RSVR vs SONY vs LION Stock Comparison

Reservoir Media, Sony and Lionsgate Studios Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RSVR Reservoir Media, Inc.
$9.58 +0.9% 1M +31.6% 1Y
Market cap
$626.76M
P/E
71.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$179.98M
Div. yield
–
Music Communication Services
4 wins
SONY Sony Group Corp
$25.64 +8.9% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$150.62B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
4 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
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionRSVRSONYLIONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $626.76M $150.62B $3.56B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 71.5x -29.5x -30.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 79.8x 19.4x — SONY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% +2.1% +9.9% RSVR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.9% -6.2% -4.1% RSVR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.2% 12.2% 18.4% LION
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.5x -0.3x 9.5x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +31.6% -10.7% +87.2% LION
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.2%/yr +1.6%/yr — RSVR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.0% 29.3% 49.2% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 54/100 40/100 RSVR

Percentile Scorecard

RSVRSONYLION

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

AxisRSVRSONYLION
Valuation 34 #81 of 123 80 #23 of 112 36 #79 of 123
Growth 79 #23 of 107 20 #87 of 109 98 #3 of 107
Profitability 61 #42 of 105 63 #39 of 104 40 #63 of 105
Financial Health 51 #65 of 131 47 #62 of 116 11 #117 of 131
Shareholder Returns – 61 #32 of 81 14 #64 of 74
Overall 56 54 40
  • RSVR ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • SONY ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • LION ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRSVRSONYLIONSPY
1 month +0.9%+8.9%+12.4% -0.2%
3 months -13.7%+13.0%-8.2% +3.9%
6 months -4.7%+28.4%-0.4% +8.2%
Year to date +26.6%+0.2%+33.3% +12.9%
1 year +31.6%-10.7%+87.2% +12.3%
3 years +80.4%+60.1%+16.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +21.8%+17.0%+5.1% +23.3%
5 years +11.5%+8.4%— +67.9%
5 years, per year +2.2%+1.6%— +10.9%
10 years —+306.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRSVRSONYLIONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.0%29.3%49.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.8%27.5%39.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.310.600.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.05-0.361.77 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.1%-50.9%-55.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.7%-15.3%-25.8% -1.2%
52-week high $11.10$30.26$16.40 $779.14
52-week low $7.22$19.32$6.23 $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.

MultipleRSVRSONYLION
P/E now vs peer median 71.9xmedian 16.8x -30.0xmedian 33.2x -30.0xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 2.8x 1.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 9.7x 8.5xmedian 20.0x 32.9xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 9.2x 14.6xmedian 29.8x 37.2xmedian 9.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.6x 2.9xmedian 3.0x -3.0xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 1.54median 0.29 0.75median 1.17 —median 0.29

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 monthsRSVRSONYLION
Revenue $179.98M $82.39B $2.88B
Gross profit $116.40M $26.19B –
Operating income $38.16M $10.29B $133.20M
Net income $7.96M -$5.01B -$118.80M
Free cash flow $42.19M $10.78B $97.40M
EPS (diluted) $0.13 $-0.85 $-0.41
Cash & equivalents $13.66M $13.40B $425.80M
Total debt $462.15M $36.06B $1.90B
Shares (diluted) 65.75M 6.01B 291.60M
Enterprise value $538.64M $87.89B $2.41B

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
MetricRSVRSONYLION
P/E 71.9x -30.0x -30.0x
P/FCF 15.0x 14.6x 37.2x
P/Operating cash flow 14.8x 11.6x 32.9x
P/S 3.5x 1.9x 1.3x
P/B 1.7x 2.9x -3.0x
P/Tangible book -1.5x 3.1x -3.0x
EV/EBITDA 15.6x 8.5x 32.9x
EV/EBIT 28.3x 14.7x 38.3x
EV/Revenue 6.0x 1.8x 1.8x
EV/FCF 25.6x 14.1x 52.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.3x 11.2x 46.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.54 0.75 –

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRSVRSONYLION
Debt / assets 48.7% 7.5% 35.7%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.1x -1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.5x -0.3x 9.5x
Debt / FCF 11.0x 0.7x 19.5x
Liabilities / assets 60.1% 45.3% 122.5%
Equity / assets 39.9% 54.7% -22.5%
Interest coverage – 12.2x 0.5x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.2x 0.4x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.4x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.06 3.86 -0.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRSVRSONYLION
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield – 1.9% -0.2%
Shareholder yield – 2.3% -0.2%
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.

ConsensusRSVRSONYLION
Forward P/E 79.8xFY2026 19.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.12FY2026 $1.32FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -7.7%FY2026 +20.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +33.3% +6.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $200.33MFY2026 $84.17BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +14.0%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -4.3% +0.3% –

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

RSVRSONYLION
RSVR 1.00 0.25 0.14
SONY 0.25 1.00 0.10
LION 0.14 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RSVR, SONY and LION?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Reservoir Media (RSVR) $626.76M, Sony (SONY) $150.62B, Lionsgate Studios (LION) $3.56B.

Which company is growing faster?

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

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lionsgate Studios (LION) returned the most: Reservoir Media (RSVR) +31.6%, Sony (SONY) -10.7%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) +87.2%. Over five years, Reservoir Media (RSVR) compounded fastest (Reservoir Media (RSVR) +2.2%/yr, Sony (SONY) +1.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Reservoir Media (RSVR) 30.0%, Sony (SONY) 29.3%, Lionsgate Studios (LION) 49.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.