Starz Company Profile (NASDAQ:STRZA)

About Starz

Starz is an integrated media and entertainment company. The Company provides subscription video programming in the United States to cable operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications companies and online video providers. The Company's segments include Starz Networks and Starz Distribution. The Starz Networks segment provides subscription video programming to the United States multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), including cable operators (such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable), satellite television providers (such as DIRECTV and DISH Network) and telecommunications companies (such as AT&T and Verizon). The Starz Distribution segment includes the operations of its Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Digital and Starz Worldwide Distribution businesses. It also develops, produces and acquires entertainment content and distributes this content to consumers in the United States and throughout the world.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Entertainment - Diversified
Sub-Industry: Cable & Satellite
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: STRZA
CUSIP: 85571Q10

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $31.32
50 Day Moving Average: $31.32
200 Day Moving Average: $28.55
52-Week Range: $20.33 - $40.69
Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.50
Foreward P/E Ratio: 11.27
P/E Growth: 4.03
Market Cap: $3.04B
Outstanding Shares: 97,075,000
Beta: 0.35

Profitability:

Net Margins: 12.57%
Return on Equity: 94.59%
Return on Assets: 12.94%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.56%
Current Ratio: 2.49%
Quick Ratio: 2.49%

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Consensus Ratings for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating, 4 Hold Ratings, 5 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.40)
Consensus Price Target:	$33.33 (6.43% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/6/2016	Brean Capital	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$27.00
8/3/2016	FBN Securities	Upgrade	Sector Perform -> Outperform
7/29/2016	Credit Agricole SA	Downgrade	Outperform -> Underperform
7/29/2016	Pivotal Research	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold	$32.00 -> $31.00
7/1/2016	Macquarie	Downgrade	Outperform -> Neutral
7/1/2016	FBR & Co	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$26.00 -> $32.00
5/2/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Boost Price Target	Buy	$44.00 -> $47.00
4/30/2016	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Hold
3/14/2016	Gabelli	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$37.00
3/1/2016	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy	$33.00
6/30/2015	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$40.00 -> $47.00
1/8/2015	Pacific Crest	Initiated Coverage	Sector Perform
12/5/2014	National Alliance Securities	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/27/2016
7/28/2016	Q216	$0.54	$0.54	$421.17 million	$402.60 million	View	Listen
4/28/2016	Q116	$0.67	$0.65	$435.68 million	$431.90 million	View	Listen
2/25/2016	Q415	$0.30	$0.26	$427.55 million	$427.60 million	View	Listen
10/29/2015	Q315	$0.59	$0.56	$422.99 million	$404.10 million	View	Listen
7/29/2015	Q215	$0.66	$0.59	$446.93 million	$417.70 million	View	Listen
4/30/2015	Q115	$0.62	$0.79	$436.55 million	$450.70 million	View	Listen
2/25/2015	Q414	$0.53	$0.74	$424.30 million	$425.60 million	View	Listen
10/30/2014	Q314	$0.51	$0.51	$484.40 million	$408.20 million	View	N/A
7/31/2014	Q214	$0.50	$0.62	$442.84 million	$410.10 million	View	N/A
5/1/2014	Q114	$0.53	$0.56	$421.24 million	$420.00 million	View	N/A
2/21/2014	Q413	$0.45	$0.62	$430.02 million	$415.20 million	View	N/A
11/13/2013	Q313	$0.43	$0.43	$404.97 million	$446.10 million	View	N/A
8/1/2013	Q2 2013	$0.43	$0.52	$406.74 million	$517.40 million	View	N/A
5/9/2013	Q1 2013	$0.49	$0.47	$404.48 million	$399.32 million	View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $2.23 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $2.78 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	1	$0.78	$0.78	$0.78
Q2 2016	2	$0.58	$0.62	$0.60
Q3 2016	2	$0.38	$0.59	$0.49
Q4 2016	2	$0.36	$0.56	$0.46

