Cathy Marcus, Co-head and Global COO of Real Estate at PGIM, discusses her outlook for real estate investment opportunities in the APAC region. She speaks with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)
MCS The Marcus Corporation
XNYS
28.12
Delayed
Stock quote, options chain, IV rank, technicals, AI analysis, and institutional ownership. Iron condor setups Expected move IV rank history Fibonacci levels Insider trading
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MCS
$28.12
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Key stats
$28.12
- 52-Week Range
- $12.88 – $32.42
- YTD
- +84.43%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 45.39
- Straddle Price
- $3.02
- P/C Vol Ratio
- 2.71
- Market Cap
- $0.9B
- Open
- $28.04
- Day Range
- $27.84 – $28.43
- Volume
- 43,155
- Prev Close
- $28.30
Fair Value
MODEL: NEUTRAL
A blended fair-value estimate combining up to six valuation methods. Each method is weighted by how well it fits the company — DCF down-weights for unprofitable names; DDM only fires for steady dividend payers; comparables down-weight when peer multiples disagree.
- DCF (quality-aware) — projects free cash flow with a horizon that scales to business quality. True compounders (quality 6/6) get 10 years explicit + 10 years fade before terminal; cyclical/struggling names (quality 0-1) get a 5-year terminal cliff. Quality is scored from ROE, gross margin, growth, FCF margin, debt load, and FCF consistency — the same factors that drive market premium for compounders.
- Market-Implied Growth (in Model Inputs) — reverse-DCF that answers "what growth rate is the market pricing in?". Lets you sanity-check the deviation: if implied growth is plausible for the business, the model's bearish flag may be wrong; if implausible, the market may be over-extrapolating.
- DDM (Gordon Growth Dividend Model) — values the stream of future dividends. Only used when trailing yield ≥ 2% and dividend payments are stable — below that the dividend is a token payout and Gordon (which values only the dividend stream) systematically underprices growth names, so those route to DCF + comparables + market anchor instead.
- P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S — applies the peer-group median multiple to this company's per-share metric. Peers come from the same set as the "Related symbols" card. Earnings/sales metrics are forward-tilted by the company's recent revenue growth (capped at 25%) so they're comparable to peers' growth-embedded multiples — mimics how analysts use NTM rather than TTM. Per-multiple weights are biased by company quality (e.g. P/B down-weighted for asset-light tech).
- Market Anchor (SMA50) — the 50-day moving average, weighted by recent trading-range stability (tighter Bollinger bands → higher weight). Captures information fundamentals miss (forward consensus, sentiment, supply/demand) — but only when recent trading is steady enough that the market has converged on a view. During wild breakouts or breakdowns the anchor's weight collapses.
- Options Expected (B-L 30d) — the risk-neutral expected stock price at 30-day options expiration, derived from the full implied-volatility surface via Breeden-Litzenberger (second derivative of call price wrt strike → implied PDF, then E[S_T]). Forward-looking, captures all options-implied information (smile, skew, term structure) in one number. Weighted by chain liquidity. SP500-only at present (pre-computed daily). Backtest evidence: adds modest alpha across most bucket × holding combos.
- Blended value — weighted average. Confidence reflects how many methods fired and how tight peer dispersion is.
- Deviation pill — green when blended FV ≥ 10% above current price (undervalued); red when ≥ 10% below; grey otherwise.
