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Lionsgate Studios Corp.

$LION·$4.8B·Entertainment·Communication Services
$15.49+0.9%YTD+69.8%1Y+168.5%
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LILION
Lionsgate Studios Corp.$LION
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Top X posts

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment⚠29 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-18 · top-engagement diverged

Lionsgate Studios is having a turbulent week with bulls citing Netflix not denying it is in talks to acquire the company per Semafor, the stock up 33-55 percent on the day on takeover speculation, and Steve Mnuchin's roughly 150 percent gain on his stake. Bears point to Netflix subsequently telling TheWrap it is not interested, dropping the stock after hours. The Lionsgate-Universal Michael Jackson biopic grossed $932.2 million globally, framed as the box-office success surpassing some expectations. The dominant catalyst chatter centers on whether Netflix continues the M&A pursuit or settles on Lionsgate as the next target. Positioning chatter is split between aggressive call buyers loading the $20 strike December calls and skeptics fading the takeover speculation.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Independent entertainment studio producing and distributing film and TV content while operating the Starz premium streaming network.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Entertainment sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LION.

Entertainment · Communication Services

Streaming profitability maturation continues repricing entertainment — NFLX's global TV network model (ad tier expansion, password crackdown monetization) is the benchmark. Disney's new theme park announcement and ongoing DTC streaming profitability ramp are this week's catalysts; Roku's future as a neutral platform is the contested narrative.

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  • Where the industry is in its cycle and the catalysts moving it now
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Industry benchmark

11-name peer basket
+44.3%YTD
+0.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-23.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
3.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
4.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
16.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
39.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
-3.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 21, 2026$0.37$0.24+53.6%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.01$0.02-50.0%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.20$-0.14-42.9%
Q2 2025Aug 7, 2025$-0.32$-0.12-166.7%
Next earningsThu, Aug 6·consensus EPS $-0.01

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$906.5M-15.3%42.4%14.0%$0.24$265.0M
Q4 FY25$724.3M+1.5%41.0%6.3%$-0.16$-111.9M
Q3 FY25$475.1M-42.3%36.8%-9.7%$-0.39$-107.2M
Q2 FY25$525.9M+8.0%35.5%-2.0%$-0.40$-34.5M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.4B$3.3B – $3.4B$0.32$0.27 – $0.367
FY27$3.4B$3.3B – $3.5B$0.41$0.38 – $0.427
FY28$3.5B$3.5B – $3.5B$0.42-$0.25 – $0.784
FY29$3.6B$3.5B – $3.8B$0.70$0.67 – $0.753

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.89%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+20.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+67.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 34.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today12.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.155-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

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Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellDec 23, 2025Burns Michael RaymondChair21.7K sh$196KSellDec 22, 2025Jon FeltheimerCEO195.0K sh$1.6M
+ 18 other (12 awards · 6 inkinds) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

S-3Shelf registrationMay 27S-3
AI summary

LION filed an S-3 shelf registration statement on May 27, 2026 registering securities for potential future issuance. Body unavailable — excerpt cuts off before the total registered dollar amount or security types are disclosed.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 158-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KShareholder voteMar 188-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJan 27SC 13D/A
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJan 27SC 13D/A
8-KMaterial agreementJan 268-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
+ 14 other (4 13Gs · 2 EFFECTs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 10-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Lionsgate: M&A Rumors, Denials, And Where We Go From Hereseekingalpha.com·17h agoNasdaq, Tech Stocks in Rally Mode Ahead of Fed Decisionschaeffersresearch.com·2d agoLionsgate Stock Pulls Back After Netflix Denies Acquisition Interest, Erasing Some of Tuesday's 14% Surgefeeds.benzinga.com·2d agoLionsgate Stock Pulls Back After Netflix Denies Acquisition Interest, Erasing Some of Tuesday's 14% Surgebenzinga.com·2d agoWall Street Breakfast Podcast: Netflix Dims Lion Hopesseekingalpha.com·2d ago

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