STRZ Stock Analysis: Starz Entertainment | NASDAQ
Entertainment | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 487m USD | 12M Return: 60.2% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.56M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -90.9%
Warnings
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Seasonality 1.1 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Starz Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: STRZ) is a subscription video programming provider serving consumers in the United States and Canada. The company distributes its STARZ-branded premium content on a direct-to-consumer basis through the Starz App, as well as via wholesale agreements with over-the-top streaming platforms, cable operators, satellite providers, and telecommunications companies. Headquartered in Vancouver, the company was incorporated in 1997 and operates within the Movies & Entertainment sub-industry of the Communication Services sector. Its business model combines direct subscription revenue from its owned streaming app with licensing and carriage fees paid by third-party distributors, a dual-revenue structure common among premium SVOD providers competing in the broader streaming market.
- Direct-to-consumer subscriber growth offsets wholesale distribution declines
- Content spending cuts to improve streaming margins amid competition
- Cord-cutting trends pressure traditional cable and satellite distribution partners
| Net Income: -280.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 18.39 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -34.14% < 20% (prev -17.15%; Δ -16.99% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.05 > 3% & CFO 90.9m > Net Income -280.7m |
| Net Debt (569.2m) to EBITDA (731.2m): 0.78 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.31 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (16.8m) vs 12m ago 0.57% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 36.87% > 18% (prev 38.31%; Δ -1.45% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 64.13% > 50% (prev 121.3%; Δ -57.15% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: -1.31 > 6 (EBIT TTM -74.8m / Interest Expense TTM 57.1m) |
| A: -0.24 (Total Current Assets 194.6m - Total Current Liabilities 628.3m) / Total Assets 1.79b |
| B: -0.15 (Retained Earnings -273.4m / Total Assets 1.79b) |
| C: -0.04 (EBIT TTM -74.8m / Avg Total Assets 1.98b) |
| D: 0.37 (Book Value of Equity 478.7m / Total Liabilities 1.31b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -1.96 = D |
| DSRI: 1.26 (Receivables 81.7m/134.3m, Revenue 1.27b/2.64b) |
| GMI: 1.04 (GM 38.31% / 36.87%) |
| AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.86 / AQ_t-1 0.90) |
| SGI: 0.48 (Revenue 1.27b / 2.64b) |
| TATA: -0.21 (NI -280.7m - CFO 90.9m) / TA 1.79b) |
| Beneish M = -3.19 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 27.40 with a total of 206,761 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -8.97%, over one month by -2.63%, over three months by +73.97% and over the past year by +60.23%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 22.20 (which is 19% or 2.6 ATR below the current price).
Starz Entertainment has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.75. Therefore, it is recommended to hold STRZ.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 30.3 | 10.7% |
P/E Forward = 3.5907
P/S = 0.386
P/B = 1.0574
Revenue TTM = 1.27b USD
EBIT TTM = -74.8m USD
EBITDA TTM = 731.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 603.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 11.3m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 671.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 57.0m
Net Debt = 569.2m USD (calculated: Debt 671.3m - CCE 102.1m)
Enterprise Value = 1.06b USD (486.7m + Debt 671.3m - CCE 102.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -1.31 (Ebit TTM -74.8m / Interest Expense TTM 57.1m)
EV/FCF = 15.10x (Enterprise Value 1.06b / FCF TTM 69.9m)
FCF Yield = 6.62% (FCF TTM 69.9m / Enterprise Value 1.06b)
FCF Margin = 5.50% (FCF TTM 69.9m / Revenue TTM 1.27b)
Net Margin = -22.10% (Net Income TTM -280.7m / Revenue TTM 1.27b)
Gross Margin = 36.87% ((Revenue TTM 1.27b - Cost of Revenue TTM 802.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 32.62% (prev 44.45%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.59 (Enterprise Value 1.06b / Total Assets 1.79b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 8.51% (Interest Expense 57.1m / Debt 671.3m)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = -59.1m (EBIT -74.8m * (1 - 21.00%)) [loss with tax shield]
Current Ratio = 0.31 (Total Current Assets 194.6m / Total Current Liabilities 628.3m)
Debt / Equity = 1.40 (Debt 671.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 478.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.78 (Net Debt 569.2m / EBITDA 731.2m)
Debt / FCF = 8.14 (Net Debt 569.2m / FCF TTM 69.9m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 625.0m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -14.17% (Net Income -280.7m / Total Assets 1.79b)
RoE = -44.91% (Net Income TTM -280.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 625.0m)
RoCE = -6.09% (EBIT -74.8m / Capital Employed (Equity 625.0m + L.T.Debt 603.0m))
RoIC = -5.33% (negative operating profit) (NOPAT -59.1m / Invested Capital 1.11b)
WACC = 8.54% (E(486.7m)/V(1.16b) * Re(11.05%) + D(671.3m)/V(1.16b) * Rd(8.51%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 11.05% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 70.11 | Cagr: 17.20%
[DCF] Terminal Value 74.77% ; FCFF base≈69.9m ; Y1≈70.2m ; Y5≈74.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = 32.83 (EV 1.12b - Net Debt 569.2m = Equity 551.3m / Shares 16.8m; r=8.54% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.31 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -90.86 | Revenue CAGR: -29.34% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=-1.63 | Chg30d=-40.99% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=3
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=-2.06 | Chg30d=-35.06% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-4.25 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+0.0% | GrowthRev=-2.9%
EPS next Year (2027-03-31): EPS=0.00 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=N/A | GrowthEPS=+0.0% | GrowthRev=+1.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -40% (up=0, down=2)