IMAX (IMAX) Gets a Buy Rating from B.Riley Financial


In a report released today, Eric Wold from B.Riley Financial reiterated a Buy rating on IMAX (IMAX), with a price target of $26.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $17.70.

According to TipRanks.com, Wold is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 8.7% and a 52.5% success rate. Wold covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as National Cinemedia, Dolby Laboratories, and AMC Entertainment.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for IMAX with a $19.00 average price target, representing a 10.5% upside. In a report issued on December 15, Benchmark Co. also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $19.00 price target.

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Based on IMAX’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $37.26 million and GAAP net loss of $47.21 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $86.39 million and had a net profit of $9.03 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 53 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of IMAX in relation to earlier this year.

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IMAX Corp. is an entertainment technology company, which engages in the business of motion picture technologies and presentations. It operates through following four business segments: Network Business, Theater Business, New Business, and Other. The Network Business segment represents box office results and which includes the reportable segment of IMAX DMR and contingent rent from the joint revenue sharing arrangements and IMAX systems segments. The Theater Business segment includes the sale and installation of theater systems and maintenance services, primarily related to the IMAX Systems and Theater System Maintenance. The New Business segment involves content licensing and distribution fees associated with the firm’s original content investments, virtual reality initiatives, IMAX Home Entertainment, and other business initiatives that are in the development and/or start-up phase. The Other segment refers to certain IMAX theaters that the company owns and operates, camera rentals and other miscellaneous items. The company was founded by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert P. Kerr and William Shaw in 1967 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

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