Stocks · Communication Services · Broadcasting
Newsmax, Inc. NMAX
$9.52 -3.55% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $856.1M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -7.4% from -55.9% a year earlier.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 44 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +80.7%).
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)Top 37%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 13%
- Gross marginBottom 29%
- Operating marginBottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 36%
- 6-month returnTop 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 3%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.3% | 11.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 48.0% | 39.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -55.9% | -7.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -44.7% | -25.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.1% | 11.3% | ↓ | Top 37% |
| Gross margin | 39.0% | 48.0% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Operating margin | -7.4% | -55.9% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Net margin | -3.2% | -59.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -25.4% | -44.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -10.0% | — | Bottom 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.8% | — | Top 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 18.2%
- 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.
- +28.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1054.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.12%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.12%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
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
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +80.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 6
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +166.7% | +7.1% | +23.1% | +23.9% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +25.0% | +1.6% | +7.3% | +28.6% | +28.8% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | +64.3% | -0.3% | -8.3% | +11.8% | +17.5% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +66.7% | -3.2% | -14.0% | +14.0% | -29.2% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -2850.0% | -7.0% | +7.0% | -8.0% | -37.1% |
| May 15, 2025 | -1800.0% | -0.6% | -2.7% | -45.8% | -50.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.02 | -$0.03 | +166.7% | $54.1M |
| May 14, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.04 | +25.0% | $51.7M |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.07 | +64.3% | $52.2M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.12 | +66.7% | $45.3M |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -$0.59 | -$0.02 | -2850.0% | $46.4M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.38 | -$0.02 | -1800.0% | $45.3M |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -$0.69 | — | — | $45.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 4.04× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -6.03% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Earnings yield | -0.52% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
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
- 44
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +10.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +19.9%
- RSI (14)
- 36.8
- Relative volume
- 1.05×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 29th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.23
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.04
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -97.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 | -97.8% | 249 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $856.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.05
- Revenue (TTM)
- $203.3M
- 52-week range
- $5.11 – $13.18
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $135.3M | $135.3M | $171.0M | $189.3M |
| Gross profit | $56.4M | $55.8M | $84.0M | $71.6M |
| Operating income | -$19.5M | -$45.1M | -$69.8M | -$99.9M |
| Net income | -$19.9M | -$41.8M | -$72.2M | -$99.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.20 | -$1.06 | -$0.63 | -$0.81 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $43.5M | $47.7M | $45.3M | $46.4M | $45.3M | $52.2M | $51.7M | $54.1M |
| Net income | -$9.8M | -$6.9M | -$17.2M | -$75.2M | -$4.1M | -$3.0M | -$2.2M | $2.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | -$0.08 | -$0.17 | -$0.58 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 | $0.02 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$7.3M | -$3.8M | -$48.7M | -$64.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.9M | -$916,994 | -$996,291 | -$2.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$13.2M | -$4.7M | -$49.7M | -$67.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$915,069 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $155.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $148.3M
- Total assets
- $230.3M
- Total liabilities
- $117.1M
- Total debt
- $11.6M
- Net debt
- -$34.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $113.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,120,494
- Days to cover
- 4.25
- Change vs previous report
- -1.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.