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IMAX

IMAX Corporation Communication Services As of 2026-08-04 Updated daily after market close

steady quality, premium valuation.

4 active signals
52-week adjusted-price high Top-quintile 6-month momentum Filed revenue acceleration EPS surprise beat
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Valuation 27Quality 77Growth 69Momentum 93Risk / liquidity 61

Is IMAX Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

  • Quality is above average. Operating margin sits near the 76th percentile. TTM ROE is about 11.5%.

  • Valuation is expensive. TTM P/E is in the 94th percentile, above most peers.

  • Recent volatility is moderate. 60-day annualized volatility is near the 59th percentile. Average 20-day dollar volume is about $73.5M.

  • Signals are active now. 52-week adjusted-price high, Top-quintile 6-month momentum, Filed revenue acceleration currently holds; the tables below show what followed in this stock’s own history.

Historical evidence

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

52-week adjusted-price high

Active

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

14 historical occurrences (since 2021-01-27)
Average forward return after 52-week adjusted-price high。20-day: Win 46.2%, Sample 13, Median -4.27%, Excess -2.97%, Beat mkt rate 46.2%；60-day: Win 50%, Sample 12, Median -0.68%, Excess -4.97%, Beat mkt rate 41.7%；120-day: Win 54.5%, Sample 11, Median +6.04%, Excess -0.63%, Beat mkt rate 54.5%

120 days after: historical avg +7.13%

20-day -2.49%
60-day +0.86%
120-day +7.13%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
46.2%
50%
54.5%
Sample
13
12
11
Median
-4.27%
-0.68%
+6.04%
Excess
-2.97%
-4.97%
-0.63%
Beat mkt rate
46.2%
41.7%
54.5%

Over 11 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 7.13%, lagged the market by 0.63 pts; win rate 54.5%.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Active · now 87.42565845369583%

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

24 historical occurrences (since 2018-02-23)
Average forward return after Top-quintile 6-month momentum。20-day: Win 34.8%, Sample 23, Median -4.27%, Excess -1.78%, Beat mkt rate 30.4%；60-day: Win 56.5%, Sample 23, Median +4.5%, Excess -2.17%, Beat mkt rate 56.5%；120-day: Win 54.5%, Sample 22, Median +5.33%, Excess +0.39%, Beat mkt rate 50%

120 days after: historical avg +8.15%

20-day -1.59%
60-day +1.22%
120-day +8.15%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
34.8%
56.5%
54.5%
Sample
23
23
22
Median
-4.27%
+4.5%
+5.33%
Excess
-1.78%
-2.17%
+0.39%
Beat mkt rate
30.4%
56.5%
50%

Over 22 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 8.15%, beat the market by 0.39 pts; win rate 54.5%.

Filed revenue acceleration

Active · now 14.651217049451692%

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

9 historical occurrences (since 2018-05-01)
Average forward return after Filed revenue acceleration。20-day: Win 37.5%, Sample 8, Median -1.53%, Excess -3.45%, Beat mkt rate 37.5%；60-day: Win 37.5%, Sample 8, Median -4.66%, Excess -9.4%, Beat mkt rate 37.5%；120-day: Win 28.6%, Sample 7, Median -7.54%, Excess -6.34%, Beat mkt rate 28.6%

120 days after: historical avg -3.98%

20-day -2.23%
60-day -6.28%
120-day -3.98%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
37.5%
37.5%
28.6%
Sample
8
8
7
Median
-1.53%
-4.66%
-7.54%
Excess
-3.45%
-9.4%
-6.34%
Beat mkt rate
37.5%
37.5%
28.6%

Over 7 occurrences, 120-day forward avg declined 3.98%, lagged the market by 6.34 pts; win rate 28.6%.

EPS surprise beat

Active · now 41.076115485564294%

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

31 historical occurrences (since 2015-02-19)
Average forward return after EPS surprise beat。20-day: Win 50%, Sample 28, Median +0.15%, Excess -0.96%, Beat mkt rate 53.6%；60-day: Win 50%, Sample 28, Median -0.25%, Excess -5.41%, Beat mkt rate 46.4%；120-day: Win 55.6%, Sample 27, Median +1.34%, Excess -4.39%, Beat mkt rate 44.4%

120 days after: historical avg +1.55%

20-day -0.83%
60-day -1.97%
120-day +1.55%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
50%
50%
55.6%
Sample
28
28
27
Median
+0.15%
-0.25%
+1.34%
Excess
-0.96%
-5.41%
-4.39%
Beat mkt rate
53.6%
46.4%
44.4%

Over 27 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 1.55%, lagged the market by 4.39 pts; win rate 55.6%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 221+54.3% +57.8% 99.1% +22.4%
20-40 72+59.7% +57.8% 100% +41.1%
40-60 202+41.7% +41.2% 100% +24.2%
60-80 You are here9Insufficient data
80-100 55+5.1% +6.6% 78.2% -19.9%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 70.59, placing it in the 69.1 own-history percentile, inside the 60-80 bucket.

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
+27.6%
Win rate 98.4% Excess +18.5%
128d
+17.8%
Win rate 91.6% Excess +11.6%
287d
Now
-16.7%
Win rate 0% Excess -33%
51d
60-day momentum down
+29.2%
Win rate 85.4% Excess +2.1%
171d
Insufficient data
(29d)
Insufficient data
(13d)

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 51 historical days, 120-day forward avg declined 16.7%, win rate 0%, lagged the market by 33%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 97,973 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.17%, a 58.1% positive-return rate, and +2.81 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.