Sinclair Broadcast Group

American media company
Organization business Q2288792
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 14 annual filings
Revenue
$3.93B
▼ 36.0% YoY FY2022
Net Income
$2.65B
▲ 740.6% YoY FY2022
Assets
$6.70B
▼ 46.5% YoY FY2022
EPS (diluted)
$37.54
▲ 781.3% YoY FY2022
$0.00$1.69B$3.37B$5.06B$6.75B FY2009: $656.99MFY2010: $767.64MFY2011: $765.29MFY2012: $1.06BFY2013: $1.36BFY2014: $1.98BFY2015: $2.22BFY2016: $2.62BFY2017: $2.64BFY2018: $3.06BFY2019: $4.24B · NI $47.00M (1.1% margin)FY2020: $5.94B · NI -$2.41B (-40.6% margin)FY2021: $6.13B · NI -$414.00M (-6.7% margin)FY2022: $3.93B · NI $2.65B (67.5% margin) '09'11'13'15'17'19'21'22
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2022-12-31 · accession 0000912752-23-000010

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Summary

Sinclair Broadcast Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,017 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sinclair Broadcast Group received the Peabody Awards[3].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group is in the country of US[5].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's founder is recorded as Julian Sinclair Smith[9].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's headquarters location is recorded as Hunt Valley[10].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's headquarters location is recorded as Union Valley[11].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's headquarters location is recorded as Cockeysville[12].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's Commons category is recorded as Sinclair Broadcast Group[13].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq-100[15].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's stock exchange is recorded as Russell 1000 Index[16].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's industry is recorded as media company[17].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's industry is recorded as broadcasting[18].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's industry is recorded as telecommunications[19].
  • 1971 marks the founding of Sinclair Broadcast Group[20].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's location of formation is recorded as Baltimore[21].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's official website is recorded as https://www.sbgi.net/[22].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sinclair Broadcast Group[23].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's political ideology is recorded as conservatism[24].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's legal form is recorded as public company[25].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's legal form is recorded as 8888[26].
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SBG'}[27].

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Founding

Sinclair Broadcast Group's founder is recorded as Julian Sinclair Smith[9]. 1971 marks the founding of it[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as Baltimore[21].

Identity

Sinclair Broadcast Group's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SBG'}[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hunt Valley[10], an unincorporated community[28], in United States[29]; Union Valley[11], a city in the United States[30], in United States[31], founded in 2007[32]; and Cockeysville[12], a census-designated place in the United States[33], in United States[34].

Industry

Industries include media company[17], broadcasting[18], and telecommunications[19].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Nasdaq[14], Nasdaq-100[15], and Russell 1000 Index[16].

Recognition

Sinclair Broadcast Group received the Peabody Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Sinclair Broadcast Group ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,017 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Sinclair Broadcast Group receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3].

References

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  1. [4] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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