Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp. (LION) Key Metrics
LION valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $3.18B
- Enterprise value
- $6.83B
- P/E (TTM)
- —
- Forward P/E
- 23.3
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 1.1
- Price / book
- 1.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 5.5
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- —
LION key metrics, 2015–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsLION returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
Return on invested capital+0.6 pts
4.8%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152025
Return on assets−1.3 pts
−3.8%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152025
Free cash flow margin+4.2 pts
0.4%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152025
Asset turnover−18.8%
0.51
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152025
LION financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
Net debt+$342.5M
$3.79B
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152025
Net debt / EBITDA+0.67
3.33
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20152025
Current ratio+8.8%
0.46
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20152025
Interest coverage+10.9%
0.6
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20152025
Debt / assets+6.1%
0.76
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20152025
LION efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
Days sales outstanding+10 days
126 days
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20152025
Days payables outstanding+18 days
58 days
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20152025
Cash conversion cycle−7 days
67 days
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20152025
Capex / revenue+0.1 pts
0.5%
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20152025
LION valuation history
Fiscal year-endToday10-year median
LION returns on capital
ROEROICROA
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
LION debt vs cash
Total debtCash & short-term investments
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
LION cash returned to shareholders
DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow
LION price vs earnings per share
Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)
LION key metrics
2015–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | — | — | — | — | $157.8M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enterprise value | — | — | — | — | $2.67B | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/E ratio | — | — | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / sales | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / sales | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | 12.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earnings yield | — | — | — | — | 7.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow yield | — | — | — | — | −279.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $9.13 | $7.60 | $10.60 | $9.94 | $9.85 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | — | — | — | — | $169.50 | $87.91 | $0.66 | $5.06 | $4.99 | $4.56 |
| Earnings per share | — | — | — | — | $0.69 | −$0.90 | $1.61 | $1.49 | $1.50 | $1.77 |
| Operating cash flow per share | — | — | — | — | −$27.15 | −$10.68 | $6.11 | $5.81 | −$1.14 | $0.13 |
| Free cash flow per share | — | — | — | — | −$27.53 | −$11.15 | $5.75 | $5.61 | −$1.40 | −$0.42 |
| Cash per share | — | — | — | — | $16.03 | $16.60 | $9.62 | $1.15 | $0.90 | $0.84 |
| Book value per share | — | — | — | — | −$16.31 | −$10.89 | $16.37 | $15.03 | $14.05 | $13.62 |
| Tangible book value per share | — | — | — | — | −$184.55 | −$116.69 | $16.37 | $15.03 | $14.05 | $13.62 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.48 | $0.48 | $0.47 | $0.39 |
| Capex per share | — | — | — | — | $0.38 | $0.47 | $0.35 | $0.20 | $0.25 | $0.55 |
| Debt per share | — | — | — | — | $172.51 | $108.17 | $9.56 | $10.15 | $14.09 | $14.91 |
| Shares outstanding | — | — | — | — | 16.0M | 21.8M | 27.3M | 26.7M | 25.8M | 22.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | — | — | — | — | −26.4% | −20.2% | +2.0% | +3.5% | +16.6% | +3.9% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 10.4% | 11.7% | 13.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 6.9% | 12.5% | 8.4% | 7.9% | 12.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −3.8% | −2.5% | −2.0% | −0.0% | 0.3% | −0.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Return on tangible assets | −4.5% | −3.0% | −2.2% | −0.0% | 0.7% | −1.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.4% | −3.8% | 16.0% | 11.0% | −16.2% | −12.7% | 877.3% | 110.8% | −28.0% | −9.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | — | — | — | −39.19 | — | 3.80 | 3.90 | −0.76 | 0.08 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $3.98B | $3.66B | $3.72B | $3.18B | $2.76B | $2.35B | $260.5M | $271.2M | $363.8M | $330.1M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $182.4M | $205.7M | $277.0M | $210.9M | $256.9M | $361.3M | $262.3M | $30.8M | $23.2M | $18.6M |
