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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricSBGISinclair, Inc.NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.NMAXNewsmax Inc.EVCENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPMedian of the restexcluding SBGI
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$12.68▼ 0.62 (4.66%)
$164.83▼ 4.20 (2.48%)
$8.17▼ 0.21 (2.51%)
$6.31▼ 0.02 (0.32%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/103.3/103.3/106.0/103.3/10
Market value$876.4M$5.00B$884.0M$574.3M
Revenue$3.17B$4.95B$189.3M$447.6M
Profit-$112.0M$109.0M-$99.5M-$79.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-10.7%-8.5%10.7%22.6%10.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——39.3%58.9%49.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.5%17.2%-52.8%-18.6%-18.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-3.5%2.2%-52.6%-17.7%-17.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.6%15.0%-56.6%0.8%0.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-25.3%5.3%-93.8%-142.8%-93.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.3.5%7.6%-92.1%-40.4%-40.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—45.86x——45.86x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.10.38x8.37x——8.37x
Price to book1.98x2.42x8.34x10.36x8.34x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.12.59x4.26x1.26x5.99x4.26x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/85/81/86/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreydistressdistress

How SBGI compares with the others

  • SBGI's operating margin of 5.5% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-18.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -10.7% against 10.7%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 12.6x against 4.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.