Starz Entertainment STRZ
NASDAQ STRZ
$25.93 -0.96 (-3.57%)
As of: Sep 8, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Starz Entertainment (STRZ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Starz Entertainment's (STRZ) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $355.7 million in Q3 2025, down 2.25% year-over-year from $363.9 million in Q3 2024, and down 56.6% quarter-over-quarter from $819.5 million in Q2 2025.

Analysis

Starz Entertainment (STRZ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Starz Entertainment (STRZ) has reported Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with $355.7 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 2.25% year-over-year to $355.7 million in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was $2.6 billion, a 981.12% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $459.7 million, down 70.15% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $355.7 million for Q3 2025 at Starz Entertainment, down from $819.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $1.8 billion in Q3 2023 and troughed at -$1.8 billion in Q1 2023.
  • A 4-year average of $397.2 million and a median of $646.2 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses plunged 80.15% in 2024 and soared 142.81% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 4 years, Operating Expenses stood at $992.3 million in 2022, then grew by 2.65% to $1.0 billion in 2023, then slipped by 8.24% to $934.7 million in 2024, then sank by 61.95% to $355.7 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $355.7 million (Q3 2025), $819.5 million (Q2 2025), and $472.9 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Warner Bros. Discovery 70.72 Bn 67.35 Bn 4.10 Bn 8.48 Bn
2 Fox 25.12 Bn 20.92 Bn - 2.38 Bn
3 Paramount Skydance 11.97 Bn 8.70 Bn -2.08 Bn -4.64 Bn
4 Versant Media 5.38 Bn 3.90 Bn 994.00 Mn 1.28 Bn
5 Nexstar Media 5.15 Bn 4.94 Bn 1.06 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Newsmax 1.39 Bn 1.34 Bn 23.33 Mn 22.03 Mn
7 AMC Global Media 520.06 Mn 56.06 Mn 258.71 Mn 531.64 Mn
8 Gray Media 470.89 Mn 294.89 Mn 270.00 Mn 703.00 Mn
9 Starz Entertainment 435.29 Mn 333.19 Mn - -
10 E.W. Scripps 296.07 Mn 283.02 Mn 196.33 Mn 1.65 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 355.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 819.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 472.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 934.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 363.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 337.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 925.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.81 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 992.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 956.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 1.04 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 925.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 966.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 947.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 846.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 861.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 894.50 Mn