Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
Reading International, Inc. RDI
$1.97 +3.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $68.7M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 14.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 80 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 1.2% from -2.9% a year 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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 20%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 34%
- Gross marginBottom 7%
- Operating marginBottom 32%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Interest coverBottom 29%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 50%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.1% | -2.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 14.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -2.9% | 1.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -0.4% | 2.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.2% | 1.1% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Gross margin | 14.0% | 12.8% | ↑ | Bottom 7% |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | -2.9% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Net margin | -5.9% | -9.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.3% | -0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.7% | — | Bottom 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.0% | — | Bottom 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +69.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 14.56×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.10%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.3%
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
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -10.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $2.40
- Target vs current price
- +21.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | +58.8% | +10.3% | +21.2% | +48.6% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | -39.6% | +1.0% | +1.0% | +18.1% | +39.0% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | +45.2% | +3.7% | +0.9% | +3.7% | +20.2% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -105.7% | -4.5% | -6.8% | -12.8% | -16.5% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -111.6% | +3.6% | -2.2% | +7.9% | -3.6% |
| May 15, 2025 | +48.8% | +0.7% | -1.5% | +0.0% | -7.3% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | +36.3% | +11.2% | +1.6% | +4.0% | +8.0% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -116.0% | +3.6% | -10.7% | +7.9% | +9.3% |
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 | $0.06 | +58.8% | $66.9M |
| May 15, 2026 | -$0.36 | -$0.26 | -39.6% | $45.1M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.20 | +45.2% | $50.3M |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.09 | -105.7% | $52.2M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.06 | -111.6% | $60.4M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.41 | +48.8% | $40.2M |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -$0.26 | -$0.41 | +36.3% | $58.6M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.31 | -$0.14 | -116.0% | $60.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 17.4× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| EV / Sales | 1.96× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.28% | — | — | Top 43% |
| Earnings yield | -28.16% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
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
- 90
- Days above the 200-day average
- 80
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +19.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +50.2%
- RSI (14)
- 50.8
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 65.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.21
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.07
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 | Mar 6, 2026 | -86.8% | 1284 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -35.7% | 28 days | 4 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -12.5% | 2 days | 8 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | -10.5% | 2 days | 6 days (Dec 8, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $68.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $214.5M
- 52-week range
- $0.94 – $2.41
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $139.1M | $203.1M | $222.7M | $210.5M | $203.0M |
| Gross profit | $6.1M | $15.4M | $26.6M | $21.9M | $27.2M |
| Operating income | -$41.8M | -$28.5M | -$12.0M | -$14.0M | -$5.3M |
| Net income | $31.9M | -$36.2M | -$30.7M | -$35.3M | -$14.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.42 | -$1.64 | -$1.38 | -$1.58 | -$0.62 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $60.1M | $58.6M | $40.2M | $60.4M | $52.2M | $50.3M | $45.1M | $66.9M |
| Net income | -$7.0M | -$5.8M | -$4.8M | -$2.7M | -$4.2M | -$2.6M | -$8.1M | $2.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.30 | -$0.25 | -$0.21 | -$0.12 | -$0.18 | -$0.11 | -$0.36 | $0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$11.4M | -$26.4M | -$10.6M | -$3.8M | -$1.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.6M | -$9.4M | -$4.5M | -$5.5M | -$1.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$27.0M | -$35.7M | -$15.1M | -$9.4M | -$2.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$148,000 | -$83,000 | -$244,000 | -$7,000 | -$185,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.7M
- Total assets
- $429.4M
- Total liabilities
- $452.6M
- Total debt
- $357.2M
- Net debt
- $351.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$23.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 36,165
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -27.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 5, 2000
- 4-for-5
- Apr 26, 1993
- 3-for-2