DIS vs FWONA vs SBGI Stock Comparison

Walt Disney, Liberty Media and Sinclair Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DIS Walt Disney Co
$110.91 +5.2% 1M +0.6% 1Y
Market cap
$192.71B
P/E
22.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Film and Television Communication Services
3 wins
FWONA Liberty Media Corp
$85.62 +0.3% 1M -2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$21.32B
P/E
52.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.34B
Div. yield
–
Live Entertainment Communication Services
5 wins
SBGI Sinclair, Inc.
$12.70 -0.5% 1M -3.6% 1Y
Market cap
$920.00M
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.26B
Div. yield
0.08%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Liberty Media leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Liberty Media 5, Sinclair 4, Walt Disney 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDISFWONASBGILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $192.71B $21.32B $920.00M DIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.4x 52.2x 17.7x SBGI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 46.3x 10.2x SBGI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% +12.2% -6.5% FWONA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.7% 9.4% 1.6% FWONA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -18.0% 2.9% 4.7% SBGI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.2x 3.5x 7.5x DIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.08% SBGI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.6% -2.5% -3.6% DIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.1%/yr +10.4%/yr -13.4%/yr FWONA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.3% 24.6% 45.7% FWONA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 65/100 45/100 FWONA

Percentile Scorecard

DISFWONASBGI

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

AxisDISFWONASBGI
Valuation 40 #74 of 123 50 #7 of 13 69 #17 of 53
Growth 60 #43 of 107 70 #4 of 11 16 #37 of 44
Profitability 39 #65 of 105 60 #5 of 11 63 #16 of 42
Financial Health 64 #48 of 130 82 #3 of 12 35 #40 of 61
Shareholder Returns 80 #16 of 74 – 40 #16 of 26
Overall 56 65 45
  • DIS ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • FWONA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • SBGI ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDISFWONASBGISPY
1 month +5.2%+0.3%-0.5% +0.7%
3 months +15.4%-6.9%-7.8% +3.7%
6 months +6.9%+8.1%-18.3% +7.1%
Year to date -2.5%-4.2%-17.0% +12.8%
1 year +0.6%-2.5%-3.6% +11.9%
3 years +37.5%+49.0%+19.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +11.2%+14.2%+6.0% +22.8%
5 years -34.4%+64.2%-51.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -8.1%+10.4%-13.4% +10.9%
10 years +18.2%+214.2%-49.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +1.7%+12.1%-6.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDISFWONASBGISPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.3%24.6%45.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%22.6%42.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.620.290.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.02-0.10-0.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.2%-25.7%-67.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.9%-12.8%-25.3% -1.2%
52-week high $116.65$98.18$17.00 $779.14
52-week low $92.42$74.51$11.97 $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.

MultipleDISFWONASBGI
P/E now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 17.5x 52.7xmedian 52.7x 17.6xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.1x 4.4xmedian 1.5x 0.3xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.6xmedian 9.8x 23.2xmedian 18.6x 9.5xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 9.2x 23.3xmedian 17.7x 9.6xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.6x 2.5xmedian 2.5x 2.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.38median 0.38 -10.27median 0.28 -0.50median 0.49

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 monthsDISFWONASBGI
Revenue $98.86B $4.34B $3.26B
Gross profit $43.29B $1.22B –
Operating income -$40.54B $516.00M $215.00M
Net income $9.24B $407.00M $54.00M
Free cash flow $8.29B $823.00M $95.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $1.62 $0.72
Cash & equivalents $5.19B $1.47B $604.00M
Total debt $46.04B $4.92B $4.06B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 252.00M 72.16M
Enterprise value $170.47B $15.88B -$1.92B

