Stocks · Technology · Media & Entertainment
Alliance Entertainment Holding Corp. AENT
$4.49 +1.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $228.9M
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 47% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -35.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 50.2 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 21%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverTop 44%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 22%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 11%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.4% | 8.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 84.9% | -14.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 12.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.5% | -0.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.0% | 3.4% | ↑ | Bottom 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.2% | 84.9% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 12.5% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.2% | 3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.3% | — | Bottom 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.15×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.50
- Target vs current price
- +111.6%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | -800.0% | +4.0% | -5.7% | — | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +150.0% | +10.6% | -10.6% | -19.9% | -17.8% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -41.9% | -7.1% | -32.0% | +0.1% | +3.2% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +25.0% | -1.6% | +1.6% | +16.6% | +2.2% |
| Sep 10, 2025 | +57.1% | +18.1% | +19.5% | +10.0% | +16.8% |
| May 15, 2025 | +300.0% | +2.4% | +17.1% | +27.8% | +111.5% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -60.0% | +2.6% | -14.3% | -32.5% | -49.7% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +150.0% | -10.9% | -14.8% | +29.2% | +10.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | -$0.07 | $0.01 | -800.0% | $268.1M |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.02 | +150.0% | $258.2M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.31 | -41.9% | $368.7M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.08 | +25.0% | $254.0M |
| Sep 10, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.07 | +57.1% | $227.8M |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.01 | +300.0% | $213.0M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.35 | -60.0% | $393.7M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.01 | -$0.02 | +150.0% | $229.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.8× | 17.5× | 58th | Top 14% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 7% |
| EV / Sales | 0.28× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.19% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Earnings yield | 5.62% | — | — | Top 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.4× – 39.6× since Mar 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -35.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -14.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -7.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -29.0%
- RSI (14)
- 36.2
- Relative volume
- 0.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 61.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 34th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -78.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | -92.9% | 231 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $228.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.25
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.15B
- 52-week range
- $4.36 – $8.80
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.42B | $1.16B | $1.10B | $1.06B | $1.15B |
| Gross profit | $182.4M | $103.9M | $128.9M | $132.9M | $152.3M |
| Operating income | $42.1M | -$32.7M | $14.1M | $30.1M | $35.8M |
| Net income | $28.6M | -$35.4M | $4.6M | $15.1M | $13.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.99 | -$0.74 | $0.09 | $0.30 | $0.26 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $229.0M | $393.7M | $213.0M | $227.8M | $254.0M | $368.7M | $258.2M | $268.1M |
| Net income | $397,000 | $7.1M | $1.9M | $5.8M | $4.9M | $9.4M | $2.3M | -$3.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.01 | $0.14 | $0.04 | $0.11 | $0.10 | $0.18 | $0.05 | -$0.07 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$83.6M | $3.4M | $55.8M | $26.8M | -$1.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$50,000 | -$825,000 | -$183,000 | -$54,000 | -$1.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$83.6M | $2.6M | $55.6M | $26.8M | -$2.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $2.1M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $814,000
- Total assets
- $397.6M
- Total liabilities
- $281.0M
- Total debt
- $93.2M
- Net debt
- $92.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $116.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 358,912
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +8.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 10, 2006
- 3-for-1