Netflix, Inc. vs SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Netflix and Sirius XM both sell subscriptions, but the market treats them as different animals. Netflix keeps 22.54% of revenue as profit and earns 33.96% on equity, while Sirius keeps 9.86% and earns 7.21%. The valuations reflect that: Netflix trades at 10.17 times book, Sirius below book at 0.82. Yet Sirius throws off far more cash relative to price, a 14.2% free cash yield against Netflix's 3.76%, and pays a small 0.35% dividend. Netflix is the giant at $316.5 billion to Sirius's $9.6 billion. A high-growth global streamer priced for expansion against a cash-rich radio annuity priced under book.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | NFLX | SIRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.38 | $30.42 |
| Market cap | $315.4B | $10.3B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.6% | — |
| P/E | 23.7 | 12.9 |
| P/B | 10.13 | 0.88 |
| P/S | 6.73 | 1.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.2 | 9.5 |
| Revenue growth | +16.7% | -0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.9% |
| Operating margin | 32.3% | 21.7% |
| Net margin | 22.5% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 34.0% | 7.2% |
| Return on assets | 17.3% | 3.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.7% | 5.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 13.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.46 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 0.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.17 | 1.32 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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