Cinemark Holdings (CNK Quick QuoteCNK - Free Report) reported $734.2 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2024, representing a year-over-year decline of 22.1%. EPS of $0.32 for the same period compares to $0.80 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.91% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $693.22 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.07, the EPS surprise was +357.14%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Cinemark performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Average ticket price - U.S. Operating Segment

  : $9.88 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $9.79.

• Average ticket price - International Operating Segment

  : $3.75 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $4.06.

• Concession revenues per patron - U.S. Operating Segment

  : $7.95 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $7.85.

• Attendance - International Operating Segment

  : 20.9 million versus 18.71 million estimated by two analysts on average.

• Revenue- International Operating Segment- Admissions

  : $78.40 million versus $75.92 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -25.3% change.

• Revenue- U.S. Operating Segment- Admissions

  : $287.40 million versus $271.33 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -23% change.

• Revenue- U.S. Operating Segment- Other

  : $53.20 million versus $47.39 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.4% change.

• Revenue- U.S. Operating Segment- Concession

  : $231.40 million versus $217.50 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -21.9% change.

• Revenue- International Operating Segment- Other

  : $22.30 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $20.07 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -11.9%.

• Revenue- Admissions

  : $365.80 million versus $349.10 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -23.5% change.

• Revenue- Other

  : $75.50 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $70.15 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -16.6%.

• Revenue- Concession

  : $292.90 million compared to the $273.97 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -21.6% year over year.

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Shares of Cinemark have returned +8.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.