Liberty Media vs Sinclair
FWONA and SBGI side by side, both in communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FWONA and SBGI compare
Liberty Media is the larger company, worth 23 times as much as Sinclair ($21.3B against $926M).
Liberty Media grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.2% versus −6.5% for Sinclair).
Liberty Media keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.4% compared with 1.6% at Sinclair.
Sinclair pays a dividend yielding 7.8%; Liberty Media does not pay one.
Sinclair scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 6 for Liberty Media), 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 | FWONA | SBGI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $21.3B | $926M |
| Share price | $85.13 | $12.80 |
| Change, 1 year | −3.1% | −2.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 59.4% | −53.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.75 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 74 | 7,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 16.8× |
| P/S | 4.9× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | – | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.4× | 9.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 25.9× | 9.7× (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 10.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $30.17 | $13.55 |
| Margin of safety | −182% | 5.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.2% (better) | −6.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −13.7% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 4.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −9.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 11.9% (better) | 6.6% |
| Net margin | 9.4% (better) | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 19.0% (better) | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 5.6% | 14.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 4.3% | 5.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 10.68 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.54 (better) | 7.26 |
| Interest coverage | 1.9× (better) | 0.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.27 | 1.94 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.81 (better) | 0.91 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 7.8% |
| Payout ratio | – | 137% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 7.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 99.0% | 44.6% |
| Held by insiders | 1.5% | 55.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$46.7M | −$3.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 11.9% |
Go deeper
- FWONA stock overview
- FWONA income statement
- FWONA valuation and score
- SBGI stock overview
- SBGI income statement
- SBGI valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.