Starz Entertainment (STRZ) vs. The Competition Financial Analysis

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 companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Starz Entertainment and its rivals, 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	4388	9416	243	2.51

Starz Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.63%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 22.60%. Given Starz Entertainment’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Starz Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Starz Entertainment	$963.40 million	-$115.80 million	-1.08
Starz Entertainment Competitors	$4.17 billion	$76.31 million	13.33

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.

Risk and Volatility

Starz Entertainment has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its share 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 share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	9.10%	-61.45%	-3.19%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of Starz Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.”