Fox vs Sinclair
FOXA and SBGI side by side, both in communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FOXA and SBGI compare
Fox is the larger company, worth 29 times as much as Sinclair ($26.5B against $926M).
On earnings, Fox is cheaper: it trades at 16.5× trailing earnings, against 16.8× for Sinclair.
Fox grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.1% versus −6.5% for Sinclair).
Both pay dividends: Fox yields 0.90% and Sinclair 7.8%.
Sinclair scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 7 for Fox), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FOXA | SBGI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $26.5B | $926M |
| Share price | $63.24 | $12.80 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.0% | −2.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 52.5% | −53.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.56 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 11K | 7,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.5× (better) | 16.8× |
| P/S | 1.5× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 2.3× (better) | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.4× | 9.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 18.1× | 9.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.91 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 10.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $60.63 | $13.55 |
| Margin of safety | −4.3% | 5.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% (better) | −6.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.8% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 4.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −21.8% | −9.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 6.6% |
| Net margin | – | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 8.6% (better) | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | – | 14.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 5.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.57 (better) | 10.68 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.78 (better) | 7.26 |
| Interest coverage | – | 0.6× |
| Current ratio | 3.17 (better) | 1.94 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.83 (better) | 0.91 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 2 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.90% | 7.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 137% |
| Buyback yield | 7.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 8.4% (better) | 7.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.2% | 44.6% |
| Held by insiders | 33.1% | 55.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$110M | −$3.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 11.9% |
Go deeper
- FOXA stock overview
- FOXA income statement
- FOXA valuation and score
- SBGI stock overview
- SBGI income statement
- SBGI valuation and score
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