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Below
find a brief profile on Imax Corporation (IMAX) and Town Sports
International (CLUB). Two small-caps we feel will out perform the
market in the short-term. You can learn more about these stocks
and others at our site here
Imax
Corporation (IMAX)
Website:
www.imax.com
The
Ultimate Movie Experience.
Overview
Imax Corporation (IMAX)
is one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies,
specializing in digital and film-based motion picture
technologies. The worldwide IMAX network is among the most
important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for
major event Hollywood films around the globe, with IMAX theatres
delivering the world's best cinematic presentations using
proprietary IMAX, IMAX 3D, and IMAX DMR technology.
The IMAX Theatre
Network currently consists of more than 280 IMAX affiliated
theaters in 40 countries. Approximately 60 percent of the theatres
are located in North America, while the remaining 40 percent are
spread internationally. Roughly 50 percent of the theatres are
located in institutional venues, such as museums, planetariums,
and maritime centers, while the other half are part of commercial
theatre complexes. More than 100 of these theatres are equipped
with IMAX 3D technology.
IMAX also designs and
manufactures cameras, projectors and consistently commits
significant funding to ongoing research and development.
To date, more than 800
million people have enjoyed The IMAX Experience at specially
designed theatres around the world.
This is an abbreviated
profile and we encourage readers interested in learning more about
Imax Corporation to visit the company website at www.imax.com.
IMAX Investor
Highlights
- $11.6 million in
ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is
an opening-week record for the company. It has now grossed
over $28 million.
- Announced that
"TRANSFORMERS," one of the highest grossing movies
of the year, will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX's
immersive format and released to IMAX theaters on September
21.
- Warner Bros. Pictures' 300: The
IMAX Experience, grossed approximately $24.0 million.
- Sony's Spider-Man 3: The IMAX
Experience, has grossed over $24.2 million to date.
- Announced that it has opened a
prototype theatre for its new digital projection system in
Canada, and has begun testing of the IMAX digital image. The
Company indicated it remains on track to debut its digital
system in late 2008 to mid-2009.
- IMAX has signed joint revenue
sharing agreements for five theaters: a two-theatre joint
revenue sharing agreement with Regal Cinemas in the first
quarter and three-theatre deal with Muvico Theaters in the
second quarter. Four of those five theaters have since opened
and have experienced strong early results.
- Announced it it would open
another venue in China in 2010, IMAX currently operates 12
venues in China, and is set to open at least 13 more by the
end of the decade.
- Announced an agreement with Art
Science Cinema Distribution, the leading exhibitor in Siberia,
Russia, to install an IMAX theatre in the city of Novosibirsk.
- Announced it will be releasing
" I Am Legend" starring two-time Academy
Award-nominated actor Will Smith and directed by Francis
Lawrence in December.
- Announced that it was partnering
with Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert
Productions International to release an IMAX DMR version of
the Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, which is
directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Recent News
and Press Releases
Dreamworks
Pictures and Paramount Pictures' "TRANSFORMERS" to be
Released as IMAX(R) Film September 21, 2007
IMAX
Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
IMAX
Signs Theater Deal in Siberia
IMAX
Signs Theater Deal in China
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Shatters More Worldwide Box
Office Records During Second Week in IMAX(R) Theaters
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Town
Sports International (CLUB)
Website:
www.nysc.com
A
Profitable and Growing Operator of Fitness Clubs.
Overview
Town Sports International (CLUB)
is one of the two leading owners and operators of fitness clubs in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States and the third
largest fitness club operator in the United States, in each case as
measured by number of clubs. CLUB operates under the brand names of
New York Sports Clubs, Boston Sports Clubs, Washington Sports Clubs
and Philadelphia Sports Clubs. In addition, it operates three clubs in
Switzerland.
The company operates approximately 149
clubs, including 99 fitness clubs in the New York metropolitan market,
21 fitness clubs in the Boston market, 19 fitness clubs in the
Washington, D.C. market, 7 fitness clubs in the Philadelphia market,
and 3 fitness clubs in Switzerland. It serves approximately 472,000
members in the United States and six thousand in Switzerland. The
company's long-term goal is to have 350 clubs, growing at 12 to 15
locations a year.
This is an abbreviated
profile and we encourage readers interested in learning more about
Imax Corporation to visit the company website at www.nysc.com.
CLUB Investor
Highlights
- Second quarter 2007
total revenue increased 9.4% to $119.8 million versus $109.5
million in second quarter of 2006.
- Second quarter 2007
operating income increased 20.8% to $16.4 million versus $13.6
million in second quarter of 2006.
- Second
quarter 2007 earnings per share were $0.24 compared to a loss per
share of $0.13 in second quarter of 2006.
- Has opened six clubs
in 2007 and an additional nine clubs are under construction and
planned to open during the remainder of the year.
- Comparable club revenue increased
5.7% during Q2 2007.
- Total revenue for the six months
ended June 30, 2007 grew 10.1% to $235.2 million from $213.5
million in the same period in 2006.
- Net income in the six months ended
June 30, 2007 was $2.6 million compared to a net loss of $2.8
million in the same period in 2006.
- The Company expects total revenue
for 2007 to be in the range of $475.0 million to $480.0 million,
representing 10% to 11% growth over 2006.
- Expect net income to be between
$13.7 million and $14.7 million for 2007, when compared with 2006
net income of $4.6 million.
- The Company expects earnings per
share ("EPS") of between $0.51 and $0.55 per share for
the year.
Recent News and
Press Releases
Town
Sports International Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2007
Financial Results
New
York Sports Clubs Opens in Midwood, Brooklyn
New
York Sports Clubs Opens in Carmel, New York
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Quote and News on CLUB Click
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