A Business at a Glance
0 of 1 daily views used (1 remaining). Sign up free for +5 more daily views (6 total), or try AAPL for a full preview.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC
CMLS
$6K
Mkt Cap
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -13.8%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) has a market capitalization of $1M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) does not currently pay a regular dividend.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) operates in the Radio Broadcasting Stations industry, within the Communication Services sector.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) reported annual revenue of $742 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) has a net profit margin of -27.1%. The company is currently unprofitable.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) generated $-42 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
Company Overview Cumulus Media is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to a quarter billion people every month — wherever and whenever they want it. Cumulus Media engages listeners with high-quality local programming through 400 owned-and-operated radio stations across 84 markets; delivers nationally-syndicated sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming from iconic brands including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, Infinity Sports Network, AP News, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and many other world-class partners across more than 9,500 affiliated stations through Westwood One, the largest audio network in America; and inspires listeners through the Cumulus Podcast Network, its rapidly growing network of original podcasts that are smart, entertaining and thought-provoking.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 719M | 742M | 827M | 845M | 954M | 916M |
| Net Income | -185M | -201M | -283M | -118M | 16M | 17M |
| EPS | $-10.61 | $-115.50 | $-167.90 | $-68.30 | $8.10 | $8.30 |
| Free Cash Flow | -56M | -42M | -23M | 6.8M | 47M | 39M |
| ROIC | -27.4% | -34.0% | -34.6% | -11.3% | 5.9% | 5.0% |
| Gross Margin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -4.52 | 114.33 | 2.84 | 2.11 | 2.27 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | -150M | -138M | -240M | -41M | 80M | 69M |
| Operating Margin | -20.8% | -18.6% | -29.0% | -4.9% | 8.4% | 7.5% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 217.5% | -193.0% | -33.9% | 3.9% | 4.2% |
| Shares Outstanding | 18M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.0B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 816M | 916M | 954M | 845M | 827M | 742M | 719M |
| Gross Margin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 403M | 470M | 477M | 473M | 478M | 461M | 368M | 377M | 383M | 377M | 377M | 378M | 369M |
| EBIT | 187M | 162M | -479M | -409M | -210M | 166M | -11M | 69M | 80M | -41M | -240M | -138M | -150M |
| Op. Margin | 18.3% | 12.8% | -40.9% | -35.8% | -18.5% | 14.9% | -1.3% | 7.5% | 8.4% | -4.9% | -29.0% | -18.6% | -20.8% |
| Net Income | 165M | 12M | -546M | -511M | -207M | 61M | -60M | 17M | 16M | -118M | -283M | -201M | -185M |
| Net Margin | 16.1% | 0.9% | -46.8% | -44.7% | -18.2% | 5.5% | -7.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% | -14.0% | -34.2% | -27.1% | -25.8% |
| Non-Recurring | 3.7M | 1.3M | 547M | 133M | 344M | 56M | -4.1M | 18M | 17M | 65M | 239M | 110M | 110M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 7.9% | 4.0% | -25.8% | -32.9% | -69.7% | 7.6% | -0.8% | 5.0% | 5.9% | -11.3% | -34.6% | -34.0% | -27.4% |
| ROE | 43.6% | 2.2% | -196.0% | 214.7% | 34.8% | 14.5% | -14.0% | 4.2% | 3.9% | -33.9% | -193.0% | 217.5% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 4.3% | 0.3% | -16.2% | -18.9% | -9.3% | 3.5% | -3.3% | 1.0% | 1.0% | -7.7% | -22.1% | -19.5% | -20.5% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 121M | 137M | 82M | 36M | 87M | 104M | 33M | 69M | 78M | 32M | -3.1M | -21M | -37M |
| Free Cash Flow | 110M | 118M | 63M | 13M | 55M | 75M | 18M | 39M | 47M | 6.8M | -23M | -42M | -56M |
| Owner Earnings | -77M | -102M | -190M | -54M | 23M | 57M | -41M | -33M | -33M | -101M | -158M | -176M | -189M |
| CapEx | 11M | 19M | 19M | 23M | 32M | 29M | 15M | 29M | 31M | 25M | 19M | 20M | 19M |
