LION vs RSVR vs SONY Stock Comparison

Lionsgate Studios, Reservoir Media and Sony Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LION Lionsgate Studios Corp.
$12.51 +12.2% 1M +95.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.55B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.88B
Div. yield
–
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins
RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc.
$9.57 +0.1% 1M +27.6% 1Y
Market cap
$628.60M
P/E
71.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$179.98M
Div. yield
–
Music Communication Services
3 wins
SONY Sony Group Corp
$26.09 +12.5% 1M -9.1% 1Y
Market cap
$155.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sony leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Sony 5, Reservoir Media 3, Lionsgate Studios 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLIONRSVRSONYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.55B $628.60M $155.70B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -30.0x 71.7x -30.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 79.7x 19.9x SONY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.9% +11.4% +2.1% RSVR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.1% 4.9% -6.2% RSVR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 18.4% 3.2% 12.2% LION
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 9.5x 6.5x -0.3x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +95.2% +27.6% -9.1% LION
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +1.8%/yr +2.9%/yr SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.1% 30.1% 29.3% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 57/100 54/100 RSVR

Percentile Scorecard

LIONRSVRSONY

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

AxisLIONRSVRSONY
Valuation 35 #81 of 124 36 #80 of 124 79 #24 of 112
Growth 98 #3 of 109 80 #23 of 109 21 #86 of 109
Profitability 41 #64 of 107 60 #43 of 107 63 #40 of 105
Financial Health 11 #119 of 133 52 #64 of 133 49 #60 of 117
Shareholder Returns 13 #64 of 73 – 59 #34 of 82
Overall 39 57 54
  • LION ranked among 136 companies in Communication Services
  • RSVR ranked among 136 companies in Communication Services
  • SONY ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLIONRSVRSONYSPY
1 month +12.2%+0.1%+12.5% -1.0%
3 months -6.2%-10.0%+24.3% +2.9%
6 months +9.4%-5.5%+28.6% +6.4%
Year to date +37.0%+26.4%+1.9% +11.4%
1 year +95.2%+27.6%-9.1% +13.1%
3 years +19.5%+67.3%+54.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +6.1%+18.7%+15.7% +21.5%
5 years —+9.2%+15.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+1.8%+2.9% +10.9%
10 years ——+306.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+15.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLIONRSVRSONYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.1%30.1%29.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.3%24.1%27.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.800.290.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.940.92-0.31 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.4%-55.1%-50.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.7%-13.8%-13.8% -2.5%
52-week high $16.40$11.10$30.26 $779.14
52-week low $6.23$7.22$19.32 $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.

MultipleLIONRSVRSONY
P/E now vs peer median -30.8xmedian 17.2x 71.8xmedian 17.2x -30.5xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 3.5xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.5xmedian 9.5x 15.6xmedian 9.5x 8.7xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 38.2xmedian 9.5x 15.0xmedian 9.5x 14.9xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 1.6x 3.0xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.29 1.53median 0.29 0.76median 1.15

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 monthsLIONRSVRSONY
Revenue $2.88B $179.98M $82.39B
Gross profit – $116.40M $26.19B
Operating income $133.20M $38.16M $10.29B
Net income -$118.80M $7.96M -$5.01B
Free cash flow $97.40M $42.19M $10.78B
EPS (diluted) $-0.41 $0.13 $-0.85
Cash & equivalents $425.80M $13.66M $13.40B
Total debt $1.90B $1.79B $36.06B
Shares (diluted) 291.60M 65.75M 6.01B
Enterprise value $2.40B $540.48M $92.96B

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
MetricLIONRSVRSONY
P/E -30.8x 71.8x -30.5x
P/FCF 38.2x 15.0x 14.9x
P/Operating cash flow 33.8x 14.8x 11.8x
P/S 1.3x 3.5x 1.9x
P/B -3.1x 1.7x 3.0x
P/Tangible book -3.0x -1.5x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 33.5x 15.6x 8.7x
EV/EBIT 39.0x 28.3x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 6.0x 1.9x
EV/FCF 53.4x 25.6x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 47.2x 25.3x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.53 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLIONRSVRSONY
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.9% 11.4% 2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% -1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.7% 9.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% -5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 2,284% 7.4% 12.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 18.6% 6.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 71.9% 5.6% -168.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 39.6% -40.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 73.1% 15.6% -167.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 46.8% -40.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 284.3% 0.0% -18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.4% 28.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 234.0% -1.1% -11.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.5% 82.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLIONRSVRSONY
Gross margin – 64.7% 31.8%
EBITDA margin 5.4% 38.5% 21.6%
Operating margin 4.6% 21.2% 12.5%
Pretax margin -3.3% 6.3% 12.2%
Net margin -4.1% 4.9% -6.2%
FCF margin 3.4% 23.4% 13.1%
Operating cash flow margin 3.8% 23.7% 16.4%
Return on equity – 2.1% -9.5%
Return on assets -2.2% 0.8% -5.1%
Return on invested capital 18.4% 3.2% 12.2%
Return on capital employed 6.6% 4.3% 15.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.9x 5.4x -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue 4.1% 2.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLIONRSVRSONY
Debt / assets 35.7% 48.7% 7.5%
Debt / equity -1.6x 1.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 9.5x 6.5x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 19.5x 11.0x 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 122.5% 60.1% 45.3%
Equity / assets -22.5% 39.9% 54.7%
Interest coverage 0.5x – 12.2x
Current ratio 0.4x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.44 1.06 3.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLIONRSVRSONY
Dividend yield – – 0.3%
Net buyback yield -0.2% – 1.9%
Shareholder yield -0.2% – 2.2%
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.

ConsensusLIONRSVRSONY
Forward P/E – 79.7xFY2026 19.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.12FY2026 $1.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -7.7%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +33.3% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $200.33MFY2026 $84.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +14.0%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -4.3% +0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLIONRSVRSONY
Held by institutions 89.1% 24.8% 7.9%
Institutions holding 291 82 739
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% -2.5% +2.1%
Institutions buying 155 31 333
Institutions selling 85 24 268
Buyers to sellers 1.82 1.29 1.24

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.

LIONRSVRSONY
LION 1.00 0.14 0.10
RSVR 0.14 1.00 0.25
SONY 0.10 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LION, RSVR and SONY?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lionsgate Studios (LION) $3.55B, Reservoir Media (RSVR) $628.60M, Sony (SONY) $155.70B.

Which company is growing faster?

Reservoir Media (RSVR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lionsgate Studios (LION) +9.9%, Reservoir Media (RSVR) +11.4%, Sony (SONY) +2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Reservoir Media (RSVR) has the highest net margin (Lionsgate Studios (LION) -4.1%, Reservoir Media (RSVR) 4.9%, Sony (SONY) -6.2%). On return on invested capital, Lionsgate Studios (LION) leads (Lionsgate Studios (LION) 18.4%, Reservoir Media (RSVR) 3.2%, Sony (SONY) 12.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lionsgate Studios (LION) returned the most: Lionsgate Studios (LION) +95.2%, Reservoir Media (RSVR) +27.6%, Sony (SONY) -9.1%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (Reservoir Media (RSVR) +1.8%/yr, Sony (SONY) +2.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Lionsgate Studios (LION) 49.1%, Reservoir Media (RSVR) 30.1%, Sony (SONY) 29.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LION, RSVR and SONY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sony (SONY) 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.