| Net debt | $3.79B | $3.45B | $3.44B | $2.97B | $2.51B | $1.99B | −$1.8M | $240.4M | $340.6M | $311.4M |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.58 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 1.09 |
| Debt / assets | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.33 | 2.66 | 2.83 | 1.62 | 12.07 | 2.16 | −0.02 | 2.75 | 3.80 | 3.71 |
| Current ratio | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 28.25 | 23.99 | 13.67 | 13.90 |
| Quick ratio | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 28.25 | 23.99 | 13.67 | 13.90 |
| Interest coverage | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| Working capital | −$1.55B | −$1.85B | −$2.27B | −$956.8M | −$875.1M | −$432.0M | $3.81B | $3.46B | $3.08B | $2.71B |
| Invested capital | $2.52B | $2.40B | $2.29B | $2.19B | $2.25B | $1.76B | $444.4M | $642.0M | $703.3M | $612.9M |
| Tangible asset value | −$2.01B | −$1.75B | −$1.86B | −$3.04B | −$2.63B | −$2.32B | $446.2M | $401.6M | $362.6M | $301.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$5.06B | −$4.68B | −$4.76B | −$3.70B | −$3.25B | −$2.78B | −$339.8M | −$563.5M | −$701.6M | −$632.0M |
| Graham number | — | — | — | — | — | — | $24.33 | $22.44 | $21.79 | $23.27 |
| Graham net-net per share | — | — | — | — | −$217.56 | −$138.01 | −$46.27 | −$54.59 | −$59.16 | −$61.27 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | $13.0M | $12.7M | $12.2M | $8.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | — | — | — | $0 | — | $4.5M | $1.7M | $6.7M | $4.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.7% | 32.0% | 31.4% | 22.1% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 9.6% | — | — |
| Capex / revenue | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 53.9% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 12.1% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 54.0% | — | 2.0% | 1.9% | — | — | 5.8% | 3.4% | — | 411.5% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.36 | 0.55 | 0.78 | 1.83 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 2.4% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 45.4% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.4% | 4.1% | — | — |
| SG&A / revenue | 33.5% | 23.2% | 27.2% | 22.4% | 24.2% | 28.3% | 635.2% | 76.4% | 75.0% | 76.2% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 125.6 | 115.4 | 113.6 | 93.0 | 77.3 | 395.2 | 74,197.2 | 9,288.0 | 8,781.4 | 9,321.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | -0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Days payables outstanding | 58.4 | 40.9 | 48.2 | 37.0 | 33.1 | 46.0 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 67.2 | 74.5 | 64.6 | 58.3 | 44.2 | 349.2 | — | — | — | — |
| Receivables turnover | 2.91 | 3.16 | 3.21 | 3.92 | 4.72 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Payables turnover | 6.25 | 8.93 | 7.58 | 9.85 | 11.02 | 7.93 | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 160.57 | 1,933,200,000.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Asset turnover | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Average receivables | $905.7M | $1.01B | $929.3M | $785.9M | $575.5M | $2.07B | $3.63B | $3.44B | $3.10B | $2.58B |
| Average payables | $253.4M | $247.4M | $248.9M | $224.1M | $175.4M | $153.9M | — | — | — | — |
| Average inventory | — | — | −$4.0M | $13.8M | $1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Intangibles / total assets | 16.7% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 59.1% | 62.3% | 62.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computed from LION's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 5, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
LION valuation and financial ratios
Lionsgate Studios earned a return on invested capital of 4.8% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $4.0 billion of debt and $182.4 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $3.8 billion.
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LION key metrics FAQ
What is Lionsgate Studios's ROIC?
Lionsgate Studios's return on invested capital was 4.8% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Lionsgate Studios have?
Lionsgate Studios had total debt of $4.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $3.8 billion of net debt (3.33 times EBITDA).
What is Lionsgate Studios's current ratio?
Lionsgate Studios's current ratio was 0.46 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.46 times current liabilities.