Starz Entertainment Corp. — Earnings Quality Grade F
STRZ · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
管理层信号
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 14 days, change +0 days YoY
AR growth -0.4% vs revenue growth -1.6%
Revenue -1.6%, CFFO 65.1%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -13.7% vs revenue -1.6%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 58.7%. Normal
Gross margin 48.7%, change -1.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 0.22. Below 1.0
FCF is negative ($-0.1B)
Accruals ratio = -7.6%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 3% of debt $0.7B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.9B = 250% of equity. Over 50%
Interest coverage = 0.3x (<2x). Financial stress
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.87 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25