| 10-yr Treasury (rf) | 5.12% |
| Beta vs SPY | 0.79 |
| Cost of Equity (CAPM) | 9.06% (VRP-adj) |
| WACC | 8.69% |
| Volatility Risk Premium | +163.3pp (IV − HV30) |
| Effective Tax Rate | 4.8% |
| Rev. Growth (YoY, DCF input) | +10.3% |
| DCF Horizon | 5 years explicit + fade |
| Forward Tilt (NTM/TTM) | ×1.10 (applied to P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/S) |
| Free Cash Flow (TTM) | $0.1B |
| Return on Equity (TTM) | 5.0% |
| Book / Price | 52.0% — banking bias active (P/B is primary) |
| Gross Margin (TTM) | 44.7% |
| FCF Margin (TTM) | 8.4% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.34 |
| Quality Score | 1/6 — cyclical/struggling (5y DCF) |
| Market-Implied Growth | +0.4% (reverse-DCF on current price) |
| SMA 50 | $28.25 (Market Anchor value) |
| SMA 20 / Bollinger Mid | $27.83 |
| Bollinger Width / SMA20 | 40.0% (drives anchor stability) |
| Net Debt | $0.1B |
| Market Cap | $1B |
Peers used for multiples: CMCSA, DIS, T, TMUS, VZ, WBD
(filtered from 8 ETF-co-members; sector bias active)
60-Day Conviction
28%
20-Day Fair Value
≈ by Nov 23, 2026
$27.91
α -0.7%
rank 47%
conviction
48%
40-Day Fair Value
≈ by Dec 22, 2026
$28.37
α +0.9%
rank 56%
conviction
27%
60-Day Fair Value
≈ by Jan 20, 2027
$28.33
α +0.7%
rank 57%
conviction
28%
| Method | Implied Price | Weight | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCF | $45.26 | 28% | |
| DDM (Gordon) | $8.53 | 0% | |
| Peer P/E | $9.16 | 7% | median 11.6× · 5 peers |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | $35.43 | 8% | median 7.5× · 6 peers |
| Peer P/B | $25.68 | 11% | median 1.7× · 6 peers |
| Peer P/S | $43.23 | 11% | median 1.5× · 6 peers |
| Market Anchor (SMA50) | $28.25 | 35% | stability 63% (BB-width) |
| Options Expected (B-L 30d) | $29.50 | 0% | 7 strikes · skew +0.53 |
As of 2026-10-23 · updated
Related
About
- Industry (SIC)
- SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE THEATERS (7830) · industry map
- Exchange
- XNYS
- Market Cap
- $0.9B
- Employees
- 8,390
- List Date
- 1972-11-02
- CIK
- 0000062234
- Next Earnings
- 2026-10-29 (Pre-Market)
- EPS Forecast
- $0.62 (3 est.)
- Headquarters
- Milwaukee, WI
- Homepage
- https://www.marcuscorp.com
Marcus Corp is engaged in two business segments, which are movie theatres and Hotels and Resorts. The movie theatres segment operates multiscreen motion picture theatres in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and others, a family entertainment center in Wisconsin and a retail center in Missouri; Hotels and Resorts segment owns and operates full-service hotels and resorts in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Nebraska and manages full-service hotels, resorts and other properties in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, California, and North Carolina. It generates m…
Summary
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Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37.82% | -7.11% | 5.36% | -6.28% | -5.00% | -1.05% | 3.96% |
| Feb | 8.57% | 4.97% | 6.13% | 7.79% | -10.71% | 8.72% | 4.25% |
| Mar | -0.40% | 0.51% | 0.13% | -0.56% | -5.60% | 1.96% | -0.66% |
| Apr | -1.43% | -8.49% | 8.35% | -7.19% | -2.34% | 1.85% | -1.54% |
| May | 5.34% | -0.13% | -13.13% | -18.76% | 12.48% | 7.57% | -1.11% |
| Jun | -3.90% | -5.50% | -2.63% | 9.22% | -5.92% | 16.89% | 1.36% |
| Jul | -24.45% | 11.16% | 4.28% | 12.71% | -2.50% | 25.27% | 4.41% |
| Aug | -2.38% | -2.13% | -3.49% | 11.95% | 3.83% | -7.36% | 0.07% |
| Sep | 11.93% | -10.68% | 1.97% | 6.96% | 0.98% | 0.43% | 1.93% |
| Oct | 3.51% | 6.59% | -0.38% | 24.55% | -5.57% | 3.84%* | 5.42% |
| Nov | -9.95% | 10.48% | -9.14% | 9.80% | 7.68% | -- | 1.77% |
| Dec | 7.40% | -11.77% | 3.04% | -7.13% | -1.34% | -- | -1.96% |
| Total | 22.89% | -14.54% | -1.79% | 41.80% | -15.13% | 70.00% | 17.21% |
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $27.83
SMA 50: $28.21
SMA 200: $21.68
Current: $28.12
EMA 12: $28.16
EMA 26: $27.98
MACD: 0.1809 | Signal: 0.0956
BULLISH
ADX (14): 23.09
WEAK TREND
+DI: 27.39
−DI: 14.76
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 51.67
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 68.52
Stoch %D: 72.60
Williams %R: -40.18
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $29.39
BB Lower: $26.28
NEUTRAL
OBV: 5,726,851
Vol SMA 20: 195,559
Vol ROC: -66.03%
ATR: $0.78
True Range: $0.59
HV 20: 26.5%
HV 30: 23.6%
HV 60: 28.8%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-24T00:00:00 – 2026-10-22T00:00:00
AI Analysis
Here is the stock analysis report for MCS:
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL with confidence level (6/10)
Key Drivers: Strong technical signals from MACD and RSI, indicating a potential uptrend.