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
MetricDISFWONASBGI
P/E 22.4x 52.7x 17.6x
P/FCF 23.1x 23.3x 9.6x
P/Operating cash flow 11.3x 20.2x 5.4x
P/S 1.9x 4.4x 0.3x
P/B 1.6x 2.5x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 6.9x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA -6.6x 23.2x 9.5x
EV/EBIT -5.7x 43.9x 20.3x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 5.2x 1.3x
EV/FCF 28.0x 27.5x 46.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.7x 23.8x 25.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.38 -10.27 -0.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDISFWONASBGI
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% 12.2% -6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.0% 75.9% -0.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -6.5% 1,012% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 29.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.3% 49.1% -55.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 37.8% -20.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -26.4% 113.5% -1.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 46.3% -34.0% -34.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.9% 122.2% 0.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 58.8% -5.1% -35.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.3% 18.7% -68.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.8% 19.7% -38.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -28.2% 15.6% -79.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.8% 73.7% -46.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDISFWONASBGI
Gross margin 43.8% 28.2% –
EBITDA margin -35.4% 22.5% 14.2%
Operating margin -41.0% 11.9% 6.6%
Pretax margin 12.9% 14.3% 0.6%
Net margin 8.7% 9.4% 1.6%
FCF margin 8.4% 19.0% 2.9%
Operating cash flow margin 17.2% 21.9% 5.3%
Return on equity 8.0% 5.3% 15.8%
Return on assets 4.5% 2.6% 1.1%
Return on invested capital -18.0% 2.9% 4.7%
Return on capital employed -23.9% 3.6% 4.4%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 2.3x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 0.6% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDISFWONASBGI
Debt / assets 22.5% 31.0% 74.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.6x 10.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.2x 3.5x 7.5x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 6.0x 42.7x
Liabilities / assets 42.9% 52.0% 93.1%
Equity / assets 57.1% 48.0% 6.9%
Interest coverage – 1.9x 0.6x
Current ratio 0.7x 1.3x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.1x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.9x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 1.52 2.49 0.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDISFWONASBGI
Dividend yield 1.4% – 7.9%
Net buyback yield 4.3% – –
Shareholder yield 5.7% – 7.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.6% – 131.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.7% – 74.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 109.9% – 6.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.4%

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.

ConsensusDISFWONASBGI
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 46.3xFY2026 10.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $1.85FY2026 $1.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 -16.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -2.6% +14.6% -196.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $95.51BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.2% -0.7% -17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDISFWONASBGI
Held by institutions 75.9% 9.3% 44.4%
Institutions holding 2,944 301 178
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +10.2% +6.0%
Institutions buying 1,213 154 113
Institutions selling 1,369 77 36
Buyers to sellers 0.89 2.00 3.14

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.

DISFWONASBGI
DIS 1.00 0.30 0.33
FWONA 0.30 1.00 0.18
SBGI 0.33 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DIS, FWONA and SBGI?

Walt Disney (DIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Walt Disney (DIS) $192.71B, Liberty Media (FWONA) $21.32B, Sinclair (SBGI) $920.00M.

Which stock is cheaper, DIS, FWONA and SBGI?

Sinclair (SBGI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Walt Disney (DIS) 22.4x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 52.2x, Sinclair (SBGI) 17.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sinclair (SBGI) is cheapest (Walt Disney (DIS) 15.0x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 46.3x, Sinclair (SBGI) 10.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Media (FWONA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Walt Disney (DIS) +4.6%, Liberty Media (FWONA) +12.2%, Sinclair (SBGI) -6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Liberty Media (FWONA) has the highest net margin (Walt Disney (DIS) 8.7%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 9.4%, Sinclair (SBGI) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Sinclair (SBGI) leads (Walt Disney (DIS) -18.0%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 2.9%, Sinclair (SBGI) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Walt Disney (DIS) returned the most: Walt Disney (DIS) +0.6%, Liberty Media (FWONA) -2.5%, Sinclair (SBGI) -3.6%. Over five years, Liberty Media (FWONA) compounded fastest (Walt Disney (DIS) -8.1%/yr, Liberty Media (FWONA) +10.4%/yr, Sinclair (SBGI) -13.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sinclair (SBGI) has the highest dividend yield: Walt Disney (DIS) 0.01%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 0.00%, Sinclair (SBGI) 0.08%. Liberty Media (FWONA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Liberty Media (FWONA) has been the steadiest (Walt Disney (DIS) 27.3%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 24.6%, Sinclair (SBGI) 45.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DIS, FWONA and SBGI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Liberty Media (FWONA) leads on 5. 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.