LION
Lionsgate Studios Corp.
LION offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
TMUS
T-Mobile US, Inc.
TMUS has the edge over LION overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
LION Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
LION's revenue and cash flow are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
TMUS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
TMUS's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
LION PE Valuation
LION has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
TMUS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 13x | $171 | — |
| Current | 16x | $171 | — |
| Cheap | 21x | $218 | +27% |
| Fair | 26x | $274 | +60% |
| Expensive | 56x | $581 | +240% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
TMUS's PE is in its cheap range at 16x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 13x next year's earnings.
LION Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect LION's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
TMUS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
TMUS has the edge over LION on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
LION Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.32 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.06 | +$0.61 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.40 | +$0.27 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.70 | -$0.19 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.85 | $0.00 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.67 | +$0.34 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.67 | -$0.10 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.51 | -$0.11 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.85 | -$0.61 |
LION is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.06 per share over the past year, against $1.01 at its worst in late 2024.
TMUS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $13.49 | +30% |
| Q3 2026 | $10.37 | -0.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $9.56 | -9.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $9.41 | -8.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $9.72 | +0.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $10.39 | +18% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.59 | +33% |
| Q1 2025 | $10.24 | +39% |
| Q4 2024 | $9.66 | +39% |
TMUS has the edge over LION on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LION Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $668.8M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $776.6M | +48% |
| Q1 2026 | $906.5M | -15% |
| Q4 2025 | $724.3M | +1.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $475.1M | -57% |
| Q2 2025 | $525.9M | +8% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1B | +22% |
| Q4 2024 | $713.8M | +3.2% |
LION's revenue is recovering but still below its 2024 peak: $669M last quarter, up 41% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.3% | +14 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.3% | +5.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 13% | +4.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5% | -2 points |
| Q3 2025 | -9.7% | -17 points |
| Q2 2025 | -2% | +2.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 8.8% | +6.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7% | +5.9 points |
LION's operating margin was 4.3% last quarter, up 14 points from the same quarter a year ago.
TMUS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $23.6B | +7.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $22.8B | +7.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $23.1B | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $24.3B | +11% |
| Q3 2025 | $22B | +8.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $21.1B | +6.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $20.9B | +6.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $21.9B | +6.8% |
TMUS has the edge over LION on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 24% | +3.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 24% | -0.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 19% | -3.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 15% | -5.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 21% | -3.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 25% | +1.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 23% | +2.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 21% | +4 points |
TMUS has the edge over LION on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LION Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$56.3M | +$50.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $51.2M | +$85.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $265M | +5% |
| Q4 2025 | -$111.9M | +$52.6M |
| Q3 2025 | -$107.2M | -$20.7M |
| Q2 2025 | -$34.5M | +$128.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $252.5M | +206% |
| Q4 2024 | -$164.5M | -230% |
LION's free cash flow has turned positive after two years mostly in the red: $148M over the past year.
TMUS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.1B | +5.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.8B | +4.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.6B | +4.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.2B | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.8B | +15% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.6B | +32% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.4B | +79% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.3B | +2% |
TMUS has the edge over LION on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
LION Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +2.1% | +6M shares |
| 1 year | +2.9% | +8.4M shares |
| 3 years | +3.1% | +8.9M shares |
| 5 years | +1757% | +282M shares |
LION has 298M diluted shares, up 2.9% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
TMUS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1% | -10.8M shares |
| 1 year | -4.9% | -55M shares |
| 3 years | -8.8% | -103M shares |
| 5 years | -15% | -182M shares |
| Available history | +24% | +207M shares |
TMUS has the edge over LION on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.4B |
| Q2 2026 | $2.3B |
| Q1 2026 | $4.8B |
| Q4 2025 | $2.4B |
| Q3 2025 | $2.5B |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B |
| Q1 2025 | $2.5B |
| Q4 2024 | $4.7B |
TMUS spent $12B buying back its own shares over the past year, down 1.7% from the year before.
LION Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.6x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 9.8x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 14.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 3.8x | Elevated |
LION's net debt is about 6.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.7 years a year ago.
TMUS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 2.4x | Moderate |
TMUS has the edge over LION on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
LION Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 62.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 82.6 | Overbought |
LION's weekly RSI is 62 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 83 (overbought).
TMUS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 47.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 42.1 | Neutral |
TMUS's weekly RSI is 48 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 42 (neutral).
LION PE vs Communication Services Sector
LION has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
TMUS PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | TMUS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 16x | Same PE |
| PE % | 1 | 26 | 25 pts below |
TMUS is trading at 16x earnings, in line with the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
LION Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $12.1 | 16% above |
| 20 week MA | $12.3 | 14% above |
| 50 week MA | $11.4 | 23% above |
LION has stronger trend alignment. LION is above 3 of 3 weekly averages versus TMUS above 1 of 5.
TMUS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $159.1 | 7.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $172.0 | 0.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $187.8 | 8.9% below |
| 100 week MA | $212.9 | 20% below |
| 200 week MA | $188.7 | 9.4% below |
TMUS has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 9.4% below its 200-week average.
LION Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.12 | $9.31 | +31% |
| 2026 YTD | $9.31 | $14.1 | +51% |
LION has the edge over TMUS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
TMUS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $77.2 | $132.9 | +72% |
| 2021 | $132.9 | $119.9 | -9.8% |
| 2022 | $119.9 | $140.0 | +17% |
| 2023 | $140.0 | $160.3 | +15% |
| 2024 | $160.3 | $223.0 | +39% |
| 2025 | $223.0 | $201.0 | -9.9% |
| 2026 YTD | $201.0 | $171.0 | -15% |
TMUS has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 15% so far in 2026.