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Marcus Corporation (The) (MCS) vs Starz Entertainment Corp. (STRZ)

Marcus Corporation (The) and Starz Entertainment Corp. are both Entertainment companies. Marcus Corporation (The) is the larger, with a market value of $863.3M against $433.8M — 2.0× the size. Starz Entertainment Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Marcus Corporation (The) trades at 39.5×. Marcus Corporation (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.81% against −6.20%. Marcus Corporation (The) has the higher net margin (2.87% vs −34.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.46% vs −26.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Marcus Corporation (The) leads on 11 and Starz Entertainment Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
P/E 39.46 n/m 24.45
P/S 1.09 0.31 1.32
P/B 1.88 1.32 1.68
Price to free cash flow 12.76 8.60 15.62
EV/EBITDA 9.70 n/m 9.61
EV/Sales 1.26 0.76 1.75
Earnings yield 2.53% (109.45%) (0.66%)
Free cash flow yield 7.84% 11.63% 3.50%

Profitability

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
Gross margin 44.68% 100.00% 44.92%
Operating margin 4.09% (29.23%) 2.34%
Net margin 2.87% (33.98%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 8.55% 3.62% 1.50%
Return on equity 5.01% (84.82%) 0.00%
Return on assets 2.25% (22.72%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.46% (26.79%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.81% (6.20%) 5.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 264.00% 0.00% 4.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.12% — 9.28%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.34 2.10 0.46
Current ratio 0.44 0.25 0.87
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 (6,827.83) 0.61

Dividend

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
Dividend yield 1.18% — 1.18%
Payout ratio 0.46 — 0.21

Size

Metric MCS STRZ Entertainment median
Market cap 863.33m 433.75m 1.15b

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