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Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength as the company has not declared results in the last 6 months
- Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -13.74% and Operating profit at -57.91% over the last 5 years
- High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 0.74% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
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With ROE of -6.79%, it has a Very Expensive valuation with a 1.23 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-11.18%
0%
-11.18%
6 Months
-6.68%
0%
-6.68%
1 Year
3.13%
0%
3.13%
2 Years
29.13%
0%
29.13%
3 Years
43.17%
0%
43.17%
4 Years
13.55%
0%
13.55%
5 Years
61.19%
0%
61.19%
RCS MediaGroup SpA for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-13.74%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-57.91%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-0.45
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
5.09
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.03
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.26
Tax Ratio
1.30%
Dividend Payout Ratio
58.43%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
28.93%
ROE (avg)
0.74%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
NA (Loss Making)
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.23
EV to EBIT
402.67
EV to EBITDA
9.15
EV to Capital Employed
1.22
EV to Sales
0.53
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
9.62%
ROCE (Latest)
0.30%
ROE (Latest)
-6.79%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Quarterly Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'16 - YoY
Mar'16
Mar'15
Change(%)
Net Sales
219.80
256.50
-14.31%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
-4.30
-19.00
77.37%
Interest
8.00
8.90
-10.11%
Exceptional Items
0.00
-2.70
100.00%
Consolidate Net Profit
-22.20
-35.60
37.64%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
-82.30%
-134.10%
5.18%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in quarter ended Mar 2016 is -14.31% vs -2.43% in Mar 2015
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in quarter ended Mar 2016 is 37.64% vs 41.92% in Mar 2015
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Dec'24
Dec'24
Dec'23
Change(%)
Net Sales
819.20
828.00
-1.06%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
108.10
102.40
5.57%
Interest
10.60
12.40
-14.52%
Exceptional Items
-3.30
-2.70
-22.22%
Consolidate Net Profit
62.10
57.00
8.95%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
66.90%
59.40%
0.75%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2024 is -1.06% vs -2.01% in Dec 2023
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Dec 2024 is 8.95% vs 13.55% in Dec 2023
About RCS MediaGroup SpA 
RCS MediaGroup SpA
Media & Entertainment
Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Mediagroup SpA (RCS MediaGroup SpA) is an Italy-based holding company active in the multimedia publishing. It is involved in the publishing of daily newspapers, magazines and books, and radio and television (TV) broadcasting. It is also active in the advertisement sales and distribution sector. Its newspapers titles include Corriere della Sera and La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy and El Mundo, Marca and Expansion in Spain. Among the magazines published by the Company, there are such titles as Amica, Style Magazine, Dove, Oggi, A, Il Mondo, Telva, Marca Motor, Actualidad Economica, Golf Digest, and Siete Leguas, among others. The Company’s TV channels comprise Lei, Dove, Canal 13 and Veo7, among others. The Company operates in book publishing under various brand names, including Fabbri, Bompiani, Rizzoli, Sonzogno and Lizard, and with a number of publishing houses. The main shareholder of the Company is Cairo Communication SpA.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
Via Angelo Rizzoli, 8 , MILANO None : 20132
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