Stocks · Communication Services · Broadcasting
iHeartMedia, Inc. IHRT
$1.94 -7.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $252.3M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 69% below its highest close of the past year.
- Net debt is 8.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below 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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 32%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 32%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginBottom 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Interest coverBottom 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 38%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 50%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 25%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 23%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.1% | 3.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 56.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 0.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -1.2% | 0.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.1% | 2.1% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Gross margin | 56.8% | 58.3% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 4.9% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Net margin | -7.2% | -9.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.9% | -1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.4% | — | Bottom 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.4% | — | Bottom 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -9.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.95%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.95%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.9%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.25
- Target vs current price
- +119.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -89.1% | -3.9% | -23.6% | -27.2% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -24.5% | -3.3% | -15.7% | -29.8% | -32.9% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -370.0% | -5.2% | -0.9% | -14.4% | +50.2% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -4200.0% | -1.3% | -12.1% | -19.9% | -31.3% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -92.9% | +1.9% | +40.6% | +40.6% | +81.9% |
| May 12, 2025 | -291.5% | +2.4% | -1.6% | +31.0% | +37.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -46.2% | -7.9% | -33.5% | -20.3% | -45.4% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -1450.0% | +25.3% | +31.6% | +40.8% | +36.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.52 | -$0.28 | -89.1% | $977.2M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.61 | -$0.49 | -24.5% | $884.2M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -$0.27 | $0.10 | -370.0% | $1.13B |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -$0.43 | -$0.01 | -4200.0% | $997.0M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.54 | -$0.28 | -92.9% | $933.7M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$1.84 | -$0.47 | -291.5% | $807.1M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.39 | -46.2% | $1.12B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.27 | $0.02 | -1450.0% | $1.01B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 9.1× | — | — | Top 26% |
| EV / Sales | 1.47× | — | — | Top 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.37% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | -94.33% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
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)
- -18.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -32.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -47.0%
- RSI (14)
- 20.1
- Relative volume
- 0.93×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 68.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 25th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.85
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -69.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2021 | May 28, 2024 | -96.9% | 735 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -15.4% | 5 days | 13 days (Apr 13, 2021) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 21, 2020 | -11.4% | 17 days | 2 days (Oct 23, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $252.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.83
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.99B
- 52-week range
- $1.93 – $6.56
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.56B | $3.91B | $3.75B | $3.85B | $3.86B |
| Gross profit | $2.23B | $2.43B | $2.26B | $2.27B | $2.25B |
| Operating income | $154.9M | $56.9M | -$797.3M | -$763.1M | $193.3M |
| Net income | -$159.2M | -$264.7M | -$1.10B | -$1.01B | -$472.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.08 | -$1.85 | -$7.39 | -$6.68 | -$3.05 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.01B | $1.12B | $807.1M | $933.7M | $997.0M | $1.13B | $884.2M | $977.2M |
| Net income | -$41.3M | $31.5M | -$281.2M | -$83.5M | -$66.3M | -$41.9M | -$95.2M | -$82.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.28 | $0.21 | -$1.84 | -$0.54 | -$0.43 | -$0.27 | -$0.61 | -$0.52 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $330.6M | $420.1M | $213.1M | $71.4M | $92.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$183.4M | -$161.0M | -$102.7M | -$97.6M | -$81.7M |
| Free cash flow | $147.2M | $259.1M | $110.4M | -$26.2M | $10.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $174.4M
- Total assets
- $4.85B
- Total liabilities
- $6.86B
- Total debt
- $5.76B
- Net debt
- $5.59B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$2.01B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,365,360
- Days to cover
- 13.43
- Change vs previous report
- +0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.