Stocks · Communication Services · Broadcasting
Townsquare Media, Inc. TSQ
$4.55 +4.60% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $75.7M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-2.88, down 242.2% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 5.6% from 14.4% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 4.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 41%
- Gross marginBottom 12%
- Operating marginBottom 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverBottom 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 33%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
- 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 beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 45%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.5% | -4.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.8% | 22.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 5.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 3.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.9% | -5.5% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -242.2% | — | Bottom 16% | |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 27.8% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 14.4% | ↓ | Bottom 48% |
| Net margin | -11.8% | 7.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.4% | 5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | — | Top 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.6% | — | Bottom 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.64×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 18.34%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 17.28%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +7.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.1%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 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
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +1175.7% | -0.5% | -11.0% | -10.5% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -33.3% | +10.1% | -7.9% | +0.2% | -2.9% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | +190.9% | -12.0% | -26.6% | -11.0% | -6.2% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -820.0% | -11.3% | -15.4% | -21.6% | +10.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -54.0% | -2.0% | +1.4% | +4.9% | -8.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | -140.0% | +3.8% | +4.1% | +2.3% | +0.1% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | +0.0% | +4.5% | +2.4% | -10.5% | -6.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +0.0% | -1.2% | -4.3% | -1.2% | -11.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $2.36 | $0.19 | +1175.7% | $115.4M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.16 | -$0.12 | -33.3% | $96.8M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.11 | +190.9% | $106.5M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -$0.36 | $0.05 | -820.0% | $106.8M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.21 | -54.0% | $115.4M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.05 | -140.0% | $98.7M |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | +0.0% | $117.8M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.35 | +0.0% | $115.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 5.4× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 1.32× | — | — | Top 33% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 18.83% | — | — | Top 13% |
| Earnings yield | -63.30% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.4× – 301.7× 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
- -31.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -242.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -56.9%
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)
- -11.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -25.9%
- RSI (14)
- 32.9
- Relative volume
- 1.86×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.24
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -41.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 | -70.5% | 1226 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Apr 20, 2021 | -19.4% | 22 days | 17 days (May 13, 2021) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -18.1% | 25 days | 79 days (Nov 8, 2021) |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -15.3% | 3 days | 19 days (Jan 19, 2021) |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -10.1% | 17 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $75.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.88
- Revenue (TTM)
- $425.4M
- Dividend yield
- 21.98%
- 52-week range
- $4.30 – $7.97
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $418.0M | $463.1M | $454.2M | $451.0M | $427.4M |
| Gross profit | $129.7M | $138.1M | $125.0M | $124.2M | $90.7M |
| Operating income | $74.5M | $55.6M | -$19.1M | $21.7M | $55.9M |
| Net income | $16.7M | $12.3M | -$45.0M | -$12.7M | -$11.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.79 | $0.68 | -$2.68 | -$0.81 | -$0.71 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $115.3M | $117.8M | $98.7M | $115.4M | $106.8M | $106.5M | $96.8M | $115.4M |
| Net income | $10.8M | $24.6M | -$2.0M | $1.6M | -$5.9M | -$5.2M | $2.8M | -$42.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.63 | $1.42 | -$0.12 | $0.09 | -$0.36 | -$0.32 | $0.16 | -$2.36 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $61.1M | $50.2M | $67.8M | $48.7M | $30.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$12.4M | -$20.8M | -$15.0M | -$17.4M | -$15.2M |
| Free cash flow | $48.7M | $29.4M | $52.8M | $31.3M | $15.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$60,000 | $0 | -$9.3M | -$12.3M | -$13.2M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.4M | -$225,000 | -$16.6M | -$23.6M | $853,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.2M
- Total assets
- $494.7M
- Total liabilities
- $583.3M
- Total debt
- $488.2M
- Net debt
- $487.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$90.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.20 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $0.20 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $0.20 | May 4, 2026 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | $0.20 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $0.20 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | $0.20 | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.20 | May 1, 2025 |
| Jan 21, 2025 | $0.20 | Feb 1, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 233,560
- Days to cover
- 4.03
- Change vs previous report
- +33.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.