Communication Services
IMAX Corporation(IMAX)
Live Price
Offline$43.19
+2.39% today
1Y Change
+64.86%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.05B
- Revenue Growth
- +16.5%
- EPS Growth
- +32.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
IMAX Corporation (IMAX) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $2.05B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $43.19 and up 64.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +16.5%, EPS growth of +32.7%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +16.5%, EPS +32.7%, free cash flow +301.4% with operating margin 21.2% and ROIC 13.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 47.3 and price/sales 5.1. Stock Foundry combines IMAX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+16.5% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+21.2% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 22, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +16.5% and EPS at +32.7%, with operating margin around 21.2%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +5.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 22, 2026 | โ | +1.1% | +2.8% | -5.5% |
2026 Feb 25, 2026 | +34.9% | +14.4% | +12.7% | +4.6% |
2025 Oct 23, 2025 | +34.1% | -2.3% | -0.0% | +9.1% |
Benchmark Edge
IMAX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
IMAX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
IMAX Max Drawdown
-22.74%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for IMAX and SPY.
Company Overview
IMAX Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
IMAX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment technology company worldwide. It offers cinematic solution through proprietary software, theater architecture, intellectual property, and specialized equipment. The company offers IMAX Digital Re-Mastering (DMR), a proprietary technology that digitally enhances the image resolution, visual clarity, and sound quality of motion picture films for projection on IMAX screens; IMAX theater systems to exhibitor customers through sales, leases, and joint revenue sharing arrangements; and digital projection systems. It also provides preventative and emergency maintenance services to IMAX network; distributes large-format documentary films; film post-production and quality control services for large-format films, and digital post-production services; owns and operates IMAX theaters; and rents 2D and 3D large-format film and digital cameras, as well as offers production advice and technical assistance services to documentary and Hollywood filmmakers. The company markets its theater systems through a direct sales force and marketing staff to science and natural history museums, zoos, aquaria, and other educational and cultural centers, as well as theme parks, private home theaters, tourist destination sites, fairs, and expositions. It owns or otherwise has rights to trademarks and trade names, which include IMAX, IMAX Dome, IMAX 3D, IMAX 3D Dome, Experience It in IMAX, The IMAX Experience, An IMAX Experience, An IMAX 3D Experience, IMAX DMR, DMR, IMAX Enhanced, IMAX nXos, and Films To The Fullest. As of December 31, 2021, the company had a network of 1,683 IMAX theater systems comprising 1,599 commercial multiplexes, 12 commercial destinations, and 72 institutional facilities operating in 87 countries and territories. IMAX Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.
- Leadership
- Richard Lewis Gelfond
- IPO Date
- Jun 10, 1994
- Employees
- 700
- Street Address
- 2525 Speakman Drive
- Mailing
- Mississauga, ON, L5K 1B1
- Region
- Mississauga, ON, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 19054036500
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 47.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 22.1
- Price/Sales
- 5.1
- Price/Book
- 6.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +16.5%
- EPS
- +32.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +301.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 58.4%
- Operating Margin
- 21.2%
- Net Margin
- 10.7%
- ROE
- 12.9%
- ROIC
- 13.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.73
- Current Ratio
- 0.91
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.