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for Starz (NASDAQ:STRZA)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 8.50%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 83.94%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
8/22/2016	Susan M Lyne	Director	Sell	1,000	$31.33	$31,330.00
5/9/2016	Jeffrey Sagansky	Director	Sell	3,500	$27.43	$96,005.00
1/6/2016	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	45,941	$32.21	$1,479,759.61
1/5/2016	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	45,940	$32.88	$1,510,507.20
1/4/2016	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	1,915	$32.90	$63,003.50
12/16/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	956	$33.73	$32,245.88
12/2/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	93,796	$35.42	$3,322,254.32
12/2/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	4,696	$35.31	$165,815.76
11/3/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	45,940	$35.07	$1,611,115.80
11/2/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	1,915	$34.79	$66,622.85
10/7/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	91,881	$39.02	$3,585,196.62
10/1/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	1,915	$37.36	$71,544.40
10/1/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$37.34	$242,710.00
9/8/2015	Charles Y Tanabe	Director	Sell	10,000	$38.38	$383,800.00
9/2/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	93,796	$36.71	$3,443,251.16
9/2/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$36.48	$237,120.00
7/9/2015	David Weil	EVP	Sell	13,728	$42.97	$589,892.16
7/8/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	22,557	$42.88	$967,244.16
6/8/2015	Gregory B Maffei	Director	Sell	161,438	$41.41	$6,685,147.58
6/4/2015	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	43,848	$41.26	$1,809,168.48
4/8/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	22,560	$34.95	$788,472.00
4/8/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$34.94	$227,110.00
3/16/2015	Charles Y Tanabe	Director	Sell	35,000	$33.94	$1,187,900.00
3/4/2015	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	70,066	$34.09	$2,388,549.94
2/27/2015	Jeffrey Sagansky	Director	Sell	5,000	$33.79	$168,950.00
2/11/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$31.67	$205,855.00
2/5/2015	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	19,870	$30.13	$598,683.10
2/3/2015	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	13,101	$29.65	$388,444.65
2/3/2015	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$30.00	$195,000.00
2/2/2015	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	7,611	$29.35	$223,382.85
1/8/2015	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	17,500	$28.27	$494,725.00
1/7/2015	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	22,560	$28.46	$642,057.60
1/6/2015	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	17,500	$28.87	$505,225.00
12/26/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$30.00	$195,000.00
12/18/2014	Daniel E Sanchez	Director	Sell	2,335	$28.10	$65,613.50
12/10/2014	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	21,605	$28.81	$622,440.05
12/4/2014	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	23,624	$32.35	$764,236.40
12/4/2014	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	35,817	$31.98	$1,145,427.66
12/3/2014	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	26,210	$33.28	$872,268.80
12/2/2014	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	11,376	$32.72	$372,222.72
12/1/2014	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	8,690	$32.52	$282,598.80
11/6/2014	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	17,500	$31.41	$549,675.00
11/6/2014	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	48,420	$31.38	$1,519,419.60
11/5/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	6,500	$31.33	$203,645.00
11/4/2014	Glenn Curtis	President	Sell	20,211	$31.41	$634,827.51
11/4/2014	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	52,446	$31.40	$1,646,804.40
10/8/2014	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	22,561	$32.34	$729,622.74
9/17/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	13,652	$30.43	$415,430.36
9/10/2014	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	20,350	$31.22	$635,327.00
8/26/2014	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	22,981	$30.42	$699,082.02
8/13/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	20,367	$27.87	$567,628.29
8/5/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,690	$28.52	$162,278.80
7/16/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	16,338	$29.06	$474,782.28
7/9/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,000	$29.15	$145,750.00
6/18/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	22,524	$28.46	$641,033.04
6/11/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,000	$29.48	$147,400.00
6/5/2014	J. Steven Beabout	VP	Sell	29,085	$30.95	$900,180.75
6/4/2014	J. Steven Beabout	VP	Sell	19,840	$30.74	$609,881.60
6/3/2014	J. Steven Beabout	VP	Sell	36,306	$30.44	$1,105,154.64
5/27/2014	Susan M Lyne	Director	Sell	3,240	$30.82	$99,856.80
5/14/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	16,792	$29.82	$500,737.44
5/7/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,000	$29.84	$149,200.00
4/16/2014	Carmi Zlotnik	Insider	Sell	16,000	$31.32	$501,120.00
4/9/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,000	$32.04	$160,200.00
3/28/2014	Daniel Sanchez	Director	Sell	4,142	$32.00	$132,544.00
3/14/2014	Michael Thornton	EVP	Sell	5,000	$32.53	$162,650.00
8/9/2013	John Malone	major shareholder	Sell	204,000	$24.36	$4,969,440.00
5/14/2013	Edward L Huguez	Insider	Sell	7,480	$22.80	$170,544.00
3/11/2013	Christopher Albrecht	CEO	Sell	50,467	$20.22	$1,020,442.74
3/5/2013	Scott D Macdonald	CFO	Sell	5,466	$19.58	$107,024.28

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

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Date	Headline
	Starz Offers Bloody Good Time with Free Sampling of Original Series "Ash vs Evil Dead" Second Season Premiere Episode (NASDAQ:STRZA) www.thefutoncritic.com - September 27 at 7:27 PM
	Starz Announces Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Release and Conference Call (NASDAQ:STRZA) finance.yahoo.com - September 27 at 12:07 PM
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	Starz President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht to Present at Goldman Sachs 25th Annual Communacopia Conference (NASDAQ:STRZA) finance.yahoo.com - September 14 at 7:42 PM
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