Earnings To Watch: IMAX (IMAX) Reports Q4 Results Tomorrow

February 23, 2026 at 22:03 PM EST

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Premium cinema technology company IMAX (NYSE: IMAX) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to look for.

IMAX beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $106.7 million, up 16.6% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Is IMAX a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, the market is expecting IMAX’s revenue to grow 30.3% year on year, improving from the 7.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. IMAX has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at IMAX’s peers in the media & entertainment segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. QuinStreet delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.2%, and Stride reported revenues up 7.5%, topping estimates by 0.5%. QuinStreet traded up 10.7% following the results while Stride was also up 14.2%.

Read our full analysis of QuinStreet’s results here and Stride’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the media & entertainment stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.9% on average over the last month. IMAX is up 5.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $44.09 (compared to the current share price of $36.62).

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