SBGI
Sinclair, Inc.
SBGI's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 10x earnings, above its usual 7.4x. Analysts expect earnings to recover and profitability to improve, though they disagree widely on how much.
SBGI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
SBGI's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, but its balance sheet is weak.
SBGI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 0.7x | $0.96 | -93% |
| Fair | 7.3x | $10.58 | -27% |
| Current | 10x | $14.58 | — |
| Expensive | 15x | $22.12 | +52% |
| Forward | 37x | $14.58 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SBGI's PE is in its fair range at 10x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 37x, in its expensive range.
SBGI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect SBGI to return to profit, with revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
SBGI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.39 | -73% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.44 | +$2.03 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.82 | -4.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.97 | -52% |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.61 | -134% |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.59 | +$2.74 |
| Q2 2025 | $0.86 | +$6.36 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.04 | +$9.19 |
| Q4 2024 | $4.69 | +$9.54 |
SBGI has returned to profit: it earned $1.44 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
SBGI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $893M | +16% |
| Q2 2026 | $840M | +7.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $807M | +4% |
| Q4 2025 | $836M | -17% |
| Q3 2025 | $773M | -16% |
| Q2 2025 | $784M | -5.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $776M | -2.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | +22% |
SBGI's revenue is recovering but still below its 2019 peak: $893M last quarter, up 16% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | +7.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 6% | +3.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 3.4% | +1.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 9.6% | -17 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.5% | -12 points |
| Q2 2025 | 2.7% | -5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 1.8% | -3.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 26% | +73 points |
SBGI's operating margin was 15% last quarter, up 7.5 points from the same quarter a year ago.
SBGI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $109M | +$167M |
| Q2 2026 | $46M | -56% |
| Q1 2026 | $28M | +$39M |
| Q4 2025 | $79M | -55% |
| Q3 2025 | -$58M | -130% |
| Q2 2025 | $105M | +$434M |
| Q1 2025 | -$11M | +$14M |
| Q4 2024 | $175M | +150% |
SBGI still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2020 peak: $262M over the past year.
SBGI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +305K shares |
| 1 year | +4% | +2.8M shares |
| 3 years | +14% | +9.1M shares |
| 5 years | -4% | -3.1M shares |
| Available history | -22% | -20.5M shares |
SBGI has 72M diluted shares, up 4% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | $53M |
| Q4 2022 | $6M |
SBGI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.1x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 7.3x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 8.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 8.3x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 5.9x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 4.8x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.6x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 4.3x | High |
SBGI's net debt is about 6.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
SBGI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 56.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 43.1 | Neutral |
SBGI's weekly RSI is 57 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 43 (neutral).
SBGI PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | SBGI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 10x | 16x | 39% below |
| PE % | 54 | 26 | 28 pts above |
SBGI is trading at 10x earnings, a 39% discount to the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
SBGI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $13.0 | 12% above |
| 20 week MA | $13.7 | 6.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $14.2 | 2.4% above |
| 100 week MA | $14.4 | 1.1% above |
| 200 week MA | $14.5 | 0.6% above |
SBGI has climbed back above all five of its weekly moving averages, and it's now 0.6% above its 200-week average.
SBGI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $33.7 | $31.3 | -7.2% |
| 2021 | $31.3 | $26.6 | -15% |
| 2022 | $26.6 | $15.3 | -42% |
| 2023 | $15.3 | $13.0 | -15% |
| 2024 | $13.0 | $15.8 | +21% |
| 2025 | $15.8 | $15.3 | -3.5% |
| 2026 YTD | $15.3 | $14.6 | -4.5% |
SBGI has finished lower in five of the last six years. It's down 4.5% so far in 2026.