FOXA vs WBD vs SBGI Stock Comparison

Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Sinclair Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FOXA Fox Corp
$66.60 +4.1% 1M +13.2% 1Y
Market cap
$28.15B
P/E
16.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
6 wins
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
$30.98 +9.7% 1M +62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$77.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$36.12B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
3 wins
SBGI Sinclair, Inc.
$12.39 -3.7% 1M -7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$864.08M
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.26B
Div. yield
0.08%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fox leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Fox 6, Warner Bros. Discovery 3, Sinclair 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFOXAWBDSBGILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.15B $77.70B $864.08M WBD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x -24.6x 16.6x SBGI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.7x — 10.0x SBGI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% -6.1% -6.5% FOXA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.8% -8.8% 1.6% FOXA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.6% -1.6% 4.7% FOXA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 7.5x 7.5x FOXA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.2% +62.4% -7.8% WBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.4%/yr +3.2%/yr -15.3%/yr FOXA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.5% 26.7% 45.4% WBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 31/100 44/100 FOXA

Percentile Scorecard

FOXAWBDSBGI

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

AxisFOXAWBDSBGI
Valuation 51 #27 of 54 23 #42 of 54 70 #17 of 54
Growth 41 #27 of 45 25 #34 of 45 16 #38 of 45
Profitability 88 #6 of 43 36 #28 of 43 62 #17 of 43
Financial Health 82 #12 of 62 41 #37 of 62 33 #42 of 62
Shareholder Returns 68 #9 of 26 – 40 #16 of 26
Overall 66 31 44
  • FOXA ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media
  • WBD ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media
  • SBGI ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFOXAWBDSBGISPY
1 month +4.1%+9.7%-3.7% -1.0%
3 months +20.4%+18.6%-8.2% +2.9%
6 months +6.0%+13.2%-21.3% +6.4%
Year to date -8.9%+7.5%-19.0% +11.4%
1 year +13.2%+62.4%-7.8% +13.1%
3 years +118.7%+201.4%+19.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +29.8%+44.5%+6.2% +21.5%
5 years +56.6%+17.1%-56.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +9.4%+3.2%-15.3% +10.9%
10 years —+11.3%-53.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+1.1%-7.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureFOXAWBDSBGISPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.5%26.7%45.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.8%18.6%41.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.010.500.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.362.34-0.17 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.0%-78.5%-67.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.5%0.0%-27.1% -2.5%
52-week high $76.11$30.98$17.00 $779.14
52-week low $48.79$17.10$12.38 $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.

MultipleFOXAWBDSBGI
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 18.8x -24.6xmedian 18.8x 17.2xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 0.7x 2.2xmedian 0.7x 0.3xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 11.1x 28.0xmedian 11.1x 9.4xmedian 11.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 9.4x 35.6xmedian 9.4x 9.4xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 2.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.94median 0.44 -1.04median 0.44 -0.48median 0.44

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 monthsFOXAWBDSBGI
Revenue $17.13B $36.12B $3.26B
Gross profit – $17.06B –
Operating income – -$1.27B $215.00M
Net income $1.73B -$3.15B $54.00M
Free cash flow $1.47B $2.18B $95.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.84 $-1.23 $0.72
Cash & equivalents $4.21B $3.37B $604.00M
Total debt $6.61B $32.02B $16.64B
Shares (diluted) 439.00M 2.58B 72.16M
Enterprise value $13.96B $63.36B -$1.98B

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
MetricFOXAWBDSBGI
P/E 17.0x -24.6x 17.2x
P/FCF 19.6x 35.6x 9.4x
P/Operating cash flow 14.6x 22.7x 5.2x
P/S 1.7x 2.2x 0.3x
P/B 2.4x 2.3x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 3.2x 9.6x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 11.6x 28.0x 9.4x
EV/EBIT 13.7x -83.6x 20.2x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 2.9x 1.3x
EV/FCF 21.2x 48.8x 45.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.8x 31.1x 25.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.94 -1.04 -0.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFOXAWBDSBGI
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% -6.1% -6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.7% -4.8% -0.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -675.6% -55.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 38.8% -20.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -24.7% -595.1% -1.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 22.3% -34.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -21.8% -500.2% 0.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.0% 23.6% -35.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -40.7% -32.9% -68.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.1% -7.7% -38.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -51.0% -46.4% -79.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% -10.9% -46.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFOXAWBDSBGI
Gross margin – 47.2% –
EBITDA margin 15.7% 10.5% 14.2%
Operating margin – -3.5% 6.6%
Pretax margin 13.3% -10.4% 0.6%
Net margin 9.8% -8.8% 1.6%
FCF margin 8.6% 6.0% 2.9%
Operating cash flow margin 11.5% 9.5% 5.3%
Return on equity 15.1% -9.3% 15.8%
Return on assets 7.8% -3.2% 1.1%
Return on invested capital 9.6% -1.6% 4.7%
Return on capital employed 11.7% -1.6% 4.4%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -1.1x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 2.3% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFOXAWBDSBGI
Debt / assets 29.4% 32.9% 74.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.9x 10.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 7.5x 7.5x
Debt / FCF 4.5x 14.7x 42.7x
Liabilities / assets 47.8% 65.0% 93.1%
Equity / assets 52.2% 35.0% 6.9%
Interest coverage – -0.6x 0.6x
Current ratio 3.2x 0.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio 2.9x 0.5x 1.8x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 3.28 0.82 0.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFOXAWBDSBGI
Dividend yield 0.9% – 8.1%
Net buyback yield 7.0% – –
Shareholder yield 7.8% 0.0% 8.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 131.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 74.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 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.

ConsensusFOXAWBDSBGI
Forward P/E 11.7xFY2027 – 10.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.67FY2027 $-1.08FY2026 $1.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.6%FY2027 -472.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +9.5% – -196.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.96BFY2027 $34.48BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.0%FY2027 -7.6%FY2026 +17.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.9% +11.6% -17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFOXAWBDSBGI
Held by institutions 100.0% 77.8% 66.1%
Institutions holding 744 1,319 178
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% +10.9% +6.0%
Institutions buying 374 628 113
Institutions selling 273 436 36
Buyers to sellers 1.37 1.44 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.

FOXAWBDSBGI
FOXA 1.00 0.09 0.41
WBD 0.09 1.00 0.06
SBGI 0.41 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FOXA, WBD and SBGI?

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fox (FOXA) $28.15B, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) $77.70B, Sinclair (SBGI) $864.08M.

Which stock is cheaper, FOXA, WBD and SBGI?

Sinclair (SBGI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fox (FOXA) 16.7x, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -24.6x, Sinclair (SBGI) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sinclair (SBGI) is cheapest (Fox (FOXA) 11.7x, Sinclair (SBGI) 10.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Fox (FOXA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fox (FOXA) +5.1%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -6.1%, Sinclair (SBGI) -6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fox (FOXA) has the highest net margin (Fox (FOXA) 9.8%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -8.8%, Sinclair (SBGI) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Fox (FOXA) leads (Fox (FOXA) 9.6%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -1.6%, Sinclair (SBGI) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) returned the most: Fox (FOXA) +13.2%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +62.4%, Sinclair (SBGI) -7.8%. Over five years, Fox (FOXA) compounded fastest (Fox (FOXA) +9.4%/yr, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +3.2%/yr, Sinclair (SBGI) -15.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Fox (FOXA) 0.00%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 0.00%, Sinclair (SBGI) 0.08%. Fox (FOXA) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been the steadiest (Fox (FOXA) 36.5%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 26.7%, Sinclair (SBGI) 45.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FOXA, WBD 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, Fox (FOXA) leads on 6. 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.