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Employees: 9,550
Size iHeartMedia (IHRT) is a United States Communication Services company (Broadcasting) with a market value of $309M, the 3087th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $1.77 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 68.8%, against -14.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 13 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.1% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.6%); the operating margin is 7.1% (peer median 5.9%).
Valuation It trades at 1.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.4× (6th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.3 points above its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.99B | $3.86B | $3.85B | $3.75B | $3.91B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | +3% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | $2.01B | $1.89B | $1.86B | $1.83B | $1.99B |
| EBITDA | $622M | $642M | $673M | $661M | $915M |
| Net income | -$286M | -$473M | -$1.01B | -$1.10B | -$265M |
| Free cash flow | $36.3M | $10.9M | -$26.2M | $110M | $259M |
| Capital expenditure | $82.8M | $81.7M | $97.6M | $103M | $161M |
| Total debt | $5.76B | $5.79B | $5.86B | $6.05B | $6.33B |
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| Measure | IHRT | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.2% | +3.4% | 3rd lowest of 13 |
| 6-month return | -68.8% | -14.7% | lowest of 13 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -73.0% | -34.6% | lowest of 13 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.1% | -4.6% | 5th highest of 13 |
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 5.9% | 6th highest of 13 |
| EV / Sales | 1.5× | 1.4× | 6th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.9% | 7.4% | 5th most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.6% | +3.5% | 3rd highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.3 pp | +0.8 pp | 5th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.3 pp | -2.5 pp | 4th highest of 12 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | 8.3× | 4th most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.0× | 1.7× | 2nd most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iHeartMedia IHRT | United States | $309M | -69% | +3% | 7% | 1.5× | 7.9% | +5.6% |
| Digital Network DIG.WA | Poland | $335M | +44% | +121% | 41% | 8.2× | 14.3% | +33.9% |
| Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary (Group) 600831.SS | China | $351M | -15% | -26% | -141% | 8.3× | 12.3% | -16.8% |
| Network18 Media & Invest NETWORK18.NS | India | $438M | -23% | -23% | -3% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| NRJ NRG.PA | France | $509M | -18% | -12% | 8% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Gray Media GTN | United States | $520M | +11% | -11% | 14% | 2.2× | 2.2% | +5.4% |
| TV Tokyo 9413.T | Japan | $582M | -15% | +2% | 6% | 0.3× | -18.7% | +3.5% |
| Zee Entertainment Enterprises ZEEL.NS | India | $651M | -32% | +6% | -1% | 0.4× | 1.8% | +0.9% |
| CJ ENM 035760.KS | South Korea | $706M | -15% | -3% | 2% | 0.7× | -5.1% | +8.7% |
| Entravision Communications EVC | United States | $830M | +26% | +71% | 8% | 1.4× | 13.5% | +5.4% |
| Nine Entertainment NEC.AX | Australia | $895M | -15% | -18% | 9% | 1.3× | 7.4% | -1.3% |
| Newsmax NMAX | United States | $948M | +16% | +11% | -7% | 4.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Sinclair SBGI | United States | $989M | -4% | -6% | 6% | 1.4× | 10.9% | -11.8% |