Financial Survey: Starz Entertainment (STRZ) versus Its Peers

Starz Entertainment (NASDAQ:STRZ) is one of 186 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Starz Entertainment to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Starz Entertainment and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Starz Entertainment	1	4	2	1	2.38
Starz Entertainment Competitors	1773	4375	9410	242	2.51

Starz Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $30.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.02%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 22.86%. Given Starz Entertainment’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Starz Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Starz Entertainment	$1.32 billion	-$115.80 million	-1.01
Starz Entertainment Competitors	$4.61 billion	$76.31 million	13.37

Starz Entertainment’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Starz Entertainment. Starz Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Starz Entertainment	-33.98%	-25.64%	-6.79%
Starz Entertainment Competitors	8.93%	-60.85%	-3.28%

Risk and Volatility

Starz Entertainment has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Starz Entertainment’s peers have a beta of 0.93, meaning that their average share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Starz Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Starz Entertainment peers beat Starz Entertainment on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Starz Entertainment Company Profile

Starz is a premium cable and streaming network owned by Starz Entertainment, which was formerly a part of Lionsgate. Starz had about 20 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada as of Dec. 31, 2024. The company’s franchises include “Outlander” and “Power.”