Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
$2.43+1.3%YTD+8.5%1Y+104.2%
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Price updated 17h ago·X counts updated 17h ago
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Advertising Agencies sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CCO.
Advertising Agencies
Programmatic advertising market structure is the structural driver — The Trade Desk's independent DSP positioning faces structural pressure from Amazon's ad tech expansion while AI-powered buying tools commoditize parts of the demand-side platform value proposition. TTD's stock beating the market this week and new CMO appointment signal management confidence in the independent programmatic narrative.
Top industry ETF
$XLCCommunication Services Select Sector SPDR
-10.2%YTD
-0.2%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-6.0How 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
8.6%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
20.0%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
2.3%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
0.8Same 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
6.0%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
48.6%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
-1.9Total 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
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-0.10$-0.09-11.1%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$-0.01$0.01-200.0%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.03$-0.04+25.0%
Q2 2025Aug 5, 2025$-0.04$-0.040.0%
Next earningsTue, Aug 4·consensus EPS $-0.01
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$373.9M+11.9%40.7%15.1%$-0.10$-14.0M
Q4 FY25$461.5M+8.2%44.9%24.6%$-0.22$30.3M
Q3 FY25$405.6M+8.1%54.5%19.9%$-0.10$41.4M
Q2 FY25$402.8M+7.0%53.9%19.2%$0.01$-29.2M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.7B$1.7B – $1.7B-$0.07-$0.14 – $0.044
FY27$1.8B$1.7B – $1.8B$0.01-$0.00 – $0.024
FY28$1.8B$1.8B – $1.9B$0.07$0.01 – $0.143
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.8.3×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.100%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.+1.4%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.+15.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatHigh float · 381.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today15.8% 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.β1.965-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.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
Are Business Services Stocks Lagging Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) This Year?Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) Upgraded to Buy: Here's What You Should KnowNovatus Global Appoints Andrew Pinnington as Chief Customer OfficerDespite Fast-paced Momentum, Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) Is Still a Bargain StockIs Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) Stock Outpacing Its Business Services Peers This Year?
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