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MARCUS CORP

Consumer DiscretionaryServices
Ticker MCSMILWAUKEE, WIFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $37.22Diluted shares 12.3M

The Marcus Corporation (NASDAQ: MCS) operates two primary business segments: movie theatres and hotels and resorts. The company maintains its corporate website at www.marcuscorp.com and employs approximately 8,390 people as of December 31, 2025, with roughly 72 percent working on a variable or part-time basis. From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$758.46M
+3.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $789.80M
2.25%
+0.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo 4.09%
$12.69M
+263.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $22.68M
4.42%
+4.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 4.96%
Cash & financing
$84.20M
−19.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $126.63M
$0.99M
−94.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $66.69M
0.37
Was 0.37× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.35
16.1M
−1.0% year over year
Last 12 mo 12.3M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What MARCUS CORP does

In the company’s own words

The Marcus Corporation (NASDAQ: MCS) operates two primary business segments: movie theatres and hotels and resorts. The company maintains its corporate website at www.marcuscorp.com and employs approximately 8,390 people as of December 31, 2025, with roughly 72 percent working on a variable or part-time basis.

The theatre division represents the company's largest segment, operating 78 movie theatres with 985 screens across 17 states including Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. Marcus operates under three primary theatre brands: Marcus Theatres, Movie Tavern by Marcus, and BistroPlex. The company also operates Funset Boulevard, a family entertainment center adjacent to one of its Wisconsin locations. As the fourth-largest theatre circuit in the United States, Marcus has invested approximately 340 million dollars over the past decade enhancing the moviegoing experience through premium amenities including DreamLounger recliner seating, premium large-format screens, and signature dining concepts. The company offers approximately 6.9 million members in its Magical Movie Rewards loyalty program and launched a Marcus Movie Club subscription service in November 2024.

The hotels and resorts division owns and operates seven full-service properties in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Nebraska, including The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, the Hilton Milwaukee, The Marc Hotel, Hilton Madison Monona Terrace, Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, AC Hotel Chicago Downtown, and The Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. Additionally, Marcus manages nine hotels and resorts for joint ventures and third parties across eight states, bringing total managed rooms to approximately 4,700. Notable managed properties include The Garland in California, Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington, Omaha Marriott Downtown, Hyatt Regency Coralville, Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh, and The Lofton in Minneapolis. The company also operates the SafeHouse restaurant in Milwaukee and Wisconsin Hospitality Linen Service, which processed approximately 13 million pounds of linen in 2025.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Services
Headquarters
MILWAUKEE, WI
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
62234
SIC
7830

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2015–2025 · USD
$-219.44M$64.28M$348.00M$631.72M$915.44M2015201520162017201820182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns MARCUS CORP — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

173
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$167.39M
held by funds, at market
33.4%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · MARCUS CORP’s weight in each

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
0.07%of fund net assets
0.35%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.02%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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