Stocks · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. CCO
$2.39 -0.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.22B
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.43, down 839.6% year over year.
- Net debt is 25.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 274 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth37Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 40%
Quality67Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 20%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginTop 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverTop 50%
Value15Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
Momentum91Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
- 6-month returnBottom 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 6%
Revisions5Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Stability39Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.7% | 9.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 60.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 20.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -3.0% | 4.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.1% | 8.7% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -839.6% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Gross margin | 60.7% | 53.7% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 18.8% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Net margin | -13.1% | 1.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.2% | -3.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.8% | — | Top 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.1% | — | Bottom 50% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 25.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.08%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -86.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $2.56
- Target vs current price
- +7.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +15.6% | -0.4% | -0.8% | -2.5% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -11.1% | -0.4% | +0.0% | +0.8% | +1.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -200.0% | -0.8% | -0.4% | -0.8% | +0.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -150.0% | -1.7% | +7.2% | +10.5% | +19.3% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +126.3% | +7.3% | -7.3% | +14.5% | +80.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | +198.1% | +5.7% | +11.8% | +8.7% | +12.8% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | -133.3% | -2.2% | -7.4% | -12.6% | -14.1% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +0.0% | -2.0% | +8.7% | +4.0% | -6.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | +15.6% | $438.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.10 | -$0.09 | -11.1% | $373.9M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.01 | -200.0% | $461.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.10 | -$0.04 | -150.0% | $405.6M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.01 | -$0.04 | +126.3% | $402.8M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.13 | -$0.13 | +198.1% | $334.2M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | -$0.01 | $0.03 | -133.3% | $282.2M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.06 | +0.0% | $559.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 30.1× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| EV / Sales | 4.46× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.78% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Earnings yield | -17.89% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 274
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.2%
- RSI (14)
- 55.2
- Relative volume
- 1.07×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 13.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 8th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.45
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -1.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -78.8% | 782 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -24.4% | 50 days | 14 days (Feb 16, 2022) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -24.2% | 48 days | 51 days (Nov 1, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -22.3% | 16 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -21.1% | 11 days | 11 days (Mar 15, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.22B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.43
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.68B
- 52-week range
- $1.27 – $2.44
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.77B | $1.38B | $1.43B | $1.51B | $1.60B |
| Gross profit | $881.7M | $792.8M | $773.9M | $824.7M | $681.3M |
| Operating income | $58.8M | $255.9M | $216.8M | $279.2M | $304.4M |
| Net income | -$433.8M | -$96.6M | -$310.9M | -$179.3M | -$104.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.92 | -$0.20 | -$0.65 | -$0.37 | -$0.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $375.2M | $426.7M | $334.2M | $402.8M | $405.6M | $461.5M | $373.9M | $438.0M |
| Net income | -$32.5M | -$17.9M | $62.5M | $9.5M | -$60.1M | -$105.8M | -$49.1M | -$5.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.04 | $0.13 | $0.03 | -$0.10 | -$0.22 | -$0.10 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$133.5M | $140.0M | $31.3M | $79.7M | $114.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$148.0M | -$184.7M | -$166.6M | -$142.4M | -$82.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$281.5M | -$44.7M | -$135.3M | -$62.6M | $32.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$4.9M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $193.8M
- Total assets
- $3.76B
- Total liabilities
- $7.22B
- Total debt
- $6.47B
- Net debt
- $6.28B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$3.46B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2018 | $0.08 | — |
| Nov 1, 2017 | $0.07 | — |
| Oct 6, 2017 | $0.07 | Oct 5, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | $0.78 | — |
| Feb 5, 2016 | $1.49 | — |
| Jan 8, 2016 | $0.60 | — |
| Aug 12, 2014 | $0.49 | Aug 11, 2014 |
| Nov 12, 2013 | $0.56 | Nov 8, 2013 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 31,179,868
- Days to cover
- 9.25
- Change vs previous report
- +8.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.