Lionsgate Studios (LION) and Its Peers Financial Survey

Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION) is one of 184 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Lionsgate Studios to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lionsgate Studios and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lionsgate Studios	2	2	8	0	2.50
Lionsgate Studios Competitors	1876	4505	9615	255	2.51

Lionsgate Studios currently has a consensus price target of $15.16, suggesting a potential upside of 19.18%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Lionsgate Studios’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lionsgate Studios is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Lionsgate Studios and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lionsgate Studios	-4.10%	N/A	-0.44%
Lionsgate Studios Competitors	11.03%	-22.66%	-2.43%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lionsgate Studios and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lionsgate Studios	$2.63 billion	-$198.30 million	-30.29
Lionsgate Studios Competitors	$10.37 billion	$73.91 million	14.53

Lionsgate Studios’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Lionsgate Studios. Lionsgate Studios 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.3% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.9% of Lionsgate Studios shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Lionsgate Studios has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lionsgate Studios’ rivals have a beta of 1.00, meaning that their average share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lionsgate Studios rivals beat Lionsgate Studios on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lionsgate Studios

Lionsgate Studios Corp. engages in the provision of motion picture and studio operations that bring a varied portfolio of entertainment to consumers. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.