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Starz Entertainment Corp. STRZ

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2024 reported · SEC filings only
$1.4B
▼ 1.6% YoY
$-211.2M
$-63.6M

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In brief

What this company does

Starz provides premium subscription video programming to consumers in the U.S. and Canada, offering thousands of hours of content to its subscribers. It sells its services on a direct-to-consumer basis and through distributors, including over-the-top providers such as Amazon, Apple, Google and Hulu, and multichannel video programming distributors such as Comcast, Charter, DIRECTV and DISH Network. Starz employs 541 individuals as of June 16, 2025. Starz Entertainment Corp. was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act using the name 3369382 Canada Limited on April 28, 1997, changed its name to Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. later that year, and changed its name again to Starz Entertainment Corp. on May 6, 2025.

Written from the business description in Starz Entertainment Corp.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 June 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 1.4B
Revenue, FY2024 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2024 · Revenue 1.4 · Net income -0.2
2B3B-1B-2B
2008201120142017202020232024
Compound annual growth
−27.6%
−18.8%
−5.5%
−0.6%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −18.8% a year over the five years to FY2024.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−15 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2024 · Operating -12.4% · Net -15.4%
-50%-100%
200820162024
ROE
FY2024 · ROE -25.1%
50%100%-50%
200820162024
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin48.7%
Operating margin-12.4%
Net margin-15.4%
EBITDAUSD -100,000.00

Each USD of equity lost 25 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

·
returned in FY2024 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2024 · FCF -63.6
250.0M500.0M-250.0M-500.0M
200820162024
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2022 · Dividends · · Net buybacks -3.8
100M200M-20M-40MDividendsNet buybacks
20082010201220142016201820202022

Total assetsUSD 2.2B
EquityUSD 766.4M
CashUSD 17.8M
Gross debtUSD 699.9M
Net debtUSD 682.1M
Current ratio0.27×

Net debt stands at 89% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
STRZ, 17-year financial record
Metric 20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B1.41.41.43.63.33.93.74.13.22.32.42.62.71.61.61.51.5
Operating income $B−0.2−0.9−1.30.00.20.00.10.2−0.0−0.00.20.30.30.00.10.0−0.1
EBITDA $B−0.0−0.7−1.20.20.40.20.30.40.0−0.00.20.30.30.00.10.1−0.1
Income tax $B−0.0−0.1−0.00.00.00.0−0.0−0.3−0.1−0.10.00.0−0.10.00.00.00.0
Net income $B−0.2−0.9−1.9−0.2−0.0−0.2−0.30.50.00.10.20.20.2−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.2
Free cash flow $B−0.1−0.2−0.5−0.7−0.00.60.40.30.5−0.00.10.20.3−0.20.0−0.1−0.1
EPS, diluted $◌−4.77−8.82−0.84−0.09−0.86−1.332.150.090.331.231.041.61−0.30−0.23−0.26−1.53
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌0.000.000.180.090.090.340.260.100.000.00◌◌◌
Payout %————−0−0−200181951850−0———
ROE %−25.1−74.7−86.4−6.7−0.7−6.8−9.416.70.95.925.532.3104.0−34.2−33.6−73.3◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 59 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. 15 checks were skipped: cost of revenue is not tagged before 2022. Four checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2009. One check was skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2008.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityServices-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inoutside the United States — SEC code A1
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2008

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