Stocks · Communication Services · Broadcasting
MediaCo Holding Inc. MDIA
$1.03 -3.74% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $82.3M
Expensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.82, down 364.5% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 70 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $139.4M, up 14.3% from a year earlier, slowing from 16.9% 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginBottom 10%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 38%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 40%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 38%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (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) | 16.9% | 14.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | -6.1% | 19.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -18.6% | -13.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | -0.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.3% | 16.9% | ↓ | Top 25% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -364.5% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | -6.1% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Operating margin | -13.8% | -18.6% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | -48.9% | 25.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.4% | 2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -9.8% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 51.2% | — | Top 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -25.1%
- 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.
- -20.1 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.03%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +49.0%
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 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +4.6% | +20.5% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | — | +0.8% | -3.2% | -20.4% | +1.1% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | — | -1.1% | +12.6% | +41.1% | +23.2% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | — | -1.9% | -2.8% | -28.3% | -38.8% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | — | +0.7% | -2.2% | +11.9% | -21.6% |
| May 20, 2025 | — | +4.9% | +2.0% | +19.6% | +32.4% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -1.7% | -24.1% | +6.0% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | — | +2.7% | +8.9% | +19.6% | +0.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | -$0.10 | — | — | $34.0M |
| May 15, 2026 | -$0.11 | — | — | $31.4M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -$0.40 | — | — | $38.7M |
| Nov 19, 2025 | -$0.22 | — | — | $35.4M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.11 | — | — | $31.2M |
| May 20, 2025 | -$0.12 | — | — | $28.0M |
| Apr 15, 2025 | -$0.09 | — | — | $32.8M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.66 | — | — | $29.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.36× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.68% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | -79.61% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
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
- 70
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +23.0%
- RSI (14)
- 44.4
- Relative volume
- 0.28×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 64.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 11th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.10
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -90.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2021 | Dec 28, 2023 | -97.6% | 621 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Jul 7, 2021 | -43.2% | 16 days | 3 days (Jul 12, 2021) |
| Mar 22, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | -37.2% | 36 days | 22 days (Jun 14, 2021) |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | -30.8% | 5 days | 22 days (Jan 27, 2021) |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -30.5% | 18 days | 8 days (Mar 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $82.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $139.4M
- 52-week range
- $0.54 – $1.64
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $41.7M | $38.6M | $32.4M | $95.6M | $133.3M |
| Gross profit | $13.1M | $5.7M | -$242,000 | -$11.1M | $133.3M |
| Operating income | $3.9M | -$1.4M | -$6.3M | -$28.2M | -$24.6M |
| Net income | -$6.1M | $30.9M | -$7.6M | -$4.1M | -$66.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.22 | $2.06 | -$0.40 | -$0.08 | -$0.84 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $29.9M | $32.8M | $28.0M | $31.2M | $35.4M | $38.7M | $31.4M | $34.0M |
| Net income | $54.3M | -$5.5M | -$8.8M | -$9.1M | -$17.9M | -$32.3M | -$9.4M | -$8.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.66 | -$0.12 | -$0.12 | -$0.11 | -$0.22 | -$0.39 | -$0.11 | -$0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.9M | $2.2M | -$5.3M | -$19.9M | $2.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.4M | -$1.4M | -$1.1M | -$1.1M | -$774,000 |
| Free cash flow | $1.5M | $829,000 | -$6.4M | -$21.0M | $1.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $342,000 | -$222,000 | -$771,000 | $64,000 | $8,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.8M
- Total assets
- $272.0M
- Total liabilities
- $243.4M
- Total debt
- $109.8M
- Net debt
- $108.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $28.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,718
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +88.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.