Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
Starz Entertainment Corp. STRZ
$23.25 +1.75% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $390.4M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -17.0% from 4.9% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.26B, down 51.7% from a year earlier.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 126 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 50%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
- Gross marginTop 27%
- Operating marginBottom 9%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
- Interest coverBottom 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 6%
- 6-month returnTop 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 10%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -51.8% | -51.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 53.5% | 69.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | -17.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -8.4% | -1.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -51.7% | -51.8% | ↑ | Bottom 3% |
| Gross margin | 69.3% | 53.5% | ↑ | Top 27% |
| Operating margin | -17.0% | 4.9% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Net margin | -34.0% | -4.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.7% | -8.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -19.3% | — | Bottom 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -57.0% | — | Bottom 2% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -25.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +96.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.66×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -3.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +13.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 6
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $29.75
- Target vs current price
- +28.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | -161.5% | +1.9% | +8.8% | +4.6% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -1055.3% | -0.2% | -2.5% | +39.0% | +29.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -520.0% | +3.2% | +40.3% | +27.6% | +133.9% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -126.7% | -0.6% | +1.7% | +15.5% | -11.6% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -126.8% | +0.3% | -11.8% | -12.5% | -32.8% |
| May 22, 2025 | -270.9% | +1.0% | -0.8% | -7.0% | -24.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | -$11.27 | -$4.31 | -161.5% | $307.9M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$9.82 | -$0.85 | -1055.3% | $306.9M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$1.24 | -$0.20 | -520.0% | $322.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$2.63 | -$1.16 | -126.7% | $319.9M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$2.54 | -$1.12 | -126.8% | $319.7M |
| May 22, 2025 | -$3.95 | $2.31 | -270.9% | $330.6M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -$1.18 | — | — | $344.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$1.83 | — | — | $346.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 2.7× | — | — | Top 3% |
| EV / Sales | 0.79× | — | — | Top 18% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -5.63% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -109.63% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 126
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +19.5%
- RSI (14)
- 44.0
- Relative volume
- 0.51×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 39th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 | -58.7% | 172 days | 65 days (May 11, 2026) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | -30.3% | 60 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | -10.4% | 3 days | 2 days (Jun 26, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $390.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$25.49
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.26B
- 52-week range
- $8.40 – $32.58
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.60B | $3.85B | $1.39B | $1.37B | $306.9M |
| Gross profit | $1.31B | $1.35B | $537.9M | $667.6M | $306.9M |
| Operating income | $22.6M | $17.9M | -$14.9M | $13.7M | -$152.8M |
| Net income | -$188.2M | -$2.01B | -$915.2M | -$211.2M | -$164.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$16.80 | -$111.97 | -$54.77 | -$12.64 | -$9.83 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $346.9M | $970.5M | $970.5M | $319.7M | $320.9M | $322.8M | $306.9M | $307.9M |
| Net income | -$30.6M | -$22.2M | -$22.2M | -$42.5M | -$52.6M | -$20.7M | -$164.9M | -$189.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.83 | -$1.33 | -$1.33 | -$2.54 | -$3.15 | -$1.24 | -$9.83 | -$11.27 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$725.8M | -$438.3M | -$131.8M | -$46.0M | $17.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$194.5M | -$34.3M | -$20.4M | -$17.6M | -$16.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$920.3M | -$472.6M | -$152.2M | -$63.6M | $1.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $4.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $59.6M
- Total assets
- $1.67B
- Total liabilities
- $1.38B
- Total debt
- $669.6M
- Net debt
- $610.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $295.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 506,495
- Days to cover
- 3.23
- Change vs previous report
- +10.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.