Analysts were expecting IMAX Corporation (IMAX) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.01 for last quarter, but IMAX beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.02---1 cent above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $-0.05 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that IMAX’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare IMAX's 30.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 17.18% for the Photographic Equipment & Supplies industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect IMAX to outperform the industry in the future---which is a good sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Photographic Equipment & Supplies industry, you can see how analysts believe IMAX will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Ballantyne Strong, Inc (BTN) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Canon Inc. (CAJ) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe BTN's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00% while CAJ's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00%.

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