Cinemark Holdings (FRA:ZZA) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:ZZA Cinemark Holdings Inc FRA:ZZA
70 GF Score
Price €29.80
GF Value €31.87
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cinemark Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €208 Mil. Cinemark Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,387 Mil. Cinemark Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €984 Mil. Cinemark Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.64.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:ZZA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13150.33   Med: 4.05   Max: 24.9
Current: 4.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cinemark Holdings was 24.90. The lowest was -13150.33. And the median was 4.05.

FRA:ZZA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.81% of 685 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.61 vs FRA:ZZA: 4.86

Cinemark Holdings  (FRA:ZZA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:ZZA vs MANU, MSGE, LION: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Cinemark Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cinemark Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(202.56290178381 + 2344.8422665929) / 460.22518845778
=5.54

Cinemark Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(208.43173270358 + 2387.2124551736) / 984.252584414
=2.64

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Cinemark Holdings (FRA:ZZA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cinemark Holdings stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €29.80 is trading 6.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of €31.87. GuruFocus considers Cinemark Holdings to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:ZZA:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €31.87 vs. price of €29.80 (6.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 70/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:ZZA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Cinemark Holdings Business Description

Other Exchanges CNK:USACNK:Mexico
Address 3900 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX, USA, 75093
Cinemark Holdings Inc is a geographically diverse operator in the motion picture exhibition industry in the United States. The company generates revenue from filmed entertainment box office receipts and concession sales, with additional revenue from screen advertising, screen rentals, and other revenue streams, such as transactional fees, vendor marketing promotions, studio trailer placements, meeting rentals, and electronic video games located in some of the theatres. Cinemark manages its business under two reportable segments: U.S. markets and international markets. The majority of its revenue is generated from the U.S. markets segment.
70GF Score

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