Sinclair, Inc. SBGI

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
44/100
Developing

Ranked against 17 peers in Broadcasting

About Sinclair, Inc.

Sinclair, Inc., a media company, provides content on local television stations and digital platforms in the United States. It operates through two segments, Local Media and Tennis. The Local Media segment operates broadcast television stations, original networks, and content; provides free over-the-air programming and live local sporting events on its stations; distributes its content to multi-channel video programming distributors in … Full SBGI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.82), providing operational cushion.
  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.71), demonstrating operating leverage.

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.12), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where SBGI ranks in Broadcasting

Sinclair, Inc. ranks #11 of 18 scored companies in Broadcasting by moat score — the top 61%. The widest moat in the group is TEGNA Inc (TGNA) at 84/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
7 E.W. Scripps Company (The) SSP 52/100 Moderate
8 iHeartMedia, Inc. IHRT 52/100 Moderate
9 CuriosityStream Inc. CURIW 49/100 Developing
10 CuriosityStream Inc. CURI 46/100 Developing
11 Sinclair, Inc. SBGI 44/100 Developing
12 fuboTV Inc. FUBO 41/100 Developing
13 Urban One, Inc. UONEK 36/100 Developing
14 Cumulus Media Inc. CMLS 35/100 Developing
15 Urban One, Inc. UONE 33/100 Developing

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How SBGI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 35 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 51 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 24 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 67 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 44 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SBGI's moat

What is Sinclair, Inc.'s moat score?

Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI) scores 44 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #11 of 18 scored companies in Broadcasting, the top 61%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Broadcasting. Its strongest defense is Resilience (67/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (24/100).

How does Sinclair, Inc. compare with other Broadcasting companies?

Sinclair, Inc. ranks #11 of 18 scored companies in Broadcasting by moat score. The widest moat in Broadcasting is TEGNA Inc (TGNA) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are CuriosityStream Inc. (CURI) at 46 just above it and fuboTV Inc. (FUBO) at 41 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 17 companies in Broadcasting. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Sinclair, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Sinclair, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SBGI scores: Pricing Power (35), Cost Advantage (56), Customer Stickiness (51), Capital Efficiency (24), Resilience (67), Scale & Market Position (44). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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