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The Arena Group Holdings, Inc.

$AREN·$107M·Internet Content & Information·Communication Services
$1.16-2.5%1Y-81.4%
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ARAREN
$ARENThe Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
$1.16-2.52%34 posts+13%
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AI analysis

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Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-13

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Arena Group just missed Q2, rebranded to Paradium.AI, and got dumped 19% today

AREN was a digital-media platform play (Sports Illustrated among past properties) that has collapsed to a $107M market cap — down 81% over the last twelve months, at 7% of the 52-week range, and down 19% today after the Q2 print. Revenue is in free-fall: Q2 $22M was down 51% YoY, following -36% in Q1, -22% in Q4, -11% in Q3.

  • The Aug 10 combined announcement — Q2 results, rebrand to Paradium.AI, InfoSentience acquisition, debt refinance, Cutter Studios launch — is the classic 'kitchen-sink narrative pivot' for a distressed micro-cap; the 'AI-powered ecosystem' framing (leaked memo confirms it) matches the pattern of dying media companies rebranding to catch AI-narrative flow
  • Q2 EPS -$0.0037 vs $0.12 estimate is a -103% surprise — the sell side's revenue expectation ($30M) was 35% too high, so the disconnect between the analyst set and operational reality is severe
  • Structural picture is not friendly: tiny float 8.8M shares, -53% below 200-day MA, D/E -13 (negative equity — liabilities exceed assets), and while gross margin held at 39%, this is a shrinking asset

The Paradium.AI rebrand may buy narrative time but doesn't fix the shrinking revenue base — media-to-AI pivots without underlying tech assets rarely reverse fundamentals. Nov 12 next print.

What to watch: Nov 12 Q3 print for whether the Paradium.AI rebrand shows any revenue traction, the debt-refinance terms and covenants disclosed in the next 10-Q, and whether the InfoSentience/Cutter Studios launches show any early monetization.

On the calendar: Q3 2026 earnings, 2026-11-12

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Digital media company running a proprietary publishing platform that hosts sports, news, and lifestyle content brands at scale.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Internet Content & Information sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AREN.

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Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
12.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
20.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
18.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
20.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-124%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
41.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
-13.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 10, 2026$-0.00$0.12-103.1%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$-0.06$0.10-160.0%
Q4 2025Mar 16, 2026$0.11$0.13-15.4%
Q3 2025Nov 13, 2025$0.14$0.13+7.7%
Next earningsThu, Nov 12·consensus EPS $-0.01

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$22.2M-50.7%39.1%10.3%$-0.00$859K
Q1 FY26$20.4M-35.9%30.3%-1.5%$-0.06$1.2M
Q4 FY25$28.2M-22.0%43.6%26.6%$0.11$10.8M
Q3 FY25$29.8M-11.3%50.2%31.9%$0.14$8.4M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$114.4M$114.4M – $114.4M$0.34$0.34 – $0.341
FY27$120.1M$120.1M – $120.1M$0.46$0.46 – $0.461

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.5%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+2.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-56.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 8.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.975-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 108-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

THE ARENA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. (AREN) reported Q2 2026 financial results on 2026-08-10, reporting financial results details in attached press release. Additional items: Item 7.01. Quarterly earnings are a material disclosure; investors should review the full press release for segment details and management commentary.

+ 8 other (4 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 10-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment Unveils Bold Vision for Brand-New Capital One Arenaprnewswire.com·4d agoThe Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (AREN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·4d agoThe Arena Group d/b/a Paradium.AI Acquires InfoSentience to Scale Data-Driven Content Generationbusinesswire.com·4d agoThe Arena Group Reports Q2 2026 Results, Announces Rebrand to Paradium.AI, Refinance of Debt, Completion of Strategic Acquisition of InfoSentience and Launch of Cutter Studiosbusinesswire.com·4d agoLeaked memo: The Arena Group is rebranding to Paradium.AI and wants to build an 'AI-powered ecosystem'businessinsider.com·4d ago

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