SBGI vs FWONA vs DIS Stock Comparison

Sinclair, Liberty Media and Walt Disney Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SBGI Sinclair, Inc.
$14.17 +9.3% 1M +4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$991.52M
P/E
10.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.38B
Div. yield
0.07%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
4 wins
FWONA Liberty Media Corp
$99.72 +13.7% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$24.69B
P/E
44.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.48B
Div. yield
–
Live Entertainment Communication Services
6 wins
DIS Walt Disney Co
$117.23 +12.7% 1M +5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$203.41B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Film and Television Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Liberty Media leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Liberty Media 6, Sinclair 4, Walt Disney 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSBGIFWONADISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $991.52M $24.69B $203.41B DIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.3x 44.2x 23.7x SBGI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 53.9x 15.9x SBGI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.2% +10.9% +4.6% FWONA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.8% 12.5% 8.7% FWONA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% 3.0% -18.0% SBGI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.2x 3.0x -1.2x DIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.07% 0.00% 0.01% SBGI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.0% +8.3% +5.3% FWONA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.4%/yr +13.3%/yr -7.8%/yr FWONA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.0% 26.4% 27.6% FWONA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 65/100 52/100 FWONA

Percentile Scorecard

SBGIFWONADIS

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

AxisSBGIFWONADIS
Valuation 81 #11 of 53 42 #8 of 13 36 #79 of 123
Growth 56 #20 of 44 80 #3 of 11 57 #48 of 109
Profitability 69 #14 of 43 70 #4 of 11 33 #72 of 107
Financial Health 38 #38 of 61 67 #5 of 13 63 #49 of 131
Shareholder Returns 54 #14 of 29 – 73 #21 of 76
Overall 60 65 52
  • SBGI ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • FWONA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • DIS ranked among 135 companies in Communication Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSBGIFWONADISSPY
1 month +9.3%+13.7%+12.7% -5.9%
3 months -4.0%+9.3%+12.0% -4.6%
6 months -0.1%+16.3%+7.9% +0.2%
Year to date -7.4%+11.6%+3.0% +7.5%
1 year +4.0%+8.3%+5.3% +8.2%
3 years -1.8%+73.7%+39.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year -0.6%+20.2%+11.8% +19.0%
5 years -48.3%+86.7%-33.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year -12.4%+13.3%-7.8% +9.4%
10 years -44.6%+266.2%+26.8% +251.5%
10 years, per year -5.7%+13.9%+2.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureSBGIFWONADISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.0%26.4%27.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.4%22.6%27.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.080.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.090.310.19 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.8%-25.7%-55.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.6%0.0%-1.5% -5.9%
52-week high $17.00$99.72$118.96 $779.14
52-week low $11.97$74.51$92.42 $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.

MultipleSBGIFWONADIS
P/E now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 14.0x 44.9xmedian 41.0x 23.7xmedian 14.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.5x 5.0xmedian 1.3x 2.0xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 9.6x 24.4xmedian 16.5x -6.9xmedian 8.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 8.0x 22.9xmedian 18.5x 24.4xmedian 8.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.6x 2.8xmedian 2.8x 1.7xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.48median 0.40 5.08median 0.48 0.40median 0.43

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 monthsSBGIFWONADIS
Revenue $3.38B $4.48B $98.86B
Gross profit – $1.62B $43.29B
Operating income $291.00M $595.00M -$40.54B
Net income $96.00M $556.00M $9.24B
Free cash flow $262.00M $978.00M $8.29B
EPS (diluted) $1.32 $2.11 $4.93
Cash & equivalents $659.00M $1.76B $5.19B
Total debt $4.04B $5.53B $46.04B
Shares (diluted) 72.46M 264.00M 1.74B
Enterprise value -$1.98B $18.49B $181.17B

