Vail Resorts, Inc. vs SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Vail runs ski resorts; Sirius XM sells satellite radio subscriptions. Both pay dividends and both carry real debt, but the profiles diverge. Vail keeps a thinner 5.54% net margin against Sirius's 9.86%, yet earns more on equity, 17.12% to 7.21%, helped by heavier leverage, 3.3 times equity against Sirius's 0.83. Sirius is the stronger cash generator, a 14.2% free cash yield to Vail's 3.56%, and trades below book at 0.82 times. On dividends Vail pays far more, 6.43% against 0.35%. A levered, seasonal mountain business against a cash-rich subscription annuity priced under book.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MTN | SIRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $150.34 | $30.42 |
| Market cap | $5.4B | $10.3B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.1% | — |
| P/E | 32.4 | 12.9 |
| P/B | 5.86 | 0.88 |
| P/S | 1.89 | 1.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 9.5 |
| Revenue growth | -1.3% | -0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.9% |
| Operating margin | 41.0% | 21.7% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 7.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | 5.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 13.2% |
| Dividend yield | 5.9% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 3.30 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 0.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.64 | 1.32 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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