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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (RCS.MI)

EUR0.95 -0.01 (-1.35%)
IT MIL Communication Services Publishing
Address Via Angelo Rizzoli, 8 20132
Milan, MI, IT
CEO Urbano Roberto Cairo
IPO 2001-01-08
ISIN IT0004931496

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Also trades on Italian Stock Exchange · RCS.MI (EUR) London Stock Exchange · 0QEJ.L (EUR) Other OTC · RZSMF (USD)
Description

RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. functions as a prominent multimedia publishing enterprise with operations extending across Italy, Spain, and various international markets. The company maintains an extensive portfolio of newspapers, including well-known titles such as Corriere della Sera, La Gazzetta dello Sport, El Mundo, and Marca, alongside others like Corriere Salute, SOLFERINO, Buone Notizie, Dataroom, Expansión, L'Economia, La Lettura, ViviMilano, CI-Corriere Innovazione, and Gazzetta Selection. Beyond newspapers, RCS MediaGroup publishes a diverse array of magazines catering to interests such as women's lifestyle, interior design, men's fashion, travel, and more. Notable magazine brands include Oggi, AMICA, Abitare, Living, Style, TELVA, Io Donna, DOVE, Sportweek, MARCA MOTOR, 7, 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. Digitally, the company operates several websites, including MYBEAUTYBOX, corrierstore.it, doveclub.it, quimammeshop.it, gazzettastore.it, dirittierisposte.it, buonpertutti.corriere.it, and magic.gazzetta.it. Its media presence also encompasses television and radio channels such as Dove Lifestyle, Lei, Radio Marca, Caccia e Pesca, and Corriere TV. RCS MediaGroup also provides comprehensive print and digital advertising solutions through brands like RCS PUBBLICITA, m-dis, Imagine, CORREO FARMACÉUTICO, DIARIO MÉDICO, and Infanzia. Additionally, it offers mobile phone top-up services. The company actively organizes a wide range of events, from sports competitions and roadshows to guerrilla marketing, product sampling, trade marketing initiatives, and press conferences, often managed under its RCS Sport, SALA BUZZATI, and Last Lap divisions. Formerly known as Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali S.p.A., the company rebranded to RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. in 2003. Its headquarters are situated in Milan, Italy.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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EUR0.95 -0.01 (-1.35%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
294.1K
Beta
0.37
Float Shares
72.99M
Free Float %
14.1%
Price Performance
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+0.82% +2.07% +1.33% +3.24% -2.18% +1.23% -4.08% +24.75% +29.32% +61.70% -94.41%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
0.95
DCF (Unlevered) 2.65 +179.1%
DCF (Levered) 1.93 +103.6%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 75% Bullish
Rating 2024-11 Change
Strong Buy 2 0
Buy 1 0
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.86
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
A-
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
4 / 5
High
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
3 / 5
Medium
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Publishing: +0.8%
    -3.9% Q4'25: -7.0% (vs Q4'23)
  • EPS growth Publishing: +9.6%
    -8.3% Q4'25: -21.2% (vs Q4'23)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Publishing: +28.6%
    +9.1% Q4'25: +6.4% (vs Q4'23)
  • EBIT margin Publishing: +12.9%
    +10.9% Q4'25: +9.2% (vs Q4'23)
  • ROIC Publishing: +7.5%
    +10.9% Q4'25: +15.9% (vs Q4'23)
  • Share dilution Publishing: +0.0%
    +0.0% Q4'25: +0.9% (vs Q4'23)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Publishing: -0.41×
    1.06× Q4'25: 0.62× (vs Q4'23)
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.38) × ERP
WACC = 78% × Ke + 22% × Kd (6.2%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 2.62 Current price: 0.95
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
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Dec 2016
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Dec 2017
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Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2026
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
1.03B
est: 1.03B (+0.2%)
968.30M
est: 991.34M (-2.3%)
895.80M
est: 911.40M (-1.7%)
975.60M
est: 974.41M (+0.1%)
923.60M
est: 922.37M (+0.1%)
749.50M
est: 738.56M (+1.5%)
846.20M
est: 852.95M (-0.8%)
845.00M
est: 846.58M (-0.2%)
828.00M
est: 832.90M (-0.6%)
819.20M
est: 820.00M (-0.1%)
787.70M
est: 799.00M (-1.4%)
801.00M
801.00M – 801.00M
+0.3% YoY
803.00M
803.00M – 803.00M
+0.2% YoY
EBITDA
-55.80M
est: 164.95M (-133.8%)
84.70M
est: 158.78M (-46.7%)
148.20M
est: 145.97M (+1.5%)
147.90M
est: 156.06M (-5.2%)
151.20M
est: 147.73M (+2.3%)
87.90M
est: 118.29M (-25.7%)
151.00M
est: 136.61M (+10.5%)
116.00M
est: 135.59M (-14.4%)
136.20M
est: 133.40M (+2.1%)
147.10M
est: 137.00M (+7.4%)
138.30M
est: 133.49M (+3.6%)
133.82M
133.82M – 133.82M
+0.3% YoY
134.16M
134.16M – 134.16M
+0.2% YoY
EBIT
-114.40M
est: 101.19M (-213.1%)
31.10M
est: 97.41M (-68.1%)
108.60M
est: 89.55M (+21.3%)
116.80M
est: 95.74M (+22.0%)
102.00M
est: 90.63M (+12.5%)
40.50M
est: 72.57M (-44.2%)
103.10M
est: 83.81M (+23.0%)
65.10M
est: 83.18M (-21.7%)
83.00M
est: 81.84M (+1.4%)
93.80M
est: 85.76M (+9.4%)
86.10M
est: 83.56M (+3.0%)
83.77M
83.77M – 83.77M
+0.3% YoY
83.98M
83.98M – 83.98M
+0.2% YoY
Net Income
-175.90M
est: -26.07M (-574.8%)
-4.90M
est: 6.52M (-175.1%)
71.10M
est: 44.91M (+58.3%)
85.20M
est: 73.32M (+16.2%)
68.50M
est: 68.55M (-0.1%)
31.70M
est: 19.83M (+59.9%)
72.40M
est: 51.51M (+40.5%)
50.10M
est: 40.59M (+23.4%)
57.00M
est: 51.67M (+10.3%)
62.00M
est: 56.91M (+8.9%)
54.80M
est: 56.91M (-3.7%)
56.91M
56.91M – 56.91M
+0.0% YoY
56.91M
56.91M – 56.91M
+0.0% YoY
SGA
298.80M
est: 208.97M (+43.0%)
252.90M
est: 201.16M (+25.7%)
216.50M
est: 184.93M (+17.1%)
282.80M
est: 197.72M (+43.0%)
237.00M
est: 187.16M (+26.6%)
226.60M
est: 149.86M (+51.2%)
291.20M
est: 173.07M (+68.3%)
301.60M
est: 171.78M (+75.6%)
271.00M
est: 169.01M (+60.3%)
268.40M
est: 275.26M (-2.5%)
254.00M
est: 268.21M (-5.3%)
268.89M
268.89M – 268.89M
+0.3% YoY
269.56M
269.56M – 269.56M
+0.2% YoY
EPS
-0.37
est: -0.05 (-633.4%)
-0.01
est: 0.01 (-179.2%)
0.16
est: 0.09 (+84.1%)
0.19
est: 0.14 (+33.9%)
0.15
est: 0.13 (+13.1%)
0.08
est: 0.04 (+95.9%)
0.16
est: 0.10 (+60.5%)
0.10
est: 0.08 (+27.3%)
0.11
est: 0.10 (+10.0%)
0.12
est: 0.11 (+9.1%)
0.11
est: 0.11 (+0.0%)
0.11
0.11 – 0.11
+0.0% YoY
0.11
0.11 – 0.11
+0.0% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-05-08 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-07 A 4/5 5/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-06 A 4/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-05 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-04 A- 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 4/5
2026-04-30 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-29 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-28 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-27 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-24 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-23 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-22 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-21 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-20 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-17 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5
2026-04-16 A- 4/5 4/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 3/5 3/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
133.65M
OE per share TTM
0.26
Owner's Yield
25.50%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
83.83%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
25.3%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

