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CuriosityStream Inc. CURI
$2.91 -0.68% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $172.5M
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -0.3% from -10.8% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $76.0M, up 24.9% from a year earlier, slowing from 32.3% a quarter earlier.
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.
Growth23Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Quality64Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginTop 32%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
Value50Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
Momentum30Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 14%
- 6-month returnBottom 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions83Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 22%
Stability28Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 32.3% | 24.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 53.1% | 63.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -10.8% | -0.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.3% | 7.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 24.9% | 32.3% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| Gross margin | 63.0% | 53.1% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Operating margin | -0.3% | -10.8% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -7.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.1% | 16.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.0% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.8% | — | Bottom 21% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 20.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -68.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.11×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 11.15%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.50%
- Shareholder yield
- 11.65%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.6%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.00
- Target vs current price
- +71.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | +300.0% | +0.0% | +2.1% | -7.1% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +0.0% | +6.1% | -11.9% | -11.9% | -5.1% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | -50.0% | +3.8% | +9.2% | +6.3% | +2.5% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -200.0% | +0.3% | +23.5% | +27.7% | -12.3% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -4.5% | -16.0% | -9.5% | -9.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | +200.0% | +0.3% | +54.4% | +108.8% | +47.4% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | -150.0% | +0.0% | +36.0% | +15.6% | +209.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -81.8% | +9.1% | -34.9% | -24.1% | +14.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.04 | +300.0% | $23.2M |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 | +0.0% | $15.2M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.04 | -50.0% | $19.2M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.02 | -200.0% | $18.4M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.01 | +0.0% | $19.0M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.01 | -$0.01 | +200.0% | $15.1M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | -$0.05 | -$0.02 | -150.0% | $14.1M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.03 | -81.8% | $12.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14550.0× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 2.24× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.11% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Earnings yield | 0.01% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
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
- 15
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.3%
- RSI (14)
- 52.6
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 98.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 83th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -44.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2021 | Feb 26, 2024 | -98.0% | 758 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -25.2% | 9 days | 37 days (Dec 21, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Feb 3, 2021 | -22.2% | 10 days | 9 days (Feb 17, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $172.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 14,550.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $76.0M
- Dividend yield
- 11.34%
- 52-week range
- $2.30 – $5.38
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $71.3M | $78.0M | $56.9M | $51.1M | $71.7M |
| Gross profit | $34.6M | $26.5M | $21.3M | $25.8M | $40.5M |
| Operating income | -$52.5M | -$51.7M | -$25.5M | -$13.3M | -$7.3M |
| Net income | -$37.6M | -$50.9M | -$48.9M | -$12.9M | -$6.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.73 | -$0.96 | -$0.92 | -$0.24 | -$0.11 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.6M | $14.1M | $15.1M | $19.0M | $18.4M | $19.2M | $15.2M | $23.2M |
| Net income | -$3.1M | -$2.8M | $319,000 | $784,000 | -$3.7M | -$3.8M | -$1.3M | $8.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | $0.01 | $0.01 | -$0.06 | -$0.07 | -$0.02 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$73.2M | -$39.5M | -$16.2M | $8.2M | $13.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$351,000 | -$130,000 | -$5,000 | $0 | -$102,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$73.6M | -$39.7M | -$16.2M | $8.2M | $13.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$4.1M | -$22.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $94.1M | $0 | $0 | -$251,000 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.9M
- Total assets
- $67.5M
- Total liabilities
- $26.0M
- Total debt
- $3.2M
- Net debt
- -$2.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $41.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.08 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.10 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.04 | Mar 28, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,447,878
- Days to cover
- 3.04
- Change vs previous report
- -7.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.