Netflix, Inc. vs SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where NFLX and SPHR diverge most: on return on invested capital, NFLX reads 24.7% and SPHR reads -3.7%; on operating margin, NFLX reads 32.3% and SPHR reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What NFLX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | NFLX | SPHR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.38 | $148.34 |
| Market cap | $315.4B | $5.3B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.6% | — |
| P/E | 23.7 | 50.0 |
| P/B | 10.13 | 2.37 |
| P/S | 6.73 | 4.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.2 | 28.6 |
| Revenue growth | +16.7% | +10.9% |
| Operating margin | 32.3% | 1.9% |
| Net margin | 22.5% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity | 34.0% | 5.3% |
| Return on assets | 17.3% | 2.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.7% | -3.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 7.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.46 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 1.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.17 | 1.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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