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Institutional ownership trend

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Top institutional holders

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 26 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF VSS 0.00% 599.3K 0.06%
2 Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF DFIS 0.00% 140.7K 0.39%
3 Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETF DFIC 0.00% 242.9K 0.22%
4 Dimensional - International Small Cap Value ETF DISV 0.00% 57.1K 0.42%
5 Vanguard FTSE Europe Shares ETF VEQ.AX 0.00% 5.1K 0.35%
6 Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF VE.TO 0.00% 5.4K 0.23%
7 Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF VGK 0.00% 433.9K 0.06%
8 Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF DFAX 0.00% 88.3K 0.28%
9 Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF VSGX 0.00% 39.8K 0.10%
10 Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF (CAD-hedged) VI.TO 0.00% 3.8K 0.22%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

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Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
30.6K
Shares Outstanding
517.39M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Antonio Fernandez-Galiano Campos Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of Unidad Editorial 3M male
Urbano Roberto Cairo Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 2M
Marco Pompignoli Executive Director 682.0K
Arianna Radice Head of Investor Relations
Francesco Carione Managing Director of La Gazzetta dello Sport male
Alessandro Bompieri Managing Director of News Italy male
Raffaella Papa Head of Corporate Development female
Raimondo Zanaboni Managing Director of Advertising & Communication Solutions male
Roberto Bonalumi Financial Reporting Manager male
Andrea Liso Group Procurement & Operations Director male
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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