Analyzing Starz Entertainment (STRZ) & Its Peers

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Starz Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its rivals’ 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	8.87%	-62.58%	-3.30%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Starz Entertainment	$963.40 million	-$115.80 million	-1.04
Starz Entertainment Competitors	$4.17 billion	$76.31 million	12.16

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Starz Entertainment and its rivals, as provided 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	1790	4399	9438	243	2.51

Starz Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.96%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 25.89%. Given Starz Entertainment’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Starz Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

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

About Starz Entertainment

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.”