Primary Risks: High volatility and recent negative news headlines may impact investor sentiment.
Investment Thesis: The stock is poised to break out of its current trading range, driven by strong momentum indicators. However, high volatility and mixed news sentiment create uncertainty around the likelihood of this event occurring.
Recent News Sentiment Impact: The positive sentiment from headline 1 outweighs the negative sentiment from headline 2, while headlines 3-6 are neutral or mixed in their implications.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term - Bullish (SMA 20 above current price), Medium-term - Neutral (SMA 50 and SMA 200 in a flat trend).
Support/Resistance Levels:
- Resistance: $31.25 (upper Bollinger Band)
- Support: $27.33 (lower Bollinger Band)
Momentum Signals:
- RSI: 42.35 (neutral), indicating no clear buy or sell signal
- MACD: Bullish, with a crossover above the signal line
Volume Analysis: Volume is trending lower, indicating selling pressure.
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: Positive headlines from Zacks Investment Research and Investing.com are balanced by negative sentiment from The Motley Fool. Neutral or mixed sentiments prevail in other headlines.
Sentiment Assessment: Net positive sentiment with a slight bias towards neutral due to conflicting news sources.
Catalyst Identification:
- No immediate catalysts, but medium-term earnings data may influence investor sentiment.
- Regulatory changes or product launches could impact the stock's trajectory in the long term.
Market Narrative: The market is currently pricing in $5.62 move by expiration, indicating high uncertainty and volatility around the stock's future direction.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: Low risk relative to SPY (beta = 0.54).
Volatility Regime: Current volatility is low compared to historical levels.
Options Market Signals:
- IV Rank: 17.7% (low), indicating historically low volatility.
- Put/Call Volume Ratio: 0.00 (neutral sentiment).
- Options market pricing $5.62 move by expiration, indicating high uncertainty and volatility around the stock's future direction.
Downside Protection: Support levels at $27.33 (lower Bollinger Band) provide some downside protection.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: Entertainment sector has been trending downwards recently.
Institutional Activity: Institutional interest is low based on volume patterns suggesting little buying or selling pressure from institutional investors.
Correlation Analysis: The stock moves relatively independently of the market (R-squared = 0.18).
Relative Valuation: The stock is trading near its historical average with a slight premium due to recent positive sentiment.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels:
- Resistance: $31.25 (upper Bollinger Band)
- Support: $27.33 (lower Bollinger Band)
Breakout/Breakdown Levels:
- Breakout above $31.25 could trigger a strong uptrend.
- Breakdown below $27.33 could lead to further declines.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: Earnings data may influence investor sentiment in the medium term.
Risk Management: Consider stop-loss levels at $28.55 (EMA 12) and position sizing based on the stock's historical volatility.
I hope this comprehensive analysis meets your requirements!
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News
All MCS news →
Gary Marcus, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at NYU, discusses whether AI is having a measurable impact on productivity, and shares his thoughts on why LLMs could be considered a "flawed tool." He speaks at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yeah, the Fighting Irish have flattened 17 straight foes, and that's impressive. But here comes Brigham Young at Brigham Young. We'll know more about Notre Dame then.
The iconic store's closure raises the question of what happens next.
NYU Professor Emeritus Gary Marcus warns AI will cause loss of life, saying the White House's self-policing approach leaves infrastructure vulnerable.
