RCS MediaGroup S.p.A (RZSMF) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Sep 25, 2026: fair value of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A $1.98, price $1.10, upside +80.5%, quality 59 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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- Good quality? Yes
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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A
RZSMF · USClearly undervaluedStrong Fair Value upside, but quality is only moderate.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 24, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $0.3086 – $1.20 · fair‑value band $1.42 – $2.58 · the $1.10 price screens below the $1.98 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 24, 2026.
Company profile
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. operates as a multimedia publishing company in Italy, Spain, and internationally.
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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. operates as a multimedia publishing company in Italy, Spain, and internationally. The company publishes Corriere della Sera and La Gazzetta dello Sport for national and sport dailies; local editions, and weekly and monthly magazines, including Amica, Dove, Oggi, and Abitare; supplements and inserts, such as La Lettura, L'Economia, 7, Style Magazine, Living, Cook, iO Donna, and SportWeek; El Mundo, Marca, Expansión, Telva, Yo Dona, and Fuera de Serie. It is also involved in organizing world sporting events, which include Giro d'Italia, Milano-Sanremo, Il Lombardia, Tirreno Adriatico, UAE Tour, and Milano Marathon; printing and online activities, and direct marketing and trade fairs for the early childhood segment under the Sfera brand; and fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and miscellaneous books under the Solferino, Cairo, and Fuoriscena brands. In addition, the company engages in the operation of book publishing under the La Esfera de los Libros brand; training areas under the RCS Academy Business School, Escuela de Unidad Editorial (ESUE), and Expansión Business School brands; newspaper printing; and operation of elmundo.es, marca.com, and expansión.com. Further, it provides cross-media and multi-target solutions; events, digital branded content, and television branded content; Caccia and Pesca for satellite and over the top TV channels; sports radio under the Radio Marca brand; and Veo7, a free-to-air digital terrestrial television channel dedicated mainly to series and cinema. The company was formerly known as Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali S.p.A. and changed its name to RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. in 2003. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. operates as a subsidiary of Cairo Communication S.p.A.
Stock analysis
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A (RZSMF) currently trades at $1.10, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $1.98, implying the stock looks roughly 44.6% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of $2.02 per share, and 17 of the 24 models we run sit above the $1.10 price.
Bear case: the Earnings-Based group reads lowest at $0.5300, and 7 of the 24 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $1.42 (bear) to $2.58 (bull), the price of $1.10 sits below it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 59/100 (solid quality), in the Communication Services sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is weak: less than 2 % a year.
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A reported revenue of €787M in FY2025 versus €846M in FY2021, a compound −1.8%/yr. Reported net income was €54.8M in FY2025, compounding −6.7%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $573M · P/E ratio 8.4 · P/S ratio 0.59 · EPS (TTM) $0.1300 · Net margin 7.0% · Return on equity 12.2% · Return on assets (EBIT) 7.4% · Operating margin 0.5%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 46 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 9% below its 52-week high and 25% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Communication Services peers we cover trades at 0% fair-value upside, at 80%, RZSMF screens cheaper than that median.
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