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Emmis Corporation

EMMS
15
Broadcasting · Communication Services
Price
$1.55
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$18.8M
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+14.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.3M (2016) → 12.9M (2020)

Emmis Corporation is a media company that owns and operates radio stations across the United States. Its stations play music, talk, and news content for local audiences, and the company sells advertising time to businesses that want to reach those listeners. Emmis has historically focused on major urban markets and is one of the smaller publicly traded radio broadcasting companies in the country.

Emmis makes most of its money by selling on-air advertising spots to local and national advertisers. It operates primarily in the U.S. and has a very small market capitalization, reflecting years of shrinking revenue as listeners have shifted to streaming services like Spotify and podcasts. The biggest risk the company faces is the continued decline of traditional radio advertising, which has made it difficult to cover operating costs, as shown by its negative operating margin.

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Quality

Gross Margin
10.6%
Thin — 10.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-50.2%
Losing money on operations — -50.2%
ROCE
-3.0%
Weak — -3.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-44.9%
Shrinking sales (-44.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
-166.2%
Earnings shrinking (-166.2% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-13%
Weak — only -13% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-13.0%
Burning cash (-13.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.4

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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