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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
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
2.0B4.0B-0.8B-1.6B200820102012201420162018202020222024
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 five years.

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%200820102012201420162018202020222024
ROE
FY2024 · ROE -25.1%
50%100%-50%200820102012201420162018202020222024

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
200.0M400.0M-250.0M-500.0M200820102012201420162018202020222024
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2022 · Dividends — · Net buybacks -3.8
80M160M-20M-40MDividendsNet buybacks20082010201220142016201820202022

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
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·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 59 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 33 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 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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