SizeRCS MediaGroup (RCS.MI) is an Italy Communication Services company (Publishing: Newspapers) with a market value of $484M, the 109th largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €0.83 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.1%, against +1.6% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 9 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.8%); the operating margin is 7.7% (peer median 8.3%).
Valuation It trades at 7.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (2nd cheapest of 5).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points above its cost of capital (6.8% WACC).
Relative performance
Six months, rebased to 100: RCS MediaGroup against the median of its 8 peers (local-currency closes).
RCS MediaGroup financials
Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. RCS MediaGroup is the large dot.
Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. RCS MediaGroup is the large dot.
Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. RCS MediaGroup is the large dot.
RCS MediaGroup competitors and peer comparison
How RCS MediaGroup compares with its peers
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
RCS MediaGroup against its 8 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure
RCS.MI
Peer median
Rank in peer set
1-month return
+1.0%
-0.8%
3rd highest of 9
6-month return
-15.1%
+1.6%
lowest of 9
Distance from 52-week high
-21.3%
-14.4%
4th lowest of 9
Revenue growth (TTM)
-2.7%
-0.8%
4th lowest of 9
Operating margin
7.7%
8.3%
5th highest of 9
Forward P/E
7.6×
13.6×
2nd cheapest of 5
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)
-5.9%
0.0%
4th least demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)
+1.0%
+1.2%
4th lowest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)
-6.9 pp
-0.9 pp
4th least demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital
+1.0 pp
-0.4 pp
4th highest of 8
EV / EBITDA
4.6×
8.1×
2nd cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA
0.8×
1.3×
3rd least indebted of 7
Peer table
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Which companies are RCS MediaGroup's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Zhejiang Huamei (000607.SZ), Transcontinental (TCL-A.TO), Caltagirone Editore (CED.MI), Polaris Media (POL.OL), Daily Journal (DJCO), USA TODAY (TDAY), Alma Media (ALMA.HE), Sanoma (SANOMA.HE).
Is RCS MediaGroup expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 7.6× against a peer median of 13.6×, 2nd cheapest of 5 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has RCS MediaGroup stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -15.1% against +1.6% for the median peer; over one year -19.8%.