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Employees: 14,457
Size Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) is a United States Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $518M, the 2672nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $3.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 53.9%, against -1.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.3%); the operating margin is 12.8% (peer median 8.6%).
Valuation It trades at 3.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.8× (8th most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 2.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.25B | $1.25B | $1.20B | $1.15B | $1.06B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +4% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | $307M | $307M | $290M | $314M | $339M |
| EBITDA | $288M | $288M | $305M | $333M | $336M |
| Net income | -$35.8M | -$35.8M | -$10.0M | -$83.6M | $82.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$257M | -$257M | $36.2M | -$39.5M | $68.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $365M | $365M | $141M | $195M | $150M |
| Total debt | $3.27B | $3.27B | $3.08B | $2.85B | $2.27B |
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| Measure | LUCK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -25.1% | +3.4% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -53.9% | -1.5% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -60.4% | -24.7% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.7% | +4.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 8.6% | 4th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 3.1× | 1.8× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.6 pp | -2.2 pp | 10th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | 8.0× | 4th most expensive of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 11.2× | 0.8× | most indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Strike Entertainment LUCK | United States | $518M | -54% | +4% | 13% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Studio Dragon 253450.KS | South Korea | $515M | -33% | +24% | 9% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Jinyi Media 002905.SZ | China | $515M | -11% | -15% | -14% | 5.2× | 8.1% | +14.3% |
| Tivoli A/S TIV.CO | Denmark | $536M | -3% | +6% | 10% | 2.8× | 8.8% | +23.0% |
| Maoyan Entertainment 1896.HK | Hong Kong | $547M | -38% | -7% | 9% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| YG Entertainment 122870.KS | South Korea | $578M | -22% | +60% | 11% | 1.1× | -5.7% | +16.4% |
| Viva Goods 0933.HK | Hong Kong | $578M | -23% | +4% | 4% | 0.9× | 2.5% | +65.8% |
| Zhejiang Huazhi Digital Media 300426.SZ | China | $578M | +30% | -71% | 27% | 55.9× | 33.6% | -10.6% |
| Rank RNK.L | United Kingdom | $583M | -3% | +5% | 9% | 0.7× | 5.8% | +20.4% |
| TWC Enterprises TWC.TO | Canada | $447M | +4% | -3% | 19% | 2.0× | -6.0% | +12.0% |
| Ciwen Media 002343.SZ | China | $610M | +38% | -55% | -35% | 18.0× | 32.0% | -9.9% |
| Blue Ant Media BAMI.TO | Canada | $429M | -1% | +5% | 10% | 3.3× | 12.7% | -2.1% |
| CJ CGV 079160.KS | South Korea | $629M | +5% | +12% | 5% | 1.2× | 8.2% | +31.3% |
| Wuhan MC Culture & Sports 600136.SS | China | $425M | -22% | -39% | -4% | 7.1× | 51.0% | -6.4% |
| Starz Entertainment STRZ | United States | $425M | +25% | -8% | -5% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Angel Studios ANGX | United States | $633M | +1% | +233% | -30% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| COVER 5253.T | Japan | $633M | +11% | +4% | 14% | 1.8× | 11.4% | +53.8% |
| Cineplex CGX.TO | Canada | $641M | +26% | -2% | 9% | 1.9× | 3.2% | +25.2% |
| Winvia Entertainment WVIA.L | United Kingdom | $417M | +31% | +100% | 10% | 1.4× | 7.6% | +99.9% |
| Huayi Brothers Media 300027.SZ | China | $648M | -14% | -24% | -125% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| TVZone Media 603721.SS | China | $412M | -6% | +6% | 3% | 8.5× | n/a | n/a |