KIN.BR
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EUR 48.10 -0.3% · close 30 Oct · scored 31 Oct
Hot Air: Rising on momentum alone: weak business, rich price.
As of 31 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Kinepolis Group NV (KIN.BR) is 75/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 49, Value 35, Momentum 87, each scored against its sector).
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Kinepolis owns its cinemas across Belgium, France, Spain and North America and has pushed hard into premium formats. It has already sold 20,000 IMAX 70mm tickets at EUR 31 each for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which shows demand for premium screens. Analysts raised earnings estimates by about 6% over the past month. However, cinema revenue depends on the film release slate, the business owns a lot of property and carries debt, and a strong year may be followed by a weaker one.
ABOUT KINEPOLIS GROUP NV
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Kinepolis Group NV operates a premium network of multiplex cinemas across Europe and North America, offering high-quality movie experiences. The company leverages a strong competitive moat through its proprietary theater concepts, advanced projection technologies, and ownership of a significant portion of its real estate portfolio. It stands out as a highly profitable, vertically integrated market leader in the entertainment exhibition sector.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (EUR)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 499.9M | 605.5M | 578.2M | 564.9M | 4.2% | 648.9M | 768.1M | 850.5M | 22.7% |
| EPS (EUR) | 1.02 | 2.08 | 1.51 | 1.42 | 11.7% | 2.25 | 2.57 | 2.68 | 37.5% |
| Shares | 27.0M | 26.8M | 26.8M | 26.7M | -0.8% | 26.7M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 861.9M | 837.4M | 759.3M | 744.0M | -4.8% | 1.0B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 157.7M | 193.8M | 225.9M | 231.6M | 13.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 136.0M | 154.4M | 163.7M | 138.7M | 0.6% | 188.3M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -33.3M | -41.6M | -42.0M | -43.2M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -110.7M | -78.9M | -138.8M | -28.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 8% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 80% of stocks we rank over the past year (26% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
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Closest peers in Communication Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of KIN.BR are excluded.
Peer medians: ROE 6.7% · P/E 15.8x · Gross margin 47.4%
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