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Townsquare Media, Inc.
TSQ
$102M
Mkt Cap
$6.31
-1.25%
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a current P/E ratio of 5.3, compared to its historical median P/E of 8.3. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.0%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a market capitalization of $102M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 12.90%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) appears cheap. The current P/E of 5.3 is 36% below its historical median of 8.3. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -6.5%.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) operates in the Radio Broadcasting Stations industry, within the Communication Services sector.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) reported annual revenue of $427 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Description of Business Townsquare is a community-focused digital and broadcast media and digital marketing solutions company principally focused outside the top 50 markets in the U.S. Townsquare Ignite, our robust digital advertising division, specializes in helping businesses of all sizes connect with their target audience through data-driven, results based strategies, by utilizing a) our proprietary digital programmatic advertising technology stack with an in-house demand and data management platform and b) our owned and operated portfolio of more than 400 local news and entertainment websites and mobile apps along with a network of leading national music and entertainment brands, collecting valuable first party data.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 427M | 427M | 451M | 454M | 463M | 418M |
| Net Income | -12M | -12M | -13M | -45M | 12M | 17M |
| EPS | $-0.71 | $-0.71 | $-0.81 | $-2.68 | $0.68 | $0.79 |
| Free Cash Flow | 15M | 15M | 31M | 53M | 34M | 49M |
| ROIC | 8.0% | 10.5% | 4.8% | -8.2% | 9.7% | 8.4% |
| Gross Margin | 25.5% | 25.5% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 30.0% | 37.8% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | -11.78 | -18.25 | 55.54 | 8.38 | 11.85 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.81 | $0.80 | $0.79 | $0.75 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | 44M | 44M | 22M | -19M | 56M | 74M |
| Operating Margin | 10.3% | 10.3% | 4.8% | -4.2% | 12.0% | 17.8% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 33.2% | 137.1% | -113.8% | 20.8% | 22.3% |
| Shares Outstanding | 16M | 16M | 16M | 17M | 18M | 21M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 374M | 441M | 516M | 507M | 408M | 431M | 371M | 418M | 463M | 454M | 451M | 427M | 427M |
| Gross Margin | 34.5% | 37.1% | 47.6% | 47.7% | 24.2% | 11.9% | 0.9% | 37.8% | 30.0% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 25.5% | 25.5% |
| 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 | 25M | 25M | 25M | 26M | 27M | 29M | 27M | 25M | 24M | 25M | 24M | 21M | 21M |
| EBIT | 41M | 85M | 74M | 47M | 18M | -37M | -75M | 74M | 56M | -19M | 22M | 44M | 44M |
| Op. Margin | 10.8% | 19.2% | 14.4% | 9.3% | 4.4% | -8.6% | -20.2% | 17.8% | 12.0% | -4.2% | 4.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| Net Income | -17M | 9.8M | 23M | -14M | -99M | -68M | -82M | 17M | 12M | -45M | -13M | -12M | -12M |
| Net Margin | -4.6% | 2.2% | 4.5% | -2.7% | -24.2% | -15.7% | -22.2% | 4.0% | 2.7% | -9.9% | -2.8% | -2.7% | -2.7% |
| Non-Recurring | -90K | 12M | -298K | 13M | 415K | 69M | -83K | 1.3M | 31M | 4.0M | 5.1M | 14M | 14M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 4.8% | 5.7% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 2.2% | -8.8% | -12.0% | 8.4% | 9.7% | -8.2% | 4.8% | 10.5% | 8.0% |
| ROE | -6.0% | 2.8% | 6.1% | -3.7% | -32.0% | -30.9% | -58.2% | 22.3% | 20.8% | -113.8% | 137.1% | 33.2% | 0.0% |
| ROA | -1.9% | 1.0% | 2.2% | -1.3% | -10.0% | -7.5% | -10.0% | 2.2% | 1.7% | -6.4% | -2.1% | -2.1% | -2.2% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 45M | 26M | 58M | 51M | 35M | 40M | 31M | 61M | 50M | 68M | 49M | 31M | 31M |
| Free Cash Flow | 32M | 11M | 43M | 36M | 17M | 20M | 17M | 49M | 34M | 53M | 31M | 15M | 15M |
| Owner Earnings | -9.3M | 4.1M | 37M | 32M | 14M | 12M | 9.3M | 38M | 27M | 41M | 12M | -1.6M | -1.6M |
| CapEx | 14M | 15M | 15M | 16M | 18M | 20M | 15M | 12M | 16M | 15M | 17M | 15M | 15M |
| Maint. CapEx | 17M | 18M | 17M | 18M | 20M | 26M | 20M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 20M | 18M | 18M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 17M | 18M | 17M | 18M | 20M | 26M | 20M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 20M | 18M | 18M |
