Entertainment
8 companies · $180B combined revenue · $32.5B operating profit
The typical US-listed entertainment company grew revenue 6.7% and earnings 26.1% in its latest year, at a 7.2% operating margin, and 2 of 7 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 25% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more25%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue80%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more88%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash50%
Combined revenue · 7 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 8 companies
| Median | – | 6.7% | 26.1% | 7.2% | 10.5% | 0.46x |
| NFLXNetflix | $45.2B | 15.9%▲ | 26.1% | 29.5%▲ | 29.9%▲ | 0.54x▼ |
| DISWalt Disney | $94.4B | 3.4%▼ | 149%▲ | 18.6%▲ | 10.7%▲ | 0.38x▲ |
| SPOTSpotify Technology | EUR 17.2B | 9.7%▲ | 94.4%▲ | 12.8%▲ | 24.6%▲ | 0.18x▲ |
| LYVLive Nation Entertainment | $25.2B | 8.8%▲ | -44.7%▼ | 5%▼ | 10.5% | 28x▼ |
| ROKUROKU | $4.7B | 15.2%▲ | – | -0.1%▼ | -0.2%▼ | – |
| CNKCinemark | $3.1B | 2.1%▼ | -55.4%▼ | 9.5%▲ | – | – |
| LIONLionsgate Studios | $2.6B | 1.8%▼ | – | 3.7%▼ | 4.3%▼ | – |
| AMCAMC Entertainment | $4.8B | 4.6%▼ | – | -0.4%▼ | -0.3%▼ | – |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).