$0.21$0.60−$3.55$2.22$1.80$1.27$1.08
Cash per share$2.56$6.83$5.59$5.71$6.03$5.62$4.19$3.65$4.50$4.85
Book value per share$3.02$3.84$2.04$0.93$2.75$6.75$12.31$12.46$12.21$10.90
Tangible book value per share−$8.50−$6.11−$8.18−$12.23−$10.55−$6.69−$1.45−$1.29−$1.75−$2.90
Dividends per share$0.29$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.36$1.37$1.28$1.16$1.08
Capex per share$1.63$0.97$0.98$0.94$0.81$0.72$2.60$2.96$3.28$2.82
Debt per share$28.17$22.31$23.37$31.95$33.65$33.70$28.95$17.46$17.79$17.65
Shares outstanding134.3M154.9M152.0M118.2M117.2M116.7M116.6M116.8M116.1M115.8M
Change in shares outstanding−13.3%+1.9%+28.6%+0.8%+0.5%+0.1%−0.2%+0.7%+0.2%+0.3%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)27.7%68.5%89.6%−125.2%−76.1%−55.5%13.2%14.9%19.7%21.6%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)9.2%12.0%10.3%−2.1%−5.2%−14.2%6.5%8.9%10.6%11.4%
Return on assets (ROA)2.9%6.3%3.9%−5.4%−7.8%−10.8%3.7%4.8%6.0%6.0%
Return on tangible assets4.8%8.8%5.7%−8.3%−11.5%−15.4%4.5%7.4%9.2%9.4%
Free cash flow margin5.7%10.3%9.6%1.0%4.7%−60.3%7.9%6.5%4.9%4.3%
Income quality (OCF / net income)2.871.502.36———2.942.602.001.77
Financial health
Total debt$3.78B$3.46B$3.55B$3.78B$3.95B$3.93B$3.38B$2.04B$2.06B$2.04B
Cash & short-term investments$344.3M$1.06B$849.1M$674.5M$707.3M$655.3M$488.3M$426.2M$522.5M$561.2M
Net debt$3.44B$2.40B$2.70B$3.10B$3.24B$3.28B$2.89B$1.61B$1.54B$1.48B
Debt / equity9.345.8111.4734.2712.224.992.351.401.461.62
Debt / assets0.850.680.730.780.750.710.580.460.460.47
Net debt / EBITDA6.623.894.4820.45——4.352.302.242.19
Current ratio0.711.011.451.221.141.470.901.181.111.53
Quick ratio0.670.991.421.191.121.450.871.141.081.49
Interest coverage2.12.22.1-0.5-1.5-4.92.63.03.73.9
Working capital−$249.6M$16.6M$329.7M$155.1M$105.3M$286.3M−$73.8M$84.3M$53.6M$233.1M
Invested capital$3.84B$2.99B$3.01B$3.21B$3.56B$4.06B$4.32B$3.07B$2.96B$2.74B
Tangible asset value−$1.13B−$936.7M−$1.24B−$1.44B−$1.23B−$769.1M−$156.8M−$1.61B−$203.3M−$324.9M
Net current asset value−$3.42B−$3.17B−$3.46B−$3.83B−$4.02B−$3.87B−$3.74B−$3.92B−$2.54B−$2.36B
Graham number$8.36$13.14$7.54———$21.32$22.65$25.01$23.24
Graham net-net per share−$26.27−$21.11−$23.38−$33.21−$34.92−$33.94−$32.71−$34.00−$21.18−$20.75
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$38.9M$0$0$0$0$42.3M$159.3M$149.5M$135.1M$125.5M
Share buybacks (net)$275.1M$4.9M$2.9M$4.3M$4.1M$0$2.3M$2.9M$2.9M$6.8M
Dividend payout ratio28.1%0.0%0.0%———83.2%69.9%51.1%49.2%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow177.2%1.6%1.0%17.0%5.8%—62.5%72.3%93.5%105.9%
Capex / revenue7.0%4.9%4.9%4.5%6.3%12.2%9.2%10.7%12.7%11.2%
Capex / operating cash flow55.3%32.4%33.6%81.4%57.5%—54.0%62.1%72.1%72.4%
Capex / depreciation1.080.760.710.460.360.321.161.331.601.56
Stock-based compensation / revenue1.2%1.1%0.8%0.9%1.9%2.8%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.5%
SG&A / revenue7.6%31.0%30.4%35.0%44.6%80.5%42.8%41.0%39.8%39.3%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding19.917.915.017.136.974.010.311.311.211.2
Days of inventory on hand4.39.13.48.210.026.66.25.75.65.4
Days payables outstanding49.723.49.231.052.2125.829.633.235.535.8
Cash conversion cycle (days)-25.53.59.2-5.7-5.2-25.2-13.1-16.2-18.7-19.2
Receivables turnover18.3720.4424.3621.349.884.9335.2732.3232.6332.52
Payables turnover7.3515.5739.7811.797.002.9012.3311.0010.2910.20
Inventory turnover84.4339.96106.2244.5836.5113.7359.0364.1265.7367.88
Asset turnover0.660.620.640.490.280.120.640.720.680.69
Average receivables$169.6M$149.2M$125.9M$115.0M$152.9M$139.1M$93.1M$99.7M$91.7M$89.8M
Average payables$345.1M$69.7M$62.8M$74.1M$73.3M$81.1M$98.1M$107.3M$110.1M$109.5M
Average inventory$30.1M$27.1M$23.5M$19.6M$14.0M$17.1M$20.5M$18.4M$17.2M$16.5M
Intangibles / total assets34.9%30.4%32.1%32.3%29.8%28.2%27.5%35.9%36.2%37.1%

Computed from CNK's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 18, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

CNK valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Cinemark traded at 22.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 17.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 21.4 and the forward P/E is 13.6. Cinemark earned a return on equity of 27.7% and a return on invested capital of 9.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $3.8 billion of debt and $344.3 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $3.4 billion. It returned $314.0 million to shareholders: $38.9 million in dividends and $275.1 million in share buybacks, 177% of free cash flow. The share count rose 16.0% from 115.8M to 134.3M over 9 years.

See the CNK income statement, the CNK chart for price history, or the CNK stock overview for the latest quote and news.

CNK key metrics FAQ

What is Cinemark's P/E ratio?

Cinemark's trailing P/E ratio is 21.4 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 13.6. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 22.6, compared with a 10-year median of 17.4.

What is Cinemark's EV/EBITDA?

Cinemark's enterprise value was 12.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $6.6 billion, EBITDA $519.4 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.6.

What is Cinemark's return on equity?

Cinemark's return on equity (ROE) was 27.7% in fiscal 2025: net income of $138.2 million on average shareholders' equity of $499.8 million.

What is Cinemark's ROIC?

Cinemark's return on invested capital was 9.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Cinemark have?

Cinemark had total debt of $3.8 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.34 and $3.4 billion of net debt (6.62 times EBITDA).

What is Cinemark's dividend yield?

Cinemark's forward dividend yield is 0.94%. Cinemark paid $38.9 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.29 per share), a payout ratio of 28.1%.

Does Cinemark buy back its shares?

Yes. Cinemark spent $275.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −13.3% over the year, to 134.3M..

What is Cinemark's free cash flow yield?

Cinemark generated $177.2 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 5.7% on its market value at year-end ($3.1 billion).

What is Cinemark's current ratio?

Cinemark's current ratio was 0.71 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.71 times current liabilities.

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