Contrasting Starz Entertainment (STRZ) & Its Peers

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

Profitability

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its competitors’ 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	9.10%	-61.46%	-3.19%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Starz Entertainment and its competitors, 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	1782	4390	9419	243	2.51

Starz Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 21.83%. Given Starz Entertainment’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Starz Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Starz Entertainment and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Starz Entertainment	$963.40 million	-$115.80 million	-1.16
Starz Entertainment Competitors	$5.23 billion	$76.31 million	13.03

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

Institutional & 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

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 competitors have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Starz Entertainment competitors 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.”