SBGI Stock — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SBGI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 7.99%, its trailing-12-month yield is 7.99%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 66/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 196.4% over the past 31.4 years, 2167.4 points behind SPY at 2363.8%.

SBGI performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 196.4% over the past 31.4 years, 2167.4 points behind SPY at 2363.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 5.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 24.0%.

SBGI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

66 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.27%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/07/1995

Distribution rate

7.99%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

7.99%

5-year average yield

5.69

Last close

$12.52 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$608,006,556

Average volume

708870.0

Dividend

$0.25

Ex-dividend date

08/31/2026

Payment date

09/15/2026

Beta

1.11

Payout ratio

135.3%

P/E ratio

16.26

Forward P/E

32.0513

EPS

$0.77

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (7.99%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (7.99%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SBGI risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 24.0%.

Who may consider SBGI — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SBGI pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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