MCS Stock Analysis: Marcus | NYSE
Entertainment | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 895m USD | 12M Return: 86% | US5663301068 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 7.91M
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 76.2%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
Tailwinds
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) is a U.S.-based company operating in two primary segments: movie theatres and hotels/resorts. Through its Marcus Theatres, Movie Tavern by Marcus, and BistroPlex brands, the company runs a family entertainment center and multiscreen motion picture theatres. In hospitality, it owns, operates, and manages full-service hotels and resorts, provides management services to vacation ownership developments and condominium hotels, and offers commercial laundry services.
Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marcus Corporation trades on the NYSE as a small-cap stock classified within the GICS Communication Services sector under the Movies & Entertainment sub-industry. The companys business model spans both consumer discretionary segments, with movie exhibition typically tied to film release cycles and box office performance, while its hospitality operations generate revenue from room rentals, resort services, and third-party management contracts. This dual-segment structure provides some diversification across entertainment and lodging demand cycles.
- Film slate quality and box office recovery boost Theatres revenue
- Hotels and Resorts segment RevPAR trends and occupancy rates
- Streaming competition pressures movie theatre attendance and concession spend
| Net Income: 22.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.07 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 7.11 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -11.78% < 20% (prev -12.31%; Δ 0.53% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.13 > 3% & CFO 126.6m > Net Income 22.7m |
| Net Debt (464.5m) to EBITDA (105.5m): 4.40 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.44 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (31.0m) vs 12m ago -1.60% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 41.11% > 18% (prev 38.85%; Δ 2.27% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 78.36% > 50% (prev 76.33%; Δ 2.02% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.23 > 6 (EBIT TTM 35.6m / Interest Expense TTM 11.0m) |
| A: -0.09 (Total Current Assets 71.7m - Total Current Liabilities 164.7m) / Total Assets 999.5m |
| B: 0.26 (Retained Earnings 264.2m / Total Assets 999.5m) |
| C: 0.04 (EBIT TTM 35.6m / Avg Total Assets 1.01b) |
| D: 0.84 (Book Value of Equity 456.9m / Total Liabilities 542.7m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.37 = BB |
| DSRI: 0.86 (Receivables 19.8m/22.7m, Revenue 789.8m/775.8m) |
| GMI: 0.94 (GM 38.85% / 41.11%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.11 / AQ_t-1 0.11) |
| SGI: 1.02 (Revenue 789.8m / 775.8m) |
| TATA: -0.10 (NI 22.7m - CFO 126.6m) / TA 999.5m) |
| Beneish M = -3.19 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of September 03, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 28.07 with a total of 174,771 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -5.23%, over one month by -8.27%, over three months by +41.11% and over the past year by +85.99%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 26.70 (which is 4.9% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Marcus has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.75. Therefore, it is recommended to buy MCS.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 32.3 | 14.9% |
P/E Trailing = 39.7534
P/E Forward = 33.0033
P/S = 1.1964
P/B = 1.9806
P/EG = 4.1111
Revenue TTM = 789.8m USD
EBIT TTM = 35.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 105.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 149.1m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 19.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 490.8m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 170.9m
Net Debt = 464.5m USD (calculated: Debt 490.8m - CCE 26.3m)
Enterprise Value = 1.36b USD (894.7m + Debt 490.8m - CCE 26.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.23 (Ebit TTM 35.6m / Interest Expense TTM 11.0m)
EV/FCF = 20.38x (Enterprise Value 1.36b / FCF TTM 66.7m)
FCF Yield = 4.91% (FCF TTM 66.7m / Enterprise Value 1.36b)
FCF Margin = 8.44% (FCF TTM 66.7m / Revenue TTM 789.8m)
Net Margin = 2.87% (Net Income TTM 22.7m / Revenue TTM 789.8m)
Gross Margin = 41.11% ((Revenue TTM 789.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 465.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 41.22% (prev 89.26%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.36 (Enterprise Value 1.36b / Total Assets 999.5m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.25% (Interest Expense 11.0m / Debt 490.8m)
Taxrate = 4.77% (1.14m / 23.8m)
NOPAT = 33.9m (EBIT 35.6m * (1 - 4.77%))
Current Ratio = 0.44 (Total Current Assets 71.7m / Total Current Liabilities 164.7m)
Debt / Equity = 1.07 (Debt 490.8m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 456.9m)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.40 (Net Debt 464.5m / EBITDA 105.5m)
Debt / FCF = 6.97 (Net Debt 464.5m / FCF TTM 66.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 452.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.25% (Net Income 22.7m / Total Assets 999.5m)
RoE = 5.01% (Net Income TTM 22.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 452.4m)
RoCE = 5.92% (EBIT 35.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 452.4m + L.T.Debt 149.1m))
RoIC = 4.10% (NOPAT 33.9m / Invested Capital 827.4m)
WACC = 6.68% (E(894.7m)/V(1.39b) * Re(9.17%) + D(490.8m)/V(1.39b) * Rd(2.25%) * (1-Tc(0.05)))
Discount Rate = 9.17% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -89.87 | Cagr: -1.05%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈66.7m ; Y1≈67.0m ; Y5≈70.9m
[DCF] Fair Price = 26.78 (EV 1.10b - Net Debt 464.5m = Equity 638.7m / Shares 23.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 0.99 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 76.20 | Revenue CAGR: 3.46% | SUE: 2.01 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.53 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.28 | Chg30d=+158.81% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+211.4% | GrowthRev=+7.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.84 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+24.4% | GrowthRev=+2.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +50% (up=3, down=0)