Earnings History
17 of 20 under expected move
Avg Expected Move
10.55%
Avg Actual Move
4.52%
| Earnings Date | Timing | Expected Move | Actual Move | Ratio | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-04 | Pre-Market | 13.94% | 0.15% | 0.01x | Within |
| 2021-05-05 | Pre-Market | 8.24% | 3.92% | 0.48x | Within |
| 2021-08-04 | Pre-Market | 9.78% | 3.01% | 0.31x | Within |
| 2021-11-03 | Pre-Market | 4.14% | 1.97% | 0.48x | Within |
| 2022-03-03 | Pre-Market | 10.36% | 0.62% | 0.06x | Within |
| 2022-05-05 | Pre-Market | 8.53% | 2.78% | 0.33x | Within |
| 2023-05-04 | Pre-Market | 11.61% | 3.38% | 0.29x | Within |
| 2023-08-02 | Pre-Market | 7.18% | 2.10% | 0.29x | Within |
| 2023-11-01 | Pre-Market | 7.14% | 1.48% | 0.21x | Within |
| 2024-02-29 | Pre-Market | 11.29% | 0.81% | 0.07x | Within |
| 2024-05-02 | Pre-Market | 8.24% | 8.09% | 0.98x | Within |
| 2024-08-01 | Pre-Market | 7.55% | 0.40% | 0.05x | Within |
| 2024-10-31 | After-Close | 10.33% | 9.27% | 0.90x | Within |
| 2025-02-27 | Pre-Market | 9.22% | 11.16% | 1.21x | Exceeded |
| 2025-05-06 | Pre-Market | 9.15% | 1.28% | 0.14x | Within |
| 2025-08-01 | Pre-Market | 7.03% | 9.16% | 1.30x | Exceeded |
| 2025-10-31 | After-Close | 18.75% | 1.25% | 0.07x | Within |
| 2026-02-26 | Pre-Market | 25.19% | 3.40% | 0.13x | Within |
| 2026-04-30 | Pre-Market | 12.25% | 7.17% | 0.59x | Within |
| 2026-07-30 | Pre-Market | 11.02% | 18.95% | 1.72x | Exceeded |
Earnings calendar: this week’s reports with expected vs actual moves →
MCS Options Activity & IV Rank
MCS IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Current IV: 45.7%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $3.02
7-DTE Move: $3.02
Days to Exp: 28 (2026-11-20)
Options Flow
Call Volume: 7
Put Volume: 19
P/C Volume: 2.714
BEARISH
Call OI: 157
Put OI: 19
P/C OI: 0.121
Total OI: 176
ATM Options Pricing
ATM Call: $0.88
ATM Put: $2.15
Call %: 3.1%
Put %: 7.6%
Chain Summary
Chain Volume: 86
Chain OI: 293
Last Updated: 10/23/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
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Dealer Positioning
TYPICAL γ
Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 29th percentile of this name's own daily history, within its typical range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.
Gamma percentile
29%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+0.19
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
-0.29
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
+0.58
δ-decay vs time
Charm tilt +0.58: the estimated dealer exposure leans positive, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably as time passes and options approach expiry.
? What is this?
· 5 ATM contracts, 0k total OI
Net dealer gamma is an estimate of the aggregate gamma held by options market makers across this name's option chain, weighted by open interest. Dealer positions aren't public, so it uses a standard simplifying assumption: dealers are treated as long the calls and short the puts that are open. Actual dealer books can differ.
Gamma percentile ranks today's estimate against this name's own daily history, from 0% (the lowest reading on record) to 100% (the highest). Raw gamma scales with how much open interest a chain carries, so it isn't comparable across names; the percentile is. The badge marks the bottom 20% as low and the top 20% as high.
Tilts run from −1 to +1 and show how lopsided the estimated dealer exposure is. GEX tilt compares call gamma with put gamma. Vanna tilt describes how the hedge would shift if implied volatility changed, and charm tilt how it would shift with the passage of time.
This card describes estimated positioning and where it sits historically. It is not a forecast of price direction or volatility and not a trading signal. Market-wide view: Dealer positioning screener.
Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d
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EXTREME
No data
30 DTE / 10d
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pts
EXTREME
ATM 30.2% / Wing —
Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)45.4MediumOct 23
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$3.02Oct 23
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 0.5568
Alpha: 73.60%
Correlation: 0.1858
R-Squared: 3.5%
Stock Volatility: 38.2%
Market Volatility: 12.7%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
Notable investors who own MCS
4 of 37 tracked investors
| Investor | Value | Share of their portfolio | Rank | Q/Q shares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Hedge fund Ken Griffin | $5.5M | #2016 of 6285 | +23.2% | 13F | |
| Renaissance Technologies Hedge fund Jim Simons | $3.7M | #1625 of 3138 | -49.9% | 13F | |
| Millennium Management Hedge fund Izzy Englander | $1.6M | #2673 of 3716 | +33.2% | 13F | |
| Rockefeller Capital Management Family office Rockefeller family | $2K | #4399 of 4729 | -52.7% | 13F |
Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions
MCS Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-09-30
? 13F Guide
Diluted shares outstanding: 31,046,000 (as of 2026-06-30)
Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
1 filers$328.44K notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $328.44K | 100.00% | 2026-06-30 |
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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MCS Insider Trading (Form 4)
Latest: 2026-09-24Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | Diane M Gershowitz | Director | Sell (S) | −50,000 | $27.61 | -$1.38M | EDGAR |
| 2026-08-19 | Thomas F Kissinger | Sr Exec VP, Gen Counsel & Secy | Mixed | +12,126 | $27.93 | -$205.3K | EDGAR |
| 2026-08-11 | David John Marcus | Director | Gift (G) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-08-11 | Gregory S Marcus | President and CEO | Gift (G) | — | — | EDGAR | |
| 2026-08-05 | Thomas F Kissinger | Sr Exec VP, Gen Counsel & Secy | Mixed | +21,049 | $28.15 | -$375 | EDGAR |
| 2026-06-29 | Thomas F Kissinger | Sr Exec VP, Gen Counsel & Secy | Mixed | +8,277 | $19.92 | -$123.1K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Allan H Selig | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Bruce J Olson | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Timothy E Hoeksema | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Philip L Milstein | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Diane M Gershowitz | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-27 | Brian Jay Stark | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-26 | David John Marcus | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-26 | Austin M Ramirez | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-26 | Paul Adam Leff | Director | Award (A) | +1,391 | $17.97 | $25.0K | EDGAR |
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.
MCS Insider Holdings
16 insiders · @ $28.12
Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years, ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.
| # | Insider | Role | Shares | Disclosed Exposure | Lifetime OM Net | Filings | Last Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory S Marcus | President and CEO | 515,194 | $14.49M | -$8.32M | 86 | 2026-08-11 |
| 2 | Thomas F Kissinger | Sr Exec VP, Gen Counsel & Secy | 214,364 | $6.03M | -$3.29M | 93 | 2026-08-19 |
| 3 | Philip L Milstein | Director | 203,260 | $5.72M | -$1.76M | 74 | 2026-05-27 |
| 4 | Diane M Gershowitz | Director | 163,046 | $4.58M | -$19.67M | 114 | 2026-09-24 |
| 5 | David John Marcus | Director | 106,476 | $2.99M | $0 | 5 | 2026-08-11 |
| 6 | Chad M Paris | Chief Financial Officer | 70,638 | $1.99M | $0 | 8 | 2026-02-25 |
| 7 | Timothy E Hoeksema | Director | 65,558 | $1.84M | -$36.3K | 60 | 2026-05-27 |
| 8 | Allan H Selig | Director | 65,315 | $1.84M | $0 | 60 | 2026-05-27 |
| 9 | Brian Jay Stark | Director | 48,206 | $1.36M | $0 | 38 | 2026-05-27 |
| 10 | Michael Reade Evans | Pres., Marcus Hotels & Resorts | 45,800 | $1.29M | -$154.4K | 11 | 2026-04-17 |
Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.