| CapEx/OCF | 29.9% | 56.8% | 34.7% | 30.7% | 52.0% | 49.2% | 47.5% | 20.3% | 31.5% | 22.1% | 35.8% | N/A | 49.7% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2M | 8.3M | 4.2M | 60K | 0 | 9.3M | 12M | 13M | 13M |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.5% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 0.0% | N/A | 7.6% | 8.6% | N/A | 12.9% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400K | 0 | 1.4M | 225K | 17M | 24M | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.3% | N/A | 0.8% | 0.2% | 11.1% | 18.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 38M | 4.3M | 4.3M | 718K | 1.6M | 2.6M | 2.1M | 3.7M | 3.8M | 8.0M | 17M | 14M | 14M |
| Debt Repayment | 90M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 509M | 569M | 539M | 520M | 495M | 525M | 512M | 537M | 535M | 489M | 486M | 478M | 478M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 24M | 30M | 47M | 61M | 61M | 85M | 83M | 51M | 43M | 61M | 33M | 4.8M | 4.8M |
| Long-Term Debt | 532M | 599M | 579M | 572M | 555M | 547M | 543M | 542M | 524M | 500M | 466M | 421M | 421M |
| Debt/Equity | 1.55 | 1.65 | 1.50 | 1.61 | 2.17 | 3.34 | 5.91 | 11.85 | 8.38 | 55.54 | -18.25 | -11.78 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -2.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | -0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Equity | 344M | 363M | 390M | 361M | 256M | 182M | 101M | 50M | 69M | 9.9M | -28M | -41M | -41M |
| Total Assets | 937M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 937M | 880M | 769M | 726M | 745M | 652M | 580M | 529M | 529M |
| Total Liabilities | 593M | 697M | 691M | 673M | 681M | 698M | 668M | 677M | 675M | 639M | 605M | 566M | 566M |
| Intangibles | 506M | 518M | 514M | 469M | 428M | 388M | 281M | 278M | 277M | 200M | 162M | 155M | 155M |
| Retained Earnings | -8.4M | 1.4M | 24M | -6.5M | -112M | -188M | -273M | -257M | -244M | -302M | -328M | -353M | -353M |
| Working Capital | 39M | 41M | 57M | 95M | 90M | 90M | 89M | 44M | 49M | 56M | 29M | -13M | -13M |
| Current Assets | 92M | 103M | 123M | 170M | 154M | 161M | 154M | 120M | 121M | 132M | 105M | 69M | 69M |
| Current Liabilities | 53M | 62M | 65M | 74M | 64M | 72M | 66M | 76M | 72M | 76M | 76M | 82M | 82M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -1.41 | 0.37 | 0.85 | -0.56 | -2.81 | -3.36 | -4.46 | 0.79 | 0.68 | -2.68 | -0.81 | -0.71 | -0.71 |
| Owner EPS | -0.75 | 0.15 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 1.81 | 1.51 | 2.42 | 0.76 | -0.10 | -0.10 |
| Book Value | 27.93 | 13.68 | 14.40 | 14.72 | 7.28 | 9.05 | 5.45 | 2.34 | 3.81 | 0.59 | -1.81 | -2.53 | -2.53 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 3.67 | 0.98 | 2.16 | 2.09 | 0.99 | 1.98 | 1.70 | 2.88 | 2.77 | 4.04 | 3.11 | 1.89 | 0.42 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
| Shares Out. | 12.3M | 26.6M | 27.1M | 24.6M | 35.1M | 20.2M | 18.5M | 21.2M | 18.1M | 16.8M | 15.7M | 16.2M | 16.2M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | 22.2 | 8.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10.3 | 7.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -8.9 |
| P/FCF | 3.6 | 19.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.1 | N/A | 6.7 |
| EV/EBIT | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | N/A | 30.9 | N/A | N/A | 8.9 | 10.3 | N/A | 25.9 | N/A | 13.1 |
| Price/Book | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Sales | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | N/A | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | 28.0% | 5.1% | 22.6% | 35.9% | 30.2% | 17.4% | 18.7% | 28.3% | 37.4% | 35.3% | 24.3% | N/A | 15.0% |
| Market Cap | 113M | 218M | 192M | 99M | 55M | 117M | 88M | 172M | 92M | 150M | 129M | 0 | 102M |
| Avg. Price | 8.21 | 8.47 | 6.53 | 7.03 | 5.01 | 4.62 | 4.45 | 9.04 | 7.45 | 7.35 | 9.13 | 0.00 | 6.31 |
| Year-End Price | 9.20 | 8.22 | 7.08 | 5.22 | 2.91 | 7.27 | 5.18 | 9.92 | 5.53 | 8.93 | 8.20 | 0.00 | 6.31 |
Townsquare Media, Inc. passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
Townsquare Media, Inc. trades at 5.3x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 8.3x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 3.1x vs a median of 4.3x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.0% with a gross margin of 29.7%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 12.9%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +15.5%.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a net profit margin of -2.7%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) generated $15 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.71 in its most recent fiscal year.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a return on equity (ROE) of 33.2%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a 5-year average gross margin of 29.7%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) has a book value per share of $-2.53, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.