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Size Nine Entertainment (NEC.AX) is an Australia Communication Services company (Broadcasting) with a market value of $895M, the 193rd largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$0.81 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.1%, against -5.1% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 18.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.5%); the operating margin is 9.5% (peer median 7.6%).
Valuation It trades at 8.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.3× (3rd cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.9 points below its cost of capital (8.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | A$2.19B | A$2.19B | A$2.13B | A$2.62B | A$2.69B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | -19% | -3% | — |
| Gross profit | A$228M | A$228M | A$223M | A$322M | A$433M |
| EBITDA | A$357M | A$357M | A$325M | A$460M | A$589M |
| Net income | -A$343M | -A$343M | A$104M | A$111M | A$182M |
| Free cash flow | A$131M | A$131M | A$355M | A$256M | A$331M |
| Capital expenditure | A$127M | A$127M | A$135M | A$137M | A$97.8M |
| Total debt | n/a | A$1.67B | A$1.06B | A$1.08B | A$1.01B |
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| Measure | NEC.AX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +24.4% | +3.4% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -15.1% | -5.1% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -34.5% | -32.2% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -18.2% | -0.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 7.6% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.2× | 14.3× | 3rd cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.4% | 2.2% | 8th most demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.3% | +4.8% | 3rd lowest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +8.7 pp | -0.6 pp | 4th most demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.9 pp | -0.8 pp | 6th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.0× | 8.5× | 8th cheapest of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.4× | 0.9× | 5th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Entertainment NEC.AX | Australia | $895M | -15% | -18% | 9% | 8.2× | 7.4% | -1.3% |
| Newsmax NMAX | United States | $948M | +16% | +11% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Entravision Communications EVC | United States | $830M | +26% | +71% | 8% | n/a | 13.5% | +5.4% |
| Sinclair SBGI | United States | $989M | -4% | -6% | 6% | 230.3× | 10.9% | -11.8% |
| CJ ENM 035760.KS | South Korea | $706M | -15% | -3% | 2% | 30.0× | -5.1% | +8.7% |
| Zee Entertainment Enterprises ZEEL.NS | India | $651M | -32% | +6% | -1% | 14.3× | 1.8% | +0.9% |
| Rai Way RWAY.MI | Italy | $1.27B | -28% | +3% | 44% | 12.9× | -10.3% | +4.8% |
| TV Tokyo 9413.T | Japan | $582M | -15% | +2% | 6% | 12.7× | -18.7% | +3.5% |
| Atresmedia Corporacion de Medios de Comunicacion A3M.MC | Spain | $1.52B | +16% | +1% | 8% | 14.1× | 6.9% | +2.3% |
| Television Francaise 1 TFI.PA | France | $1.53B | -6% | -3% | 8% | 14.7× | -7.5% | +2.0% |
| Gray Media GTN | United States | $520M | +11% | -11% | 14% | 2.7× | 2.2% | +5.4% |
| NRJ NRG.PA | France | $509M | -18% | -12% | 8% | 16.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Broadcasting Wireless Media 301551.SZ | China | $1.58B | -4% | -1% | 35% | n/a | 20.7% | -0.8% |
| Metropole Television MMT.PA | France | $1.60B | -4% | -2% | 11% | 12.5× | -0.9% | -0.3% |
| Network18 Media & Invest NETWORK18.NS | India | $438M | -23% | -23% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MFE-MediaForEurope MFEA.MI | Italy | $1.83B | -26% | +90% | 3% | 5.0× | 0.6% | +8.9% |
| TV Asahi 9409.T | Japan | $2.15B | +3% | +4% | 7% | 14.5× | -0.9% | +5.1% |
| Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary (Group) 600831.SS | China | $351M | -15% | -26% | -141% | n/a | 12.3% | -16.8% |
| Digital Network DIG.WA | Poland | $335M | +44% | +121% | 41% | 20.2× | 14.3% | +33.9% |
| Sun TV Network SUNTV.NS | India | $2.48B | +4% | -5% | 38% | 14.2× | 9.5% | +6.4% |
| iHeartMedia IHRT | United States | $309M | -69% | +3% | 7% | n/a | 7.9% | +5.6% |