AERA vs LION vs SIEB Stock Comparison

AI Era, Lionsgate Studios and Siebert Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AERA AI Era Corp.
$0.02 -83.3% 1M -96.0% 1Y
Market cap
$88.44K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.01M
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins
LION Lionsgate Studios Corp.
$12.17 +12.4% 1M +87.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.56B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.88B
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
4 wins
SIEB Siebert Financial Corp
$1.83 -16.8% 1M -41.5% 1Y
Market cap
$75.21M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$105.05M
Div. yield
–
Retail Brokerage Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Lionsgate Studios leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lionsgate Studios 4, Siebert Financial 3, AI Era 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAERALIONSIEBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $88.44K $3.56B $75.21M LION
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.3x -30.1x -66.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +102.4% +9.9% +21.6% AERA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.1% -4.1% -1.1% SIEB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 18.4% -1.1% LION
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 9.5x -67.7x SIEB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -96.0% +87.2% -41.5% LION
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -80.2%/yr — -10.4%/yr SIEB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 404.7% 49.2% 58.1% LION
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 40/100 51/100 AERA

Percentile Scorecard

AERALIONSIEB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAERALIONSIEB
Valuation 91 #12 of 123 36 #79 of 123 87 #13 of 96
Growth 89 #13 of 107 98 #3 of 107 37 #42 of 66
Profitability 70 #32 of 105 40 #63 of 105 24 #49 of 64
Financial Health 59 #55 of 131 11 #117 of 131 57 #41 of 93
Shareholder Returns – 14 #64 of 74 –
Overall 77 40 51
  • AERA ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • LION ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • SIEB ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAERALIONSIEBSPY
1 month -83.3%+12.4%-16.8% -0.2%
3 months -96.1%-8.2%+14.4% +3.9%
6 months -98.2%-0.4%-3.7% +8.2%
Year to date -97.8%+33.3%-47.9% +12.9%
1 year -96.0%+87.2%-41.5% +12.3%
3 years -97.8%+16.1%+18.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -71.9%+5.1%+5.9% +23.3%
5 years -100.0%—-42.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -80.2%—-10.4% +10.9%
10 years -100.0%—+52.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year -72.1%—+4.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAERALIONSIEBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 404.7%49.2%58.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 448.5%39.4%55.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.970.790.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.241.77-0.71 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-55.4%-70.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -98.7%-25.8%-54.9% -1.2%
52-week high $1.52$16.40$4.06 $779.14
52-week low $0.02$6.23$1.60 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAERALIONSIEB
P/E now vs peer median -0.3xmedian 16.8x -30.0xmedian 16.8x -66.8xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.1x 1.3xmedian 1.1x 0.7xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.7x 32.9xmedian 9.7x 201.9xmedian 13.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 9.2x 37.2xmedian 9.2x 5.3xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.6x -3.0xmedian 1.6x 0.8xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.29 —median 0.29 2.17median 0.54

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAERALIONSIEB
Revenue $10.01M $2.88B $105.05M
Operating income $3.28M $133.20M -$2.44M
Net income -$313.02K -$118.80M -$1.12M
Free cash flow $2.58M $97.40M $14.16M
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $-0.41 $-0.03
Cash & equivalents $115.84K $425.80M $16.10M
Total debt $3.47M $1.90B $43.70M
Shares (diluted) 5.46M 291.60M 40.98M
Enterprise value -$561.79K $2.41B -$72.78M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAERALIONSIEB
P/E -0.3x -30.0x -66.8x
P/FCF 0.0x 37.2x 5.3x
P/Operating cash flow 0.0x 32.9x 4.9x
P/S 0.0x 1.3x 0.7x
P/B 0.0x -3.0x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.0x -3.0x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 0.0x 32.9x 201.9x
EV/EBIT 0.1x 38.3x -23.1x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 1.8x 0.5x
EV/FCF 0.2x 52.3x 4.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.2x 46.3x 3.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 – 2.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAERALIONSIEB
Revenue growth (1Y) 102.4% 9.9% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 65.5% – 19.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 249.5% 2,284% -121.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.1% – -30.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -134.8% 71.9% -111.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.6% – -32.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -40,365% 73.1% -111.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -164.0% – -30.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% 284.3% 236.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% – 30.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% 234.0% 281.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.6% – 30.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAERALIONSIEB
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 117.6% 5.4% 0.3%
Operating margin 32.8% 4.6% -2.3%
Pretax margin -3.1% -3.3% -2.3%
Net margin -3.1% -4.1% -1.1%
FCF margin 25.8% 3.4% 13.5%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 3.8% 14.7%
Return on equity -7.1% – -1.3%
Return on assets -3.3% -2.2% -0.1%
Return on invested capital – 18.4% -1.1%
Return on capital employed 156.1% 6.6% –
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.5x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.3x -0.9x -13.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 4.1% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAERALIONSIEB
Debt / assets 4.1% 35.7% 1.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x -1.6x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 9.5x -67.7x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 19.5x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% 122.5% 90.8%
Equity / assets 26.1% -22.5% 9.2%
Interest coverage 46.9x 0.5x -3.4x
Current ratio 0.1x 0.4x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score -0.43 -0.45 0.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAERALIONSIEB
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -449.1% -0.2% –
Shareholder yield -449.1% -0.2% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAERALIONSIEB

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAERALIONSIEB
Held by institutions – 89.1% 5.8%
Institutions holding – 291 49
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.3% -25.5%
Institutions buying – 155 24
Institutions selling – 85 23
Buyers to sellers – 1.82 1.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AERALIONSIEB
AERA 1.00 -0.07 0.08
LION -0.07 1.00 0.01
SIEB 0.08 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AERA, LION and SIEB?

Lionsgate Studios (LION) is the largest by market capitalisation: AI Era (AERA) $88.44K, Lionsgate Studios (LION) $3.56B, Siebert Financial (SIEB) $75.21M.

Which company is growing faster?

AI Era (AERA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AI Era (AERA) +102.4%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) +9.9%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Siebert Financial (SIEB) has the highest net margin (AI Era (AERA) -3.1%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) -4.1%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -1.1%). On return on invested capital, Lionsgate Studios (LION) leads (Lionsgate Studios (LION) 18.4%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -1.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lionsgate Studios (LION) returned the most: AI Era (AERA) -96.0%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) +87.2%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -41.5%. Over five years, Siebert Financial (SIEB) compounded fastest (AI Era (AERA) -80.2%/yr, Siebert Financial (SIEB) -10.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lionsgate Studios (LION) has been the steadiest (AI Era (AERA) 404.7%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) 49.2%, Siebert Financial (SIEB) 58.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AERA, LION and SIEB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lionsgate Studios (LION) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.