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Is AMC stock heading to the moon? Shares of the movie theater operator have been on fire lately, and “apes” are justified in their optimism for what could ...

Increased popularity bodes well for the “meme theme” that has helped to propel AMC stock to the heights witnessed last year. What probably helped to spark interest in AMC stock was the early recovery in the broad market, which finally invited some risk-on attitude. From the start of 2022 to March 14, AMC sank by 50% in only about ten weeks. Could this be the beginning of a trip to the moon? It has been a wild ride for AMC stock so far in 2022. AMC has nearly doubled in price since the 2022 bottom reached as recently as March 14.

Meme stocks such as AMC and Gamestop soared over the past week, mirroring to an extent what took place last year.

Over the last five days, GME is up approximately 78% and AMC is up about 50%. Meme stocks such as AMC and Gamestop (GME) have once again soared recently, mirroring to an extent what took place last year when internet users on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets invested in the stocks. The cinema chain AMC Entertainment’s (AMC) stock surged Monday afternoon after it announced it bought a stake in struggling gold and silver miner Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. (HYMC).

AMC's decision to purchase a gold mine, of all things, should not distract investors from the dynamics in its core industry. Read more about AMC stock here.

The movie theater stock is red hot again, two weeks after its surprise mining investment.

What many of those traders didn't expect was for the movie theater operator to zig when they anticipated a zag. Peter Lynch had a word for when companies went astray and acquired businesses far outside their circle of competence: de-worsi-fication. AMC remains a highly shorted stock, with more than 20% of its shares outstanding sold short.

Shares of GameStop Corp. undefined slumped 3.9% in volatile trading Tuesday morning, putting them on track to snap a record-matching 10-day winning streak.

Fellow meme-stock AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC,-9.01%was also halted briefly for volatility, after shooting up as much as 17.0% right after the open then reversing course trade lower. The videogame and consumer electronic retailer's "meme" stock was briefly halted for volatility starting at 9:37 a.m. Eastern, as it shot up as much as 5.2% minutes after the open before pulling a sharp U-turn into negative territory. The movie theater operator's stock was last down 1.4%, paring earlier losses of as much as 3.8%. Year to date, GameStop's stock has now run up 22.8% and AMC shares have gained 6.4%, while the S&P 500 SPX,-1.26%has slipped 3.3%.

AMC posted another billion-dollar loss in 2021 but things are starting to look brighter as AMC posted its first EBITDA profitable quarter in Q4 2021 since Q4 ...

I won't say what I would be willing to pay to see Top Gun 2 in the movies, but that is an experience I can't recreate to a satisfactory degree at home due to the level of special effects and the way the movie was filmed. Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. Here is the problem, it takes a tremendous amount of capital to unearth these reserves and bring them to market. If HYMC was such a great investment and the economics of its mine were lucrative, why wouldn't one of the major players take it over, considering HYMC has a market cap of $141.57 million. Going to the movies can become costly if you're a family of 4, and if tickets are an extra $5 - $10 each, it could be a deterrent. Now AMC is in a position where 5% of their revenue is tied to a fluctuating market that could decrease or increase at a moment's notice. When you purchase a stock, you're buying an equity portion of a company where your shares correlate to a portion of revenue and earnings which the company generates. The difference is that T could continue to operate WarnerMedia internally as they continuously generate $25 billion-plus of FCF. They are spinning it off because they feel it will generate the most value for shareholders. Depending on what profit metric you use, AMC did return to profitability on an EBITDA level in Q4 2021 as it produced $119.6 million of EBITDA. Patrons are going back to the theaters, and Q4 2021 was the first time in 2 years where AMC's revenue exceeded the operational costs of running their business. For some investors, exiting their position in AMC isn't part of the equation, but the reality is that they are holding shares of a company whose liabilities exceed their assets, with an increased amount of debt as their shares represent negative equity in the company. If AMC does, what would the valuation be worth, and before you think it's going to the moon, remember, when you invest in a company, you're paying the present value for future cash flow. In 2018 AMC generated $1.03 billion in gross profit, placing its gross profit margin at 18.81%. AMC generated $110.1 million in net income for the 2018 fiscal year placing its profit margin at 2.02%. A 2.02% profit margin is very small in any business, especially in a business where you're generating $5.46 billion of revenue in that fiscal year.