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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Media · CIK 0001971213
$12.68
-4.66% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 21, 2026
$876.4M market value
From Sinclair, Inc.'s FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 · read the filing
Sinclair broadcasts television and radio. It took in $3.17B last year, which makes it a mid-sized company. It spends more than it earns — losing about 4 cents on every dollar of sales.
The filing does not provide enough evidence for a clear financial conclusion.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Recent open-market selling by 3 insiders, not under a pre-arranged plan.
$660.0K sold in the last 120 days · Read the filing
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
Significant financial weakness across most measures.
From Sinclair, Inc.'s FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Operating income
$551.0M → $173.0M
Profit
$310.0M → -$112.0M
Operating margin
15.5% → 5.5%
Profit margin
8.7% → -3.5%
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Deteriorated: -68.6%
$551.0M to $173.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$310.0M to -$112.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
SBGI fell 4.66% on the latest quote. The average Communication Services company tracked here moved +4.95%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 9.6 points below its sector and 3.6 points below the market.
No filing from SBGI and no news item about it appeared in the last 3 days.
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Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 11 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 11 analysts publishing on this company, 1 say strong buy, 1 say buy, 4 say hold, 3 say sell and 2 say strong sell. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
No. It lost $112.0M last year, losing about 4 cents on every dollar of sales.
No. Sales shrank 10.7% last year.
Yes. Clearing its debt would take roughly 18.6 years of cash flow. For every $1 it owes, it owns $1.07 in assets. Its operating profit does not cover its interest bill — 0.44x against the interest it owes.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It paid a dividend while making a loss, so the payment did not come out of profits — it came from reserves, borrowing or asset sales. It paid out 37% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 5 years.
WeakFigures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it lost $112.0M and generated $189.0M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Feb 26, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Feb 29, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Feb 29, 2024Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Feb 29, 2024Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $3.17B | $3.55B | $3.13B | $3.93B | $6.13B | −10.7% |
| Selling, general and administrative | $806.0M | $794.0M | $747.0M | $812.0M | $908.0M | +1.5% |
| Operating income | $173.0M | $551.0M | -$331.0M | $3.98B | $95.0M | −68.6% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 5.5% | 15.5% | -10.6% | 101.3% | 1.5% | −10.1 pts |
| Interest expense | $395.0M | $304.0M | $305.0M | $296.0M | $618.0M | +29.9% |
| Income before tax | -$153.0M | $395.0M | -$637.0M | $3.61B | -$499.0M | n/m |
| Net income | -$112.0M | $310.0M | -$291.0M | $2.65B | -$414.0M | n/m |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -3.5% | 8.7% | -9.3% | 67.5% | -6.7% | −12.3 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $-1.62 | $4.71 | $-4.47 | $37.54 | $-5.52 | n/m |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 51,900 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 237,000 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Had a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue +7.1% · Operating margin +3.3 pts · Operating income +138.1% — against Q2 FY2025
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
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Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from SBGI's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Feb 27, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 8 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.0 | 2/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 4.7 | 6/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 26, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 2.0 | 3/8 | 10-K, filed Feb 29, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 6.0 | 3/4 | 10-K, filed Feb 29, 2024 |
| FY2021 | 2.0 | 2/2 | 10-K, filed Feb 29, 2024 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
2 of 8 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's. One could not be evaluated and is excluded from the total rather than counted as a failure.
1.28
In the grey zone
For this model, above 2.6 is safe and below 1.1 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: −10.1 pts
15.5% to 5.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −12.3 pts
8.7% to -3.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +721.4%
$14.0M to $115.0MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$4.71 to -$1.62Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +24.2%
$697.0M to $866.0MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +5.1%
65.8M to 69.1MSignificant
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Deteriorated: -10.7%
$3.55B to $3.17BNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: +6.4%
$4.09B to $4.35BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Changed: -11.9%
$84.0M to $74.0MNotable
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +138.1%
$21.0M to $50.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: $12.0M wider
-$64.0M to -$76.0MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +3.3 pts
2.7% to 6.0%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +7.1%
$784.0M to $840.0MNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: $0.13 wider
-$0.92 to -$1.05Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: +3.7%
69.6M to 72.2MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +85.2%
$27.0M to $50.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$20.0M to -$76.0MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −11.5 pts
2.5% to -9.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: turned negative
$0.28 to -$1.05Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -28.4%
$844.0M to $604.0MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +2.6 pts
3.3% to 6.0%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: -7.3%
$4.35B to $4.04BNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Deteriorated: +2.3%
70.6M to 72.2MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
1 other measure barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
Measured on and published about a week later — this is a fortnightly snapshot, not a live position.
About 5.6% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
Trailing P/E is not meaningful because the latest trailing earnings are zero or negative. The price-to-book and price-to-sales figures below still provide reference points.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 51,900 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 285,000 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 51,008 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction — 48,000 shares at $12.76 ($612.5K)
Holds 333,000 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 100 shares at $13.51 ($1.4K)
Holds 99,900 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 100 shares at $13.50 ($1.4K)
Holds 99,900 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 992 shares at $13.51 ($13.4K)
Holds 99,008 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 28,828 shares at $13.74 ($396.1K)
Holds 184,244 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 418 shares at $13.82 ($5.8K)
Holds 184,244 shares after this filing.
Reported a transaction — 5,799 shares at $13.76 ($79.8K)
Holds 184,244 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 17,000 shares at $15.02 ($255.3K)
Holds 25,122 shares after this filing.
Reported another kind of transaction — 8,617 shares
Holds 17,581 shares after this filing.
Notice filed ahead of a planned sale — the sale itself has not necessarily happened yet.
Filed notice to sell 298,808 shares ($3.8M) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Founders Shares.
Filed notice to sell 700,000 shares ($10.1M) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via IPO/Founder shares.
Filed notice to sell 29,248 shares ($401.9K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Dividend Reinvestment Shares.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Published results
Held a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Operating margin +1.5 pts · Operating income +92.9% · Profit turned positive — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Revenue -10.7% · Operating margin −10.1 pts · Operating income -68.6% — against FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Revenue -15.7% · Operating margin −12.0 pts · Operating income -67.6% — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Revenue -5.4% · Operating margin −5.0 pts · Operating income -67.2% — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Operating margin −3.5 pts · Operating income -66.7% · Profit turned negative — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingPrimary sources and further research