How does RZSM.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

RZSM.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the peer average (13.2x).

How does RZSM.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

RZSM.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the US Media industry average (14.2x).

What is RZSM.F's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate RZSM.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of RZSM.F when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

RZSM.F ($0.88) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($2.4)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

RZSM.F Stock Overview

Provides multimedia publishing services in Italy and internationally. More details

RZSM.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 63.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings have grown 2.5% per year over the past 5 years

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Unstable dividend track record

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for RCS MediaGroup
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€0.88
52 Week High	€1.00
52 Week Low	€0.75
Beta	0.76
1 Month Change	-4.94%
3 Month Change	3.91%
1 Year Change	9.90%
3 Year Change	-12.08%
5 Year Change	-17.06%
Change since IPO	-86.82%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	RZSM.F	US Media	US Market
7D	0%	2.6%	3.2%
1Y	9.9%	-1.9%	24.0%

Return vs Industry: RZSM.F exceeded the US Media industry which returned -1.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: RZSM.F underperformed the US Market which returned 24.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is RZSM.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
RZSM.F volatility
RZSM.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Media Industry Average Movement	7.8%
Market Average Movement	6.5%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	18.7%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.2%

Stable Share Price: RZSM.F's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine RZSM.F's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
n/a	2,824	Urbano Cairo	www.rcsmediagroup.it

RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. provides multimedia publishing services in Italy and internationally. The company publishes newspapers under the Corriere della Sera, Corriere Salute, SOLFERINO, Buone Notizie, Dataroom, La Gazzetta dello Sport, El Mundo, Marca, Expansión, L’Economia, La Lettura, ViviMilano, CI-Corriere Innovazione, and Gazzetta Selection names; and magazines in the women, oggi, interior design, men and lifestyle, travel, and other areas under the MARCA MOTOR, Oggi, AMICA, 7, Abitare, Living, Style, TELVA, Io Donna, DOVE, Sportweek, Insieme, Metrópoli, ACTUALIDAD ECONÓMICA, Fuera de Serie, Italian Style, Io e il mio Bambino, SFERA editore, Oggi Cucino, Style Piccoli, Quimamme, Yo Dona, Sano & Leggero, Bimbinfiera, and Oggi Enigmistica names. It also operates MYBEAUTYBOX, corrierstore.it, doveclub.it, quimammeshop.it, gazzettastore.it, dirittierisposte.it, buonpertutti.corriere.it, and magic.gazzetta.it websites; and TV and radio channels under the Dove Lifestyle, Lei, Radio Marca, Caccia e Pesca, and Corriere TV names.

RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. Fundamentals Summary

How do RCS MediaGroup's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
RZSM.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$397.35m
Earnings (TTM)	US$63.14m
Revenue (TTM)	US$848.27m

6.3x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is RZSM.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
RZSM.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€823.50m
Cost of Revenue	€696.50m
Gross Profit	€127.00m
Other Expenses	€65.70m
Earnings	€61.30m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.14
Gross Margin	15.42%
Net Profit Margin	7.44%
Debt/Equity Ratio	10.2%

How did RZSM.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

8.0%

Current Dividend Yield

59%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/17 08:39
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. is covered by 10 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andrea Devita	Banca Akros S.p.A. (ESN)
Giuseppe Marsella	BNP Paribas Exane
Roberta Ciaccia	BNP Paribas Exane

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