STRZStarz Entertainment Corp.

$23.68+77% 1Y

Is the business good?

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Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 to watch, 3 without data
Margin direction, 3 years−32.8 ptsderived

Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is STRZ?

Starz Entertainment Corp. earns −34% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−34%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 43 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−29%

Operating margin · Entertainment median 4.3% · 12 months to Q1 2027

Share count, year on year
+0.60%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Gross margin
88%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20200.07%
FY20215.2%
FY20220.25%
FY2023−95%
FY2024−65%
FY2025−12%
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Gross margin12 months to Q1 2027
88%
Operating margin12 months to Q1 2027
−29%
Net margin12 months to Q1 2027
−34%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$1.26B
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$428M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−34%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.