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Saga Communications, Inc. SGA
$8.36 -1.30% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $54.0M
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.40, down 523.1% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 7.3% from 1.6% 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 32%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
- Gross marginBottom 16%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Interest coverTop 9%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.0% | -7.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -348.4% | -523.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 14.4% | 28.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 7.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | -1.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.2% | -6.0% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -523.1% | -348.4% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 14.4% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 1.6% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | -8.5% | 1.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.2% | 8.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.1% | — | Bottom 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.3% | — | Bottom 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.6%
- 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.
- -4.8 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.
- 18.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 11.85%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.72%
- Shareholder yield
- 16.57%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
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
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +183.3% | -4.3% | -7.2% | -12.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | — | -1.7% | -10.3% | -17.7% | -16.7% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +3075.0% | +0.8% | +1.7% | +5.6% | -17.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -138.1% | -1.7% | -2.5% | -5.5% | -7.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -5.3% | +5.4% | +7.1% | -0.2% | +0.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | +24.2% | +2.0% | +2.4% | +14.9% | +14.1% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | +266.7% | +9.0% | +7.8% | +5.3% | +12.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +53.8% | -0.6% | -13.7% | -15.2% | -8.3% |
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 | $0.15 | -$0.18 | +183.3% | $26.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.43 | — | — | $22.9M |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $1.27 | $0.04 | +3075.0% | $26.5M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.08 | $0.21 | -138.1% | $28.2M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.19 | -5.3% | $28.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.33 | +24.2% | $24.2M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.20 | -$0.12 | +266.7% | $31.4M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.13 | +53.8% | $28.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.39× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.33% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Earnings yield | -16.70% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.7× – 283.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -34.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -523.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +1612.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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)
- -1.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.6%
- RSI (14)
- 40.9
- Relative volume
- 0.54×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 76th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -69.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2022 | Oct 1, 2026 | -72.0% | 954 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 16, 2021 | May 6, 2021 | -28.5% | 36 days | 327 days (Aug 23, 2022) |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Feb 18, 2021 | -22.0% | 41 days | 15 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | -21.9% | 8 days | 42 days (Dec 9, 2022) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -17.0% | 21 days | 6 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $54.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $103.9M
- Dividend yield
- 11.96%
- 52-week range
- $8.08 – $13.19
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $108.3M | $114.9M | $112.8M | $112.9M | $107.1M |
| Gross profit | $25.1M | $27.4M | $22.6M | $16.0M | $10.2M |
| Operating income | $15.1M | $13.1M | $11.5M | $2.4M | -$2.2M |
| Net income | $11.2M | $9.2M | $9.5M | $3.5M | -$7.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.85 | $1.52 | $1.55 | $0.55 | -$1.28 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $28.1M | $31.4M | $24.2M | $28.2M | $28.2M | $26.5M | $22.9M | $26.4M |
| Net income | $1.3M | $1.3M | -$1.6M | $1.1M | -$532,000 | -$6.9M | -$2.4M | $960,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.20 | $0.20 | -$0.25 | $0.18 | -$0.09 | -$1.07 | -$0.39 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $19.1M | $17.1M | $15.4M | $13.8M | $5.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.1M | -$6.1M | -$4.4M | -$9.5M | -$3.0M |
| Free cash flow | $15.0M | $11.1M | $11.0M | $4.3M | $2.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$1.9M | -$19.8M | -$19.9M | -$22.5M | -$6.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$435,000 | -$147,000 | -$227,000 | -$290,000 | -$2.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $27.8M
- Total assets
- $196.8M
- Total liabilities
- $48.6M
- Total debt
- $5.0M
- Net debt
- -$13.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $148.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.25 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.25 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.25 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $0.25 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.25 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 25, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,979
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +136.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 17, 2013
- 4-for-3
- Jan 29, 2009
- 1-for-4
- Jun 17, 2002
- 5-for-4
- Dec 16, 1999
- 5-for-4
- Jun 1, 1998
- 5-for-4