Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
Reading International, Inc. RDIB
$16.08 +1.01% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $67.5M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 9.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 27 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $214.5M, down 2.2% from a year earlier, slowing from 1.1% 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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- 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 6%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Interest coverBottom 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 24%
- 6-month returnTop 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 6%
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%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
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 | 11.1% | 12.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -2.8% | 1.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.2% | 3.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.2% | 1.1% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 11.1% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | -2.8% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | -5.9% | -9.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.0% | 0.2% | ↑ | — |
| 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.
- -4.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- 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.
- 9.02×
- 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)
- -0.11%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.11%
- 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
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -10.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- 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% | +0.0% | -3.0% | +89.1% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | -39.6% | +0.0% | +3.1% | -11.0% | -5.8% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | +45.2% | +2.3% | +7.7% | +10.0% | -5.9% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -105.7% | -2.2% | -2.7% | -5.9% | +22.0% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -111.6% | +9.9% | -0.1% | -3.6% | -6.2% |
| May 13, 2025 | +57.8% | +0.0% | +1.6% | -2.0% | +13.4% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -12.7% | +0.0% | +6.8% | +75.5% | +48.9% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -12.7% | +0.0% | -4.4% | -9.3% | +4.1% |
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 13, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.50 | +57.8% | $40.2M |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -$0.46 | -$0.41 | -12.7% | $58.6M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.46 | -$0.41 | -12.7% | $58.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 10.8× | — | — | Top 36% |
| EV / Sales | 1.95× | — | — | Top 49% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.60% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | -3.45% | — | — | Bottom 36% |
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
- 28
- Days above the 200-day average
- 27
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +30.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +26.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +48.2%
- RSI (14)
- 54.6
- Relative volume
- 0.30×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 143.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 100th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.10
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2022 | Feb 28, 2025 | -83.4% | 615 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Feb 3, 2022 | -48.3% | 62 days | 134 days (Aug 17, 2022) |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Oct 26, 2020 | -34.2% | 19 days | 145 days (May 25, 2021) |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 23, 2020 | -24.5% | 15 days | 1 days (Sep 24, 2020) |
| May 25, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | -21.4% | 46 days | 48 days (Oct 7, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $67.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $214.5M
- 52-week range
- $8.00 – $24.00
| 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 | -$1.66 | -$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 | -$6.9M | -$5.8M | -$4.8M | -$2.7M | -$4.2M | -$2.6M | -$8.1M | $2.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.30 | -$0.26 | -$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 | -$26.7M | -$10.6M | -$4.4M | -$1.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$15.6M | -$9.4M | -$4.5M | -$5.5M | $0 |
| Free cash flow | -$27.0M | -$36.1M | -$15.1M | -$10.0M | -$1.6M |
| 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
- 17,713
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -50.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.