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CVC NYSE

Cablevision Systems Corporation
1W: +0.3% 1M: +1.1% 3M: +5.7%
$34.87
Last traded 2016-06-20 — delisted
NYSE · Communication Services · Entertainment

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
46.8 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Cost Advantage  ·  ROIC: -2.6%
Cost Advantage ★
60
Intangibles
35
Switching Cost
53
Network Effect
30
Scale
55
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. CVC shows a Weak competitive edge (46.8/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Cost Advantage. Negative ROIC of -2.6% indicates the company is currently destroying value, though this may reflect a growth investment phase.

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 28 Grade C
Profitability
30
Balance Sheet
46
Earnings Quality
82
Growth
—
Value
23
Momentum
—
Safety
0
Cash Flow
37
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. CVC scores highest in Earnings Quality (82/100) and lowest in Safety (0/100). A grade of C represents mixed fundamentals — strengths in some areas offset by weaknesses.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
-0.03
Distress Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-2.33
Bankruptcy prob: 8.9%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
B-
Score: 20.0/100
Earnings Quality
100/100
OCF/NI: 1.62x
Accruals: -0.9%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. CVC scores -0.03, placing it in the Distress Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Historically, companies in this range face elevated bankruptcy risk. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. CVC scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. CVC's implied 8.9% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. CVC receives an estimated rating of B- (score: 20.0/100). The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). CVC's score of 100/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
49.81x
PEG
-2.85x
P/S
0.00x
P/B
-1.91x
P/FCF
2359.67x
P/OCF
60.36x
EV/EBITDA
17.66x
EV/Revenue
5.06x
EV/EBIT
33.14x
EV/FCF
2129.01x
Earnings Yield
1.02%
FCF Yield
0.04%
Shareholder Yield
10.14%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. At 49.8x earnings, CVC is priced for high growth expectations.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.600
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
0.627
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
0.153
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.244
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
-1.393
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-2.0%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. CVC's ROE of -2.0% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.244), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
$2.87
Price/Value
11.49x
Margin of Safety
-1048.57%
Premium
1048.57%
Assessment
Overvalued
Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with CVC's realized 0.0% 3-year EPS CAGR, capped at 15% — demonstrated performance rather than forecasts, held to a rate companies have historically sustained. CVC trades at a 1049% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $2.87, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 8.5x compares to the current market P/E of 49.8x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 117 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$34.87
Median 1Y
$42.91
5th Pctile
$36.22
95th Pctile
$50.84
Ann. Volatility
10.1%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical
All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
ROE -2.0% -1.95%
ROA 1.4% 1.40%
ROIC -2.6% -2.63%
ROCE 5.4% 5.40%
Gross Margin 50.6% 50.57%
Operating Margin 15.3% 15.28%
Net Margin 5.7% 5.75%
EBITDA Margin 28.7% 28.67%
FCF Margin 0.2% 0.24%
OCF Margin 9.3% 9.30%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -3.12%
Cash ROA snapshot only 2.27%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only 9.17%
Pretax Margin snapshot only 9.57%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 16.05%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
P/E Ratio 97.63 49.814
P/S Ratio 5.61 0.000
P/B Ratio -1.91 -1.913
P/FCF 2359.67 2359.669
P/OCF 60.36 60.355
EV/EBITDA 17.66 17.661
EV/Revenue 5.06 5.063
EV/EBIT 33.14 33.142
EV/FCF 2129.01 2129.010
Earnings Yield 1.0% 1.02%
FCF Yield 0.0% 0.04%
EV/OCF snapshot only 54.455
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 10.011
Acquirers Multiple snapshot only 33.134
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 10.14%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Current Ratio 0.88 0.877
Quick Ratio 0.88 0.877
Debt/Equity -0.01 -0.008
Net Debt/Equity — —
Debt/Assets 0.01 0.006
Debt/EBITDA 0.09 0.087
Net Debt/EBITDA -1.91 -1.913
Interest Coverage 2.68 2.679
Equity Multiplier -1.39 -1.393
Cash Ratio snapshot only 0.449
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 5.028
Cash to Debt snapshot only 23.096
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.096
Defensive Interval snapshot only 1665.3 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Asset Turnover 0.24 0.244
Inventory Turnover — —
Receivables Turnover 6.29 6.287
Payables Turnover 1.79 1.790
DSO 58 58.1 days
DIO 0 0.0 days
DPO 204 203.9 days
Cash Conversion Cycle -146 -145.8 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 0.555
Cash Velocity snapshot only 1.744
Capital Intensity snapshot only 4.103
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Revenue Stability — —
Earnings Stability — —
Margin Stability — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0
Earnings Persistence — —
Earnings Smoothness — —
ROE Trend — —
Gross Margin Trend — —
FCF Margin Trend — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — —
Internal Growth Rate 1.4% 1.42%
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
OCF/Net Income 1.62 1.618
FCF/OCF 0.03 0.026
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 0.041
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only 0.324
CapEx/Revenue 9.1% 9.06%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.677
Accruals Ratio -0.01 -0.009
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.208
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 1.026
Earnings Quality Score snapshot only 1.000
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.00%
Total Payout Ratio 9.9% 9.90%
Div. Increase Streak — —
Chowder Number — —
Buyback Yield 10.1% 10.14%
Net Buyback Yield 10.1% 10.14%
Total Shareholder Return 10.1% 10.14%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 0.60 0.600
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 0.63 0.627
EBIT Margin 0.15 0.153
Asset Turnover 0.24 0.244
Equity Multiplier -1.39 -1.393
Per Share
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $0.34 $0.34
Book Value/Share $-17.32 $-18.23
Tangible Book/Share $-18.39 $-18.39
Revenue/Share $5.88 $24.16
FCF/Share $0.01 $1.64
OCF/Share $0.55 $4.67
Cash/Share $3.37 $3.76
EBITDA/Share $1.69 $1.69
Debt/Share $0.15 $0.15
Net Debt/Share $-3.23 $-3.23
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Altman Z-Score — -0.026
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only -1.084
Piotroski F-Score 4 4
Beneish M-Score — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -2.330
Net-Net WC snapshot only $-34.87
Credit
Metric Trend Q1'16 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only B-
Credit Score 20.00 20.000
Credit Grade snapshot only 16
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 900.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 24
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 23

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