Cumulus Media, Inc.

CMLSQ Communication Services Broadcasting

Cumulus Media, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $741.7 million, down 10.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 9.74%, EPS grew 29.7%, free cash flow grew 142.2% and total debt fell 99.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

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Market cap
$2.4M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−0.34
Beneish M
−3.61
Dividend safety
n/a

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Insider Ownership 21.95%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2.42
Revenue 700.68
Net Income (181.59)
Free Cash Flow (42.85)
Net Debt (59.08)
Current Ratio 3.65 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity (0.01) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (0.03) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.00
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (92.57%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 42.42% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 0.01%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 48.98% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 4.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 59.88%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 81 64 82 61
Receivables 182 165 141 121
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
287 248 243 210
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 116 107 107 55
ST’ Debt — — 24 2
Other — — — —
144 134 158 57

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (4.45%) (1.90%) (8.03%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 164 168 — — —
’25 187 186 180 188 742
’24 200 205 204 219 827
’23 206 210 207 221 845
’22 232 237 233 251 954
’21 202 225 238 252 916
’20 228 146 196 246 816
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (20) 7 — — —
’25 (4) (4) (1) (13) (21)
’24 (16) (8) 4 17 (3)
’23 24 12 (7) 3 32
’22 24 6 24 24 78
’21 26 (5) 13 35 69
’20 24 28 9 (28) 33
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (23) 4 — — —
’25 (9) (9) (5) (19) (42)
’24 (24) (12) 1 13 (23)
’23 24 5 (4) (1) 25
’22 20 1 17 11 49
’21 23 (14) 29 28 66
’20 21 104 5 (33) 97
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.96) (0.52) — — —
’25 (1.88) (0.74) (1.17) (7.75) (11.55)
’24 (0.85) (1.64) (0.61) (13.60) (16.79)
’23 (1.17) (0.06) 0.16 (5.94) (6.83)
’22 (0.04) 0.42 0.45 0.00 0.81
’21 (1.07) (0.29) 1.32 0.84 0.83
’20 (0.36) (1.79) (0.78) (0.01) (2.94)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — 9.70 10.99 3.00 8.07 6.07 2.57 0.63 0.05

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — 20.99 20.00 17.73 14.84 15.67 7.30 5.35 1.00
People
People Employees 5,479 5,213 5,135 4,732 3,787 3,488 3,330 3,367 3,106 2,862
Revenue/emp, $m 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.26 0.29 0.25 0.27 0.26
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,141 1,136 1,140 1,113 816 916 954 845 827 742
Gross margin, % 62.14 63.97 64.68 63.57 58.70 60.86 62.51 60.76 60.80 63.42
EBT (537) (370) 568 84 (79) 20 20 (101) (293) (202)
EBT margin, % (47.04) (32.61) 49.84 7.50 (9.67) 2.21 2.06 (11.92) (35.43) (27.30)
Net income (511) (207) 758 61 (60) 17 16 (118) (283) (201)
Depreciation 702 408 56 93 60 56 74 126 281 159
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 39.00 38.75 56.94 55.31 40.17 44.74 48.75 48.91 49.01 42.67
Earnings (17.45) (7.05) 40.48 3.04 (2.94) 0.84 0.83 (6.83) (16.79) (11.55)
Cash flow 1.22 2.95 3.07 5.18 1.63 3.35 4.01 1.83 (0.18) (1.23)
Capex (0.79) (1.09) (1.48) (1.46) 3.14 (0.13) (1.49) (0.41) (1.15) (1.16)
Free cash flow 0.43 1.87 1.59 3.72 4.78 3.22 2.52 1.43 (1.34) (2.39)
Book value (16.80) (23.75) 19.46 22.61 19.57 20.48 20.88 16.60 0.41 (11.02)
Shares, m 29 29 20 20 20 20 20 17 17 17
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 0.28 5.78 0.00 13.39 7.86 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 0.32 0.32 0.19 0.32 0.22 0.25 0.14 0.10 0.01 0.00
P/B 1.10 1.10 0.55 0.78 0.45 0.55 0.32 0.30 1.63 0.00
EV/Sales 1.41 1.41 1.25 1.23 1.35 1.20 1.02 1.08 1.02 1.10
EV/FCF 28.35 28.35 44.92 18.26 11.35 16.68 19.82 36.96 (37.38) (19.59)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 36 87 62 104 33 69 78 32 (3) (21)
Capex (23) (32) (30) (29) 64 (3) (29) (7) (19) (20)
Free cash flow 13 55 32 75 97 66 49 25 (23) (42)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 339 357 278 241 374 267 200 143 114 85
Total debt 2,384 2,332 1,243 1,029 1,196 1,054 963 878 869 895
Net debt 2,245 2,220 1,213 1,012 924 877 856 798 805 813
Shareholders’ equity (492) (696) 390 455 398 419 408 287 7 (192)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (18.86) (9.30) 39.85 3.46 (3.30) 0.97 0.98 (7.73) (22.14) (19.49)
ROIC (14.57) (8.63) 6.09 7.08 (0.50) 3.33 3.94 (2.38) (18.45) (13.89)
ROE 214.72 34.78 (494.69) 14.50 (14.01) 4.23 3.92 (33.92) (193.00) 217.48
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Cumulus Media, Inc. vs peers in Broadcasting (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CURI CuriosityStream Inc. $160.8M 261× 27.8× +22.26% (above 0%: growing) +1,002.94% (above 0%: growing) −249.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.84% 39.49% Compare
SGA Saga Communications, Inc. $51.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −6.47% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −97.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 11.23% 2.36% Compare
UONEK Radio One, Inc. $35.3M — (loss-making) 4.8× −6.41% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −291.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 65.28% (13.11%) Compare
BBGI Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. $18.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −16.74% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −606.38% (below 0%: shrinking) 12.05% 3.02% Compare
UONE Radio One, Inc. $17.5M — (loss-making) — −6.41% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −291.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 65.28% (13.11%) Compare
LPTVQ Loop Media, Inc. $6.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −70.46% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +63.42% (above 0%: growing) 21.10% (176.46%) Compare
XHLD TEN Holdings, Inc. $6.0M — (loss-making) — −34.50% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −51.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 85.77% (409.44%) Compare
FLZH Flash Sports & Media Holdings, Inc. $5.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −99.53% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −738.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (14,636.34%) Compare
CMLSQ Cumulus Media, Inc. $2.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.74% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +142.21% (above 0%: growing) 66.87% 1.39%
Median of peers $17.8M — — −11.60% — −270.08% 65.28% (13.11%)

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Cumulus Media, Inc. (CMLSQ) key facts

  • Concern: Cumulus Media, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $741.7 million, down 10.3% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Cumulus Media, Inc. reported a net loss of $200.7 million, or a loss of $11.55 per share, for fiscal 2025.
  • Cumulus Media, Inc. (CMLSQ) is a Broadcasting company in the Communication Services sector.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CMLSQ traded at $0.01, a market capitalization of $2.4 million.
  • Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.0× sales.
  • Return on equity was 217.5% and debt-to-equity -0.01.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −0.34 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Cumulus Media, Inc. (CMLSQ) Latest News

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