# Sinclair Inc. (SBGI) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Communication Services / Media. Price $13.81, market value $997 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 17.5×** (5-yr avg 1.7×, 3-yr avg 3.1×). Sinclair Inc. trades at 17.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 1.7×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Communication Services median in the September 2026 study was 21.1×.
- **Price / sales: 0.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.3×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 2.6×**. The shares trade at 2.6× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 9.5×**. Enterprise value is 9.5× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 9.5%** (5-yr avg 26.0%). Free cash flow equals 9.5% of the market value, below its five-year average of 26.0%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 5.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 6.6%**. 6.6% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: -3.5%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -25.3%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: 4.3%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 4.3%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 0.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -10.7%** (3-yr -6.9%/yr). Revenue fell 10.7% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -134.3%**. Earnings per share fell 134.3%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -45.1%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -45.1% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 9.88**. Debt is 9.88 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 7.4×**. It would take 7.4 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Altman Z-score: 0.84**. A Z-score of 0.84 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 2/9**. 2 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.24%** ($1.00 per share, trailing). Sinclair Inc. yields 7.24%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 12**. 12 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 4.6%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 4.6% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 3.8%** (YTD -6.5%, 3-mo -0.3%). The shares are up 3.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -22.8%** (10.8% above the low). Trading 23% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 45**. An RSI of 45 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.44** (volatility 45%). Beta of 0.44 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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