MCS Board & Officers
As of SEC filings through Sep 24, 2026Directors 12
- Bruce J Olson · on file since 2006
- Diane M Gershowitz · on file since 2006
- Allan H Selig · on file since 2006
- Philip L Milstein · on file since 2006
- Timothy E Hoeksema · on file since 2006
- Brian Jay Stark · since Jan 10, 2012
- Katherine M. Gehl · since Jan 6, 2015
- Austin M Ramirez · since Mar 1, 2023
- Gregory S Marcus · listed since Mar 2023
- Thomas F Kissinger · listed since Nov 2024
- Paul Adam Leff · since Aug 5, 2025
- David John Marcus · since Nov 5, 2025
Officers 5
- Gregory S Marcus · President and CEO · listed since Jan 2009
- Chad M Paris · Chief Financial Officer · listed since Mar 2023
- Thomas F Kissinger · Sr Exec VP, Gen Counsel & Secy · listed since Nov 2013
- Michael Reade Evans · Pres., Marcus Hotels & Resorts · since May 31, 2023
- Jeffry Frank Tomachek · Pres., Marcus Theatres · since May 1, 2026
10% owners 1
- Diane M Gershowitz · listed since Dec 2024
Changes in the last 10 years (20)
| May 6, 2026 | Mark A Gramz reported in an SEC filing no longer being Pres., Marcus Theatres |
| May 1, 2026 | Jeffry Frank Tomachek became Pres., Marcus Theatres |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Stephen H Marcus reported in an SEC filing no longer being a 10% owner |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Mark A Gramz listed as Pres., Marcus Theatres (previously Pres., Marcus Theatres Corp*) in SEC filings |
| Nov 5, 2025 | David John Marcus became a director |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Paul Adam Leff became a director |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Diane M Gershowitz first listed as a 10% owner in an SEC filing |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Thomas F Kissinger first listed as a director in an SEC filing |
| May 31, 2023 | Michael Reade Evans became Pres., Marcus Hotels & Resorts |
| May 31, 2023 | Mark A Gramz became Pres., Marcus Theatres Corp* |
| May 23, 2023 | The company announced the departure of Stephen H Marcus from the board in an SEC filing |
| May 23, 2023 | The company announced the departure of Stephen H Marcus as Chairman in an SEC filing |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Gregory S Marcus first listed as a director in an SEC filing |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Chad M Paris listed as Chief Financial Officer (previously CFO & Treasurer) in SEC filings |
| Mar 1, 2023 | The company announced the departure of David M Baum from the board in an SEC filing |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Austin M Ramirez became a director |
| May 15, 2022 | Chad M Paris became CFO & Treasurer |
| Feb 24, 2022 | The company announced the departure of Douglas A Neis as CFO and Treasurer in an SEC filing |
| Feb 6, 2019 | VSS-Southern Holdings LLC reported in an SEC filing no longer being a 10% owner |
| Feb 1, 2019 | VSS-Southern Holdings LLC became a 10% owner |
Not reported recently (4)
- Rolando B Rodriguez · Last reported as Pres. & CEO - Marcus Theatres in an SEC filing dated Mar 16, 2023
- Bronson J Haase · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated May 8, 2017
- Daniel F McKeithan Jr · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Jan 9, 2017
- James D Ericson · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Jan 9, 2017
Compiled from SEC filings by the company and its directors and officers. Dates are as stated in those filings. Where no filing says when someone left, we show the last filing that listed them.
MCS Proposed Insider Sales (Form 144)
Latest: 2026-09-23
? Form 144 Guide
Last 30d:
1 filing
· $1.4M notice value
· Last 90d:
1 filing
· $1.4M notice value
· 1 unique filer
What is Form 144? A notice of intent to sell restricted or control stock under Rule 144. Affiliates (officers, directors, 10%+ owners) and holders of restricted shares must file Form 144 when planning to sell more than 5,000 shares or $50,000 in any 3-month rolling window.
How it relates to Form 4: Form 144 is filed before the trade (up to 90 days in advance); Form 4 is filed within 2 business days after the trade executes. Not every Form 144 results in a sale — the filer may cancel or delay. Look for the corresponding Form 4 on the Insider Activity card to confirm a sale actually happened.
