RTL GROUP chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 44.58
Dividend & Yield3.50€ (9.31%)
Beta 0.85
Market capitalization 5.82B
Operating cash flow 802M
ESG Scores 13.1

Company description

RTL Group S.A., an entertainment company, operates television (TV) channels and radio stations, and provides streaming services in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. The RTL Deutschland segment operates RTL, Vox, Super RTL, Toggo Plus, NTV, Nitro, Vox Up, and RTL Up free-to-air channels; RTL Crime, RTL Passion, RTL Living, GEO Television, and Now! thematic pay channels; and RTL Zwei, an equity participation in the free-to-air channel. This segment also offers streaming service RTL+; engages in content activities, such as the production companies RTL Studios and RTL News; and provision of RTL Radio Deutschland and ad-tech business, Smartclip. The Groupe M6 segment operates television channels; radio stations; and digital services, including mobile applications and IPTV services. The Fremantle segment is involved in the content production comprising of distribution and licensing business. The RTL Nederland segment operates RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8, RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, and RTL Telekids TV channels; and Videoland, a pay streaming service, as well as offers RTL XL, a catch-up TV service in the Netherlands. The Other segment operates RTL play, a streaming service; RTL-TVI; RTL Klub; Club RTL; RTL Most, a streaming platform; RTL Televizija; RTL 2; RTL Kockica children's channels; RTL Luxembourg; RTL Radio Letzebuerg; and RTL Tele Letzebuerg, a general interest TV channel. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. RTL Group S.A. is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Capital Holding GmbH.

Sector: Communication Services - Industry: Broadcasting

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.54
Working Capital0.66
Return On Equity0.29
Debt To Equity0.14
Fixed Asset Ratio0.07
Fixed Interest Cover45.46

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -72M -325M -619M -114M
Net Borrowings 93M -164M -79M -120M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -637M -771M -174M -759M
Change To Operating Activities -143M -14M 78M 2M
Issuance Of Stock 2M 2M
Net Income 668M 754M 492M 1.3B
Change In Cash 164M -46M 52M 40M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 1M 1M -16M 4M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 873M 1.05B 933M 932M
Depreciation 113M 165M 177M 160M
Change To Account Receivables
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -116M -71M -95M -70M
Change To Netincome 124M 59M 114M -599M
Capital Expenditures -121M -107M -118M -107M

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 1.06B 1.16B 875M 1.88B
Net Income 668M 754M 492M 1.3B
Selling General Administrative 261M 202M 169M 189M
Gross Profit 4.33B 4.32B 3.87B 4B
Ebit 1.08B 1.08B 815M 1.09B
Operating Income 1.08B 1.08B 815M 1.09B
Interest Expense -29M -37M -31M -24M
Income Tax Expense 278M 292M 250M 427M
Total Revenue 6.5B 6.65B 6.02B 6.64B
Cost Of Revenue 2.17B 2.34B 2.15B 2.64B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -15M 79M 60M 790M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 785M 864M 625M 1.45B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 668M 754M 492M 1.3B

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 4.77B 5.16B 4.72B 5.22B
Total Stockholder Equity 3.05B 3.29B 3.71B 4.54B
Other Current Liabilities 1.17B 1.1B 1.08B 1.49B
Total Assets 8.32B 8.98B 9.07B 10.49B
Common Stock 192M 192M 192M 192M
Other Current Assets 1.34B 1.39B 2.21B 2.31B
Retained Earnings
Treasury Stock 2.85B 3.1B 3.51B 4.35B
Cash 422M 377M 436M 547M
Total Current Liabilities 3.48B 3.46B 3.12B 3.6B
Other Stockholder Equity 2.9B 3.14B 3.51B 4.35B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 332M 695M 620M 547M
Total Current Assets 3.91B 4.04B 4.36B 5.58B
Net Tangible Assets -159M -104M 486M 1.02B
Net Receivables 2.02B 2.15B 1.57B 2.34B
Accounts Payable 1.73B 1.81B 1.6B 1.69B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to RTL GROUP:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to RTL GROUP. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on RTL GROUP

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to RTL GROUP. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to RTL GROUP:

RTL GROUP automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 20.5% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

20.5 %

Latent gain

299.75 €

Invested capital

1462.5 €

Annualized return

4.98 %
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Momentum strategy results on RTL GROUP

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to RTL GROUP. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on RTL GROUP:

RTL GROUP momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 13.98% of return on RTL GROUP. That represents 642.38€ of latent gain with 4594.02€ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 18.37% of return on RTL GROUP. That represents 414.07€ of latent gain with 2254.48€ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

13.98 %

Latent gain

642.38 €

Invested capital

4594.02 €

Annualized return

19.9 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

18.37 %

Latent gain

414.07 €

Invested capital

2254.48 €

Annualized return

5.05 %

Momentum equity curve on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to RTL GROUP:

RTL GROUP momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by RTL GROUP are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on RTL GROUP since the beginning:

RTL GROUP

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250€, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000€.


Buy the dip strategy result on RTL GROUP

Buy the dip entry openings on RTL GROUP

RTL GROUP

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on RTL GROUP is 42.18%. That represents 328.6$ of latent gain with 779.1€ of employed capital. The following chart shows RTL GROUP stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of RTL GROUP, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

42.18 %

Latent gain

328.6 €

Invested capital

779.1 €

Annualized return

19.9 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to RTL GROUP:

RTL GROUP

Note: the dividends potentially given by RTL GROUP are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on RTL GROUP:

RTL GROUP

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on RTL GROUP

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to RTL GROUP.

Equity curve comparison on RTL GROUP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

RTL GROUP investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on RTL GROUP

RTL GROUP investment comparison

Performance comparison on RTL GROUP

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 20.5% 299.75€ 1462.5€ 4.98%
Momentum 1 quarter 13.98% 642.38€ 4594.02€ 3.6%
Momentum 2 quarters 18.37% 414.07€ 2254.48€ 5.05%
Non-directional 42.18% 328.6€ 779.1€ 19.9%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

4.98 %

Momentum 1Q

5.05 %

Momentum 2Q

5.05 %

Non-directional

19.9 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with RTL GROUP:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year


Most correlated stocks last 3 months

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between RTL GROUP and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of RTL GROUP does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name RTL GROUP
Country Luxembourg
City Luxembourg City
Address 43, Boulevard Pierre Frieden
Phone 352 2486 5200
Website company.rtl.com/en/
FullTime employees 17650
Industry Broadcasting
Sector Communication Services
Exchange XETRA
Ticker RRTL.XETRA
Market www.xetra.com

RTL GROUP ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance 0.4396875
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing no

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance 7.02375
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 1
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.3783783783784
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco no
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Customer Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance 6.5434375
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 13.1
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: UNDER_PERF

Peer Group: Media

Peer Esg Score Performance: 14.156756756757

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 6