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Employees: 517
Size Starz Entertainment (STRZ) is a United States Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $425M, the 2811th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $24.64 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.5%, against -5.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 7.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.0%); the operating margin is -4.7% (peer median 7.1%).
Valuation It trades at 0.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.9× (5th cheapest of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.5 points below its cost of capital (9.7% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $52.8M at 31 Dec 2025, down 97% on a year earlier. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 3.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | $1.28B | $1.39B | $3.85B | $3.60B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | -64% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | $491M | $538M | $1.35B | $1.31B |
| EBITDA | n/a | $733M | $773M | $1.86B | $1.77B |
| Net income | n/a | -$154M | -$915M | -$2.01B | -$188M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $1.30M | -$125M | -$163M | -$920M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $16.6M | $20.4M | $49.0M | $194M |
| Total debt | $808M | $802M | $812M | $4.25B | $4.31B |
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| Measure | STRZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +4.3% | +1.4% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +24.5% | -5.7% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -24.4% | -29.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -7.8% | +6.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -4.7% | 7.1% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.9× | 1.9× | 5th cheapest of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -14.5 pp | -1.6 pp | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 1.6× | 8.0× | 2nd cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0× | -0.4× | 6th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starz Entertainment STRZ | United States | $425M | +25% | -8% | -5% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan MC Culture & Sports 600136.SS | China | $425M | -22% | -39% | -4% | 7.1× | 51.0% | -6.4% |
| Blue Ant Media BAMI.TO | Canada | $429M | -1% | +5% | 10% | 3.3× | 12.7% | -2.1% |
| Winvia Entertainment WVIA.L | United Kingdom | $417M | +31% | +100% | 10% | 1.4× | 7.6% | +99.9% |
| TVZone Media 603721.SS | China | $412M | -6% | +6% | 3% | 8.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Tohokushinsha Film 2329.T | Japan | $405M | -23% | +6% | 6% | 0.5× | -6.6% | -2.0% |
| TWC Enterprises TWC.TO | Canada | $447M | +4% | -3% | 19% | 2.0× | -6.0% | +12.0% |
| Codere Online Luxembourg CDRO | United States | $386M | -6% | +9% | 3% | 1.3× | 19.6% | +24.2% |
| Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA BVB.DE | Germany | $384M | +2% | -12% | -4% | 0.8× | -11.4% | +6.6% |
| PARKEN Sport & Entertainment A/S PARKEN.CO | Denmark | $368M | +40% | +42% | 8% | 1.7× | 3.0% | +28.3% |
| Gaumont GAM.PA | France | $353M | 0% | +42% | -11% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Jinyi Media 002905.SZ | China | $515M | -11% | -15% | -14% | 5.2× | 8.1% | +14.3% |
| Studio Dragon 253450.KS | South Korea | $515M | -33% | +24% | 9% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Lucky Strike Entertainment LUCK | United States | $518M | -54% | +4% | 13% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Haichang Ocean Park 2255.HK | Hong Kong | $349M | -52% | -16% | -42% | 5.7× | n/a | n/a |
| AEON Fantasy 4343.T | Japan | $342M | +7% | +10% | 7% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| 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 |
| ZO Future 2309.HK | Hong Kong | $326M | +6% | -64% | -42% | 16.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Wonderla Holidays WONDERLA.NS | India | $322M | -9% | +35% | 17% | 4.0× | n/a | n/a |
| YG Entertainment 122870.KS | South Korea | $578M | -22% | +60% | 11% | 1.1× | -5.7% | +16.4% |
Starz Entertainment reported $52.8M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025, down 97% from a year earlier and up 27% from the previous quarter.