Sinclair Broadcast (SBGI)

Communication Services · Broadcasting
$12.73 -3.12% on the day Market cap $891M 52-week range $12.23 to $17.88 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-8% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $891M, Sinclair Broadcast's free cash flow of $115M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -8% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 4 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Sinclair Broadcast's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-7.7% a year
Free cash flow, last 4 years-17.4% a year
Revenue, same period-15.2% a year
Price to free cash flow7.7x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from SBGI's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability4
Growth5
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Sinclair Broadcast's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$6.1B$3.9B$3.1B$3.5B$3.2B
Net income-$414M$2.7B-$291M$310M-$112M
Free cash flow$247M$694M$143M$14M$115M
EPS (diluted)-$5.51$37.54-$4.46$4.69-$1.61
Operating margin1.5%101.3%-10.6%15.5%5.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2022. Every breakdown, year by year.

Local media$3.2B80%
Local sports$482M12%
Tennis$217M5%
Other$95M2%

Superinvestors who own SBGI

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $56M0.50%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $5M0.00%Q2 2026
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
Held $255,9160.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Sinclair Broadcast's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of SBGI in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
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Questions

What growth does Sinclair Broadcast's stock price imply?

At a market value of $891M, Sinclair Broadcast would need its free cash flow to grow about -8% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 4 years its free cash flow grew -17% a year.

Are Sinclair Broadcast insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of SBGI in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Sinclair Broadcast?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold SBGI in their latest 13F, including Mario Gabelli, Cliff Asness, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.