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Starz Entertainment Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Starz Entertainment Corp had return on equity of -25.1%, an operating margin of -12.4%, debt equal to 121.6% of equity and a current ratio of 0.27. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Mar 20092010Mar 20102011Mar 20112012Mar 20122013Mar 20132014Mar 20142015Mar 20152016Mar 20162017Mar 20172018Mar 20182019Mar 20192020Mar 20202021Mar 20212022Mar 20222023Mar 20232024Mar 20242025Mar 2025LTMSept 2026
Operating margin−9.6%3.3%4.0%2.1%10.1%9.9%9.3%−1.1%−0.5%6.0%3.5%0.1%5.2%0.2%−94.8%−64.9%−12.4%−28.1%
Net margin−12.2%−2.0%−1.9%−2.5%8.6%5.8%7.6%2.1%0.5%11.5%−7.7%−4.8%−0.6%−5.2%−131.5%−65.7%−15.4%−36.7%
Free-cash-flow margin−7.5%−9.3%2.5%−13.6%10.1%9.3%3.3%−1.6%16.7%8.2%10.4%15.0%−1.1%−19.3%−33.2%−10.9%−4.6%1.8%
Return on equity—−73.3%−33.6%−34.2%104.0%32.3%25.5%5.9%0.9%16.7%−9.4%−6.8%−0.7%−6.7%−86.4%−74.7%−25.1%−89.3%
Return on assets—−2.0%−2.0%−1.8%8.4%5.4%5.9%1.4%0.2%5.2%−3.2%−2.3%−0.2%−2.2%−22.8%−19.1%−9.8%−24.5%
Asset turnover—0.981.020.730.980.940.780.660.490.450.420.480.400.420.170.290.640.67
Current ratio———————0.501.000.770.840.870.700.440.440.310.270.33
Debt to equity0.0%535.9%293.2%>999%248.0%118.0%85.2%104.4%128.3%78.5%101.9%104.8%95.8%88.7%134.5%269.8%121.6%252.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m1.1x1.1x0.4x2.9x3.9x4.2xn/mn/m1.3x0.7x0.0x0.9x0.1xn/mn/mn/mn/m
Effective tax rate————−48.4%17.8%14.8%———————————
Capital spending as % of revenue0.6%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.3%0.7%0.8%0.8%1.1%1.2%0.8%1.1%0.9%2.4%1.5%1.3%1.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————117.8%160.3%43.7%−74.6%>999%71.9%————————
Dividends ÷ net income————0.0%4.5%18.4%94.6%181.1%0.0%————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——0.0%—0.0%2.8%224.2%—5.0%0.0%15.0%0.4%——————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Moat

32 /100

Weak moat

How hard Starz Entertainment's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median -1.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -3.4%; its worst year was -51.8%.

  • Cash conversion 7 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 10 years, at a median 0.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 13 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 10.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (37 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Starz Entertainment Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 31, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Starz Entertainment Corp.