10b5-1 plans: Trades made under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 plan are not discretionary — they execute automatically on dates set months earlier, regardless of news. High 10b5-1 percentages mean less per-filing signal value, though cumulative selling volume still matters.
"Notice value": Aggregate market value the filer wrote into the Form 144 — i.e. the size of the planned sale, not necessarily the executed dollars. An amended notice (Form 144/A) replaces the original it amends, and cancelled notices are dropped, so neither is double-counted above. A filed value that is clearly inconsistent with the share count at the stock's price (a filer typo) shows as a dash and is left out of the totals.
Source & freshness: Sourced from public Form 144 filings. Refreshed daily; new filings typically appear here the morning after they are filed.
Top 90-day filers:
GERSHOWITZ DIANE M (1, $1.4M)
| Filed | Filer | Role | Shares | Notice Value | Planned Sale | Broker | Plan | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | GERSHOWITZ DIANE M | Trustee | 50,000 | $1.39M | 2026-09-23 | Mesirow Financial Inc | — | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-23 144/A | Evans Michael Reade | Officer | 7,671 | $146.1K | 2026-04-15 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | — | EDGAR |
| 2024-11-26 | GERSHOWITZ DIANE M | Director | 25,000 | $542.5K | 2024-11-26 | Mesirow Financial Inc. | — | EDGAR |
Notice value is the aggregate market value the filer states they intend to sell — not a confirmed transaction. Compare to Insider Activity (Form 4) to see which planned sales actually executed. Market-wide feed: Planned sales (Form 144).
ETF Holders
50 ETFs hold MCS
25 shown · $144.59M total exposure · 0.03% AUM-weighted avg weight
| # | ETF | Provider | Weight | $ Exposure | ETF AUM | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | Avantis | 0.12% | $37.9M | $31.5B | 2026-10-21 |
| 2 | VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | Vanguard | 0.00% | $17.9M | — | 2026-09-30 |
| 3 | IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | iShares (BlackRock) | 0.02% | $16.6M | $74.2B | 2026-10-21 |
| 4 | DFSV Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF | Dimensional | 0.05% | $13.5M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 5 | DFAT Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF | Dimensional | 0.03% | $10.1M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 6 | VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | Vanguard | 0.01% | $7.0M | — | 2026-09-30 |
| 7 | DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | Dimensional | 0.02% | $5.3M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 8 | BSVO EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF | Nport | 0.17% | $4.0M | — | 2026-06-30 |
| 9 | VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | Vanguard | 0.02% | $3.7M | — | 2026-09-30 |
| 10 | IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF | iShares (BlackRock) | 0.03% | $3.6M | $13.6B | 2026-10-21 |
| 11 | DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF | Dimensional | 0.00% | $3.2M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 12 | DES WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund | Nport | 0.14% | $3.1M | — | 2026-06-30 |
| 13 | IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF | iShares (BlackRock) | 0.02% | $2.6M | $13.9B | 2026-10-21 |
| 14 | DFMC Dimensional US Micro Cap ETF | Dimensional | 0.03% | $2.5M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 15 | VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF | Vanguard | 0.04% | $2.4M | — | 2026-09-30 |
| 16 | IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF | iShares (BlackRock) | 0.16% | $2.0M | $1.2B | 2026-10-21 |
| 17 | FESM Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap Core ETF | Fidelity | 0.03% | $1.8M | $6.6B | 2026-10-21 |
| 18 | AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF | Avantis | 0.05% | $1.5M | $3.1B | 2026-10-21 |
| 19 | DCOR Dimensional US Core Equity 1 ETF | Dimensional | 0.00% | $1.1M | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 20 | ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | iShares (BlackRock) | 0.00% | $1.1M | $96.2B | 2026-10-21 |
| 21 | PRFZ Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF | Nport | 0.03% | $872,243 | — | 2026-07-31 |
| 22 | VFMO Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF | Vanguard | 0.04% | $828,401 | — | 2026-10-21 |
| 23 | GSSC Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF | Goldman | 0.07% | $750,618 | $1.0B | 2026-10-21 |
| 24 | SMLV State Street® SPDR® US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF | SPDR (State Street) | 0.30% | $747,236 | $247.9M | 2026-10-21 |
| 25 | DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF | Dimensional | 0.00% | $622,872 | $15.8B | 2026-10-21 |
Fundamentals
Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
Metrics
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.
