Carlos Daniel Duran's questions to Cinemark Holdings Inc (CNK) leadership • Q3 2024
Question
Carlos Daniel Duran asked about the company's preference between stock buybacks and dividends for capital return in 2025 and questioned the sustainability of recent market share gains.
Answer
CFO Melissa Thomas stated that both dividends and buybacks are being evaluated as part of the 2025 budgeting process, with the goal of maximizing long-term shareholder value. She also noted that while market share can fluctuate quarterly, the company believes maintaining a 100-basis-point improvement over pre-pandemic levels is a reasonable full-year expectation as the box office recovers and capacity constraints increase.