| Maint. CapEx | 187M | 221M | 252M | 87M | 62M | 42M | 71M | 96M | 105M | 127M | 151M | 152M | 149M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 187M | 221M | 252M | 87M | 62M | 42M | 71M | 96M | 105M | 127M | 151M | 152M | 149M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28.3% | 44.8% | 42.5% | 39.6% | 78.4% | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 9.4M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32M | 7.8M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.7% | 8.4% | N/A | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 11M | 18M | 21M | 2.9M | 1.6M | 5.3M | 3.3M | 5.2M | 6.2M | 5.3M | 4.7M | 2.5M | 2.2M |
| Debt Repayment | 2.1B | 156M | 50M | 20M | 82M | 1.2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.6B | -103M | 1.1B | 919M | 776M | 799M | 734M | 731M | 784M | 640M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 33M | 7.3M | 32M | 131M | 103M | 15M | 272M | 177M | 64M | 81M | 64M | 82M | 58M |
| Long-Term Debt | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 0 | 1.0B | 968M | 799M | 714M | 672M | 669M | 695M | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 3.88 | 3.46 | 112.36 | -3.62 | 0.00 | 2.54 | 2.99 | 2.27 | 2.11 | 2.84 | 114.33 | -4.52 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.1 | 1.1 | -3.4 | -2.9 | -1.7 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | -0.6 | -3.5 | -2.1 | -2.1 |
| Equity | 513M | 542M | 16M | -492M | -696M | 455M | 398M | 419M | 408M | 287M | 7.0M | -192M | -208M |
| Total Assets | 3.9B | 3.7B | 3.0B | 2.4B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 941M | 903M |
| Total Liabilities | 3.4B | 3.2B | 3.0B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Intangibles | 315M | 244M | 175M | 116M | 83M | 995M | 970M | 962M | 923M | 838M | 595M | 468M | 464M |
| Retained Earnings | -842M | -830M | -1.4B | -1.9B | -2.1B | 123M | 63M | 80M | 96M | -21M | -305M | -505M | -522M |
| Working Capital | 221M | 215M | 237M | 339M | 357M | 241M | 374M | 267M | 200M | 143M | 114M | 85M | 177M |
| Current Assets | 377M | 371M | 359M | 440M | 394M | 381M | 503M | 407M | 345M | 287M | 248M | 243M | 214M |
| Current Liabilities | 156M | 156M | 123M | 101M | 36M | 140M | 129M | 140M | 146M | 144M | 134M | 158M | 36M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 7.50 | 0.50 | -23.40 | -174.50 | -70.50 | 30.20 | -29.40 | 8.30 | 8.10 | -68.30 | -167.90 | -115.50 | -10.61 |
| Owner EPS | -3.47 | -4.32 | -8.14 | -18.61 | 7.76 | 28.26 | -20.34 | -15.71 | -16.51 | -58.47 | -93.92 | -101.10 | -10.67 |
| Book Value | 23.25 | 23.01 | 0.69 | -168.01 | -237.58 | 224.42 | 195.74 | 201.52 | 203.76 | 166.05 | 4.12 | -110.22 | -11.77 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 5.49 | 5.81 | 3.53 | 12.21 | 29.55 | 51.41 | 16.35 | 32.91 | 39.16 | 18.34 | -1.85 | -12.28 | -2.03 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 22.1M | 23.5M | 23.4M | 2.9M | 2.9M | 2.0M | 2.0M | 2.1M | 2.0M | 1.7M | 1.7M | 1.7M | 17.7M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.8 | N/A | 13.4 | 8.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -0.0 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.1 | N/A | 7.2 | 5.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | N/A | 0.0 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21.0% | 9.9% | 17.1% | 35.3% | 7.3% | -186.7% | N/A | -4091.8% |
| Market Cap | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 357M | 185M | 231M | 134M | 93M | 12M | 0 | 1.4M |
| Avg. Price | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15.75 | 7.10 | 11.17 | 9.53 | 4.72 | 2.37 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Year-End Price | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17.60 | 9.12 | 11.09 | 6.71 | 5.40 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
CUMULUS MEDIA INC passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -8.5%.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-115.50 in its most recent fiscal year.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) has a return on equity (ROE) of 217.5%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC (CMLS) has a book value per share of $-110.22, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.