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Behind AMC's 3000% surge this year: rare CEOs and rare deals

Reddit散户无视AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc．财务困境和被严重做空的状况大举买入，推动其股价今年以来上涨了3000%左右。这家连锁院线公司也在趁机迎合这种“网红股”

Behind AMC's 3000% surge this year: rare CEOs and rare deals

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The frenzy has baffled Wall Street professionals.</p><p>\"Obviously the fundamentals are completely unsupportive of this common stock level (which makes sense for Reddit retail investors),\" Mark Levin of Asterisk Advisors wrote in the note.</p><p>The surge in stock price hasn't changed the company's earnings outlook. As the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has not been eliminated, analysts have steadily lowered their EBITDA estimates for the company, and now expect AMC to lose nearly $100 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the next 12 months.</p><p>AMC would not comment.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/142cec36bd99e4ac4f992c126628229b\" tg-width=\"550\" tg-height=\"309\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p>Fundamental woes are also exacerbated by rising AMC debt. 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's financial woes and being heavily shorted, pushing its shares up about 3,000% this year. This cinema chain company is also taking the opportunity to cater to this phenomenon of \"online celebrity stocks\".</p><p>The company announced Wednesday that it will reward retail investors with special screenings and free popcorn, among other things. A day ago, AMC took advantage of the soaring stock price to sell new shares to Mudrick Capital Management, one of its main creditors, to raise $230 million to consolidate its financial position.</p><p>However, Mudrick immediately sold all AMC shares, making a huge profit, saying that the company's share price was seriously overvalued. But Reddit retail investors don't share this view. Encouraged by AMC's catering to retail investors, the stock surged 127% to an intraday record on Wednesday, and its market value rose to about $33 billion, surpassing GameStop's market value of about $20 billion.</p><p>\"A lot of our investors have shown support and confidence in AMC... after all, these people are the owners of AMC and I work for them,\" AMC CEO Adam Aron said in a statement released Wednesday.</p><p>As of March 11, more than 3.2 million retail investors held AMC stock, more than 80% of its investor base, according to the statement. Aron spoke directly to many new retail investors during a quarterly conference call held early last month, praising their enthusiasm and determination.</p><p>He then called on skeptical stock analysts to listen to these investors-\"look at what these people have written\".</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2c3a8868864500565a4229b7111fafa6\" tg-width=\"550\" tg-height=\"309\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Fundamentals have not changed</b></p><p>Almost never has any American company executive welcomed retail power as much as Aron. But few companies have benefited from this group as much as AMC.</p><p>AMC was on the verge of bankruptcy a few months ago. However, retail investors vowing to subvert the traditional company value model poured in, pushing up AMC's stock price and making it a representative of Internet celebrity stocks like GameStop. 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The company's long-term liabilities rose to $5.4 billion as of the first quarter of this year, nearly tripling from less than $2 billion in 2016.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9cabcacae95b3553223887737cbd0a6b\" tg-width=\"550\" tg-height=\"309\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Rare stock buying and selling</b></p><p>Savvy investors like Mudrick see AMC's surge as a unique opportunity to make quick bucks.</p><p>In the US market, it is relatively rare to raise funds by selling shares to a single holder. And it's almost unheard of for holders to sell shares immediately after buying them. 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