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
MetricSBGIFWONADIS
P/E 10.7x 44.9x 23.7x
P/FCF 3.9x 22.9x 24.4x
P/Operating cash flow 3.0x 19.5x 11.9x
P/S 0.3x 5.0x 2.0x
P/B 2.5x 2.8x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 7.2x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 8.1x 24.4x -6.9x
EV/EBIT 15.1x 43.0x -6.0x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 5.7x 2.5x
EV/FCF 16.8x 26.1x 29.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.1x 22.3x 14.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.48 5.08 0.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSBGIFWONADIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.2% 10.9% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.1% 48.2% 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 548.6% -6.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 29.4% 14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.9% 51.0% -18.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.9% 35.3% 7.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 328.6% 511.9% -26.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -7.2% -26.9% 46.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 305.1% 662.6% -22.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 8.8% 58.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.3% 42.7% -11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.5% 58.4% 30.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.2% 35.1% -28.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.9% 51.0% 42.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSBGIFWONADIS
Gross margin – 36.0% 43.8%
EBITDA margin 16.0% 23.4% -35.4%
Operating margin 8.6% 13.3% -41.0%
Pretax margin 2.6% 11.9% 12.9%
Net margin 2.8% 12.5% 8.7%
FCF margin 7.8% 21.8% 8.4%
Operating cash flow margin 10.0% 25.6% 17.2%
Return on equity 28.9% 7.2% 8.0%
Return on assets 1.9% 3.4% 4.5%
Return on invested capital 6.6% 3.0% -18.0%
Return on capital employed 6.1% 4.3% -23.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.5x 2.1x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 0.5% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSBGIFWONADIS
Debt / assets 73.2% 33.0% 22.5%
Debt / equity 9.8x 0.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 6.2x 3.0x -1.2x
Debt / FCF 15.4x 5.7x 5.6x
Liabilities / assets 92.6% 53.0% 42.9%
Equity / assets 7.4% 47.0% 57.1%
Interest coverage 0.9x 2.1x –
Current ratio 2.0x 1.3x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.7x 1.1x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.9x 1.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.00 2.62 1.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSBGIFWONADIS
Dividend yield 7.1% – 1.3%
Net buyback yield – – 4.1%
Shareholder yield 7.1% – 5.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 75.0% – 18.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.5% – 20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.3% – 109.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.4% – –

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.

ConsensusSBGIFWONADIS
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2026 53.9xFY2026 15.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.24FY2026 $1.85FY2026 $7.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -16.3%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -196.0% +14.1% -2.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.73BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026 $95.48BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.8%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -17.3% -0.7% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSBGIFWONADIS
Held by institutions 44.4% 9.3% 75.9%
Institutions holding 178 302 2,948
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.0% +10.2% +1.8%
Institutions buying 113 154 1,214
Institutions selling 36 77 1,371
Buyers to sellers 3.14 2.00 0.89

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.

SBGIFWONADIS
SBGI 1.00 0.18 0.38
FWONA 0.18 1.00 0.29
DIS 0.38 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SBGI, FWONA and DIS?

Walt Disney (DIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sinclair (SBGI) $991.52M, Liberty Media (FWONA) $24.69B, Walt Disney (DIS) $203.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, SBGI, FWONA and DIS?

Sinclair (SBGI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sinclair (SBGI) 10.3x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 44.2x, Walt Disney (DIS) 23.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sinclair (SBGI) is cheapest (Sinclair (SBGI) 11.4x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 53.9x, Walt Disney (DIS) 15.9x). 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: Sinclair (SBGI) +1.2%, Liberty Media (FWONA) +10.9%, Walt Disney (DIS) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Liberty Media (FWONA) has the highest net margin (Sinclair (SBGI) 2.8%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 12.5%, Walt Disney (DIS) 8.7%). On return on invested capital, Sinclair (SBGI) leads (Sinclair (SBGI) 6.6%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 3.0%, Walt Disney (DIS) -18.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Liberty Media (FWONA) returned the most: Sinclair (SBGI) +4.0%, Liberty Media (FWONA) +8.3%, Walt Disney (DIS) +5.3%. Over five years, Liberty Media (FWONA) compounded fastest (Sinclair (SBGI) -12.4%/yr, Liberty Media (FWONA) +13.3%/yr, Walt Disney (DIS) -7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sinclair (SBGI) has the highest dividend yield: Sinclair (SBGI) 0.07%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 0.00%, Walt Disney (DIS) 0.01%. Liberty Media (FWONA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Liberty Media (FWONA) has been the steadiest (Sinclair (SBGI) 46.0%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 26.4%, Walt Disney (DIS) 27.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.