Trailing P/E
39.10
TTM Diluted EPS
$0.72
TTM Revenue
$789.80M
TTM Net Income
$22.68M
TTM Op. Cash Flow
$126.63M
Quarterly figures (12 quarters)
| Quarter | Period End | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Op. Cash Flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 '26 | 2026-06-30 | $231.74M | $15.84M | $0.51 | $53.96M |
| Q1 '26 | 2026-03-31 | $154.40M | $-15.35M | $-0.51 | $-15.22M |
| Q4 '25 | 2025-12-31 | $193.50M | $5.96M | $0.20 | $48.80M |
| Q3 '25 | 2025-09-30 | $210.15M | $16.23M | $0.52 | $39.09M |
| Q2 '25 | 2025-06-30 | $206.04M | $7.32M | $0.23 | $31.64M |
| Q1 '25 | 2025-03-31 | $148.77M | $-16.82M | $-0.54 | $-35.33M |
| Q4 '24 | 2024-12-26 | $188.31M | $986.00K | $0.03 | $52.57M |
| Q3 '24 | 2024-09-26 | $232.67M | $23.31M | $0.73 | $30.50M |
| Q2 '24 | 2024-06-27 | $176.03M | $-20.22M | $-0.64 | $35.98M |
| Q1 '24 | 2024-03-28 | $138.55M | $-11.87M | $-0.38 | $-15.10M |
| Q4 '23 | 2023-12-28 | $161.53M | $-1.44M | $0.00 | $33.99M |
| Q3 '23 | 2023-09-28 | $208.77M | $12.23M | $0.32 | $21.30M |
Q2 2026 • period ending 2026-06-30 • filed 2026-07-30
Valuation
Ratios derived from TTM financials and the current market price, sampled daily. History chart shows how expensive the stock is today relative to its own recent past.
Price Multiples
- P/E — price / TTM earnings. Rough market rule: 10–15 value, 15–25 market, >30 growth/premium. Negative when earnings are negative.
- P/B — price / book value. Useful for financials and asset-heavy names; meaningless for asset-light software.
- P/S — price / TTM revenue. Useful when earnings are negative or noisy (early-stage growth).
- EV/EBITDA — capital-structure-neutral. <10 cheap, 10–15 reasonable, >20 rich. Good for comparing across leverage profiles.
- EV/Sales — like P/S but accounts for debt + cash. Compare within sector.
Profitability & Yields
- ROE — return on equity. >15% strong, >25% exceptional. Caution: high leverage inflates ROE.
- ROA — return on assets. Leverage-neutral; >5% solid, >10% exceptional.
- Div Yield — annual dividend / price. Compare to 10Y Treasury; sustained yield >6% often signals distress.
- FCF Yield — free cash flow / market cap. >5% is attractive; negative means burning cash.
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity — leverage. <1 conservative, >2 aggressive. Sector-dependent (utilities naturally high, tech low).
- Current Ratio — short-term liquidity. >1.5 comfortable, <1 raises short-term solvency flags.
Reading the history chart
- Compare current level to the 3-year band: near the high end = relatively expensive; near the low = relatively cheap.
- Multiples expanding while earnings are flat = sentiment-driven rally.
- Multiples compressing while earnings grow = value coming from fundamentals.
P/E
39.10
P/B
1.91
P/S
1.11
EV/EBITDA
6.69
EV/Sales
1.27
ROE
5.0%
ROA
2.3%
Div Yield
1.09%
FCF Yield
14.49%
Debt/Equity
0.34
Current Ratio
—
Market Cap
$873.94M
as of 2026-10-23
Short Interest & Float
Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.
Metric definitions
- Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
- SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
- Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
- Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
- Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
- Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
- SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
- 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
- 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
- >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
- Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
- Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
- A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.
Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.
Short Interest
995.24K
SI % of Float
5.03%
Days to Cover
4.18
Short Vol Ratio
77.4%
Free Float
19.80M
Float %
83.0%
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-22 • Float 2026-08-14