Stocks · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information
PodcastOne, Inc. PODC
$2.35 +1.73% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $71.0M
Strong growthHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 19.4% in a year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 53% below its highest close of the past year.
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 24%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 10%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 24%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnTop 36%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 40%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.3% | 16.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 12.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -11.3% | -5.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 5.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.4% | 18.3% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 7.7% | ↑ | Bottom 5% |
| Operating margin | -5.0% | -11.3% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Net margin | -5.0% | -11.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.6% | 1.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -12.6% | — | Bottom 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 21.2% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -17.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -5.57%
- Shareholder yield
- -5.57%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +19.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +12.9%
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 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.50
- Target vs current price
- +91.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -1401.5% | -7.2% | -17.5% | -20.2% | — |
| Jun 24, 2026 | +33.3% | -1.5% | +9.0% | -6.3% | -44.9% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +50.0% | -10.7% | -12.0% | -26.0% | +19.0% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | +11.1% | +6.7% | +7.1% | +0.0% | +26.3% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +20.0% | +5.7% | +1.3% | +16.5% | +40.5% |
| Jun 19, 2025 | -50.0% | -7.9% | +26.1% | +0.0% | -6.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -20.0% | -8.7% | -6.9% | -23.4% | -14.2% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +0.0% | +0.0% | +15.0% | +60.4% | +55.0% |
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 | -$0.05 | -$0.00 | -1401.5% | $16.1M |
| Jun 24, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | +33.3% | $15.7M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | +50.0% | $15.9M |
| Nov 11, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.05 | +11.1% | $15.2M |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.05 | +20.0% | $15.0M |
| Jun 19, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.04 | -50.0% | $14.1M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 | -20.0% | $12.7M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.07 | -$0.07 | +0.0% | $12.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.02× | — | — | Top 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.97% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| Earnings yield | -4.66% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
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)
- -20.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.2%
- RSI (14)
- 45.6
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 69.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 3th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.18
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -52.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Oct 24, 2024 | -74.5% | 284 days | 394 days (May 22, 2026) |
| May 27, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | -58.8% | 86 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $71.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.11
- Revenue (TTM)
- $62.8M
- 52-week range
- $1.50 – $5.20
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.3M | $34.6M | $43.3M | $52.1M | $61.7M |
| Gross profit | $6.1M | $7.1M | $6.0M | $3.5M | $7.0M |
| Operating income | -$4.7M | -$1.8M | -$5.0M | -$6.1M | -$2.6M |
| Net income | -$3.6M | -$7.0M | -$14.7M | -$6.5M | -$2.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.02 | -$0.06 | -$0.68 | -$0.26 | -$0.10 |
| Q2 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.2M | $12.7M | $14.1M | $15.0M | $15.2M | $15.9M | $15.7M | $16.1M |
| Net income | -$1.7M | -$1.6M | -$1.8M | -$1.1M | -$975,000 | -$154,000 | -$461,000 | -$1.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.06 | -$0.06 | -$0.04 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$2.0M | -$4.7M | $2.2M | -$212,000 | $2.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$283,000 | -$219,000 | -$1.3M | -$154,000 | -$22,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$2.3M | -$4.9M | $883,000 | -$366,000 | $2.4M |
| 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
- $7.0M
- Total assets
- $38.3M
- Total liabilities
- $13.4M
- Total debt
- $141,000
- Net debt
- -$6.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $24.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 113,337
- Days to cover
- 1.98
- Change vs previous report
- +31.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.