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Neutral 53 (OpenAI - 5.2)
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Neutral 53 (OpenAI - 5.2)
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Neutral 53 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$3.00
▲(6.01% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:03/07/26
The score is held back primarily by weak financial performance (multi-year losses, negative operating margins, and still-elevated leverage despite debt reduction). This is partially offset by strong technical momentum (price above major moving averages with positive MACD) and constructive earnings-call signals around ATS segment expansion and a 2026 political advertising outlook, while valuation is mixed due to a high dividend yield but negative P/E from losses.
Positive Factors
Rapid ATS segment expansion
Sustained double‑digit and multi‑year ATS revenue and operating profit growth indicates a durable shift toward technology and services. This creates recurring fee and margin expansion potential, diversifies away from cyclical broadcast ad revenue, and supports scalable operating leverage and cash generation as ATS scales.
Improving liquidity and debt paydown
Material cash balances alongside active debt reduction enhance financial flexibility. Lower credit facility balances and ability to return capital signal improving capital structure, giving management room to prioritize strategic investments, cushion cyclicality in advertising, and support ongoing ATS growth without urgent external financing.
Structural cost and efficiency actions
Sustained expense reductions and workforce/facility optimization lower the company's fixed cost base. This improves break‑even dynamics, increases the fraction of ATS revenue that can drop to the operating line, and creates a more durable margin profile if management maintains discipline while scaling revenue.
Negative Factors
Persistent operating losses
Multi‑year net losses and negative EBITDA indicate underlying operations have not yet converted higher revenue into consistent profitability. Persistent losses erode equity, constrain self‑funding for growth, and keep dependence on external liquidity or asset sales, making long‑term investment and execution riskier.
Elevated leverage and compressed equity
A relatively high debt‑to‑equity ratio and materially reduced equity limit financial flexibility and increase refinancing and interest risks. With weak returns on equity and ongoing losses, leverage amplifies downside in advertising downturns and constrains capital allocation choices between debt paydown, investment, and dividends.
Media segment cyclicality & political reliance
Heavy reliance on political advertising creates pronounced revenue volatility across election cycles. Large declines in Media revenue during non‑political years reduce predictability of cash flows and place pressure on consolidated results, requiring ATS growth and digital/local gains to consistently offset cyclical swings.

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Entravision Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionEntravision (EVC) is a media company that specializes in the provision of advertising and marketing solutions primarily targeted at Hispanic audiences in the United States and Latin America. The company operates a diverse portfolio that includes radio and television broadcasting, digital media, and advertising services, leveraging its comprehensive understanding of cultural nuances to connect brands with consumers. Entravision's core services encompass traditional media channels, digital advertising, and data analytics, enabling clients to reach their target demographics effectively.
How the Company Makes MoneyEntravision primarily makes money by selling advertising and providing advertising-related services across its operating segments. 1) Media segment (U.S. television and radio): - Advertising sales: Entravision generates revenue by selling commercial spots and other advertising placements on its owned and/or operated television and radio stations. Rates are generally influenced by audience reach, ratings, market size, seasonality, and overall advertising demand. - Affiliate/network and related arrangements: For stations affiliated with major Spanish-language networks, station economics are typically tied to agreements that can involve programming rights and the ability to monetize local advertising time (specific contract economics vary by station/market; if not publicly detailed, they are not enumerated here). 2) Advertising Technology & Services segment (digital advertising): - Managed services / digital agency-style revenue: Entravision earns fees for planning, creating, executing, and optimizing digital advertising campaigns for clients. This can include strategy, creative services, campaign management, analytics, and optimization, with revenue commonly recognized as service fees and/or as a portion of media spend managed on behalf of clients. - Programmatic and performance advertising: Entravision facilitates the buying and selling of digital advertising (including performance-oriented campaigns) and earns revenue based on the delivery of ads and outcomes as defined in client agreements (e.g., impressions, clicks, conversions), depending on campaign structure. - Technology/platform-related revenue: Where Entravision provides technology-enabled advertising solutions, it can generate revenue through service arrangements tied to the use of its tools and capabilities (specific pricing structures not publicly specified are not detailed here). Key factors that influence earnings: - Advertising market conditions: As an ad-driven business, results are sensitive to macroeconomic conditions and changes in advertiser demand. - Audience and inventory scale: Broadcast ratings, digital reach, and the scale/quality of available ad inventory impact pricing and utilization. - Mix of services vs. media spend: In digital operations, revenue can depend on the balance between service fees and pass-through media buying, and on client concentration and retention. Significant partnerships: null

Entravision Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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Operating Income by Segment
Operating Income by Segment
Measures each segment’s profitability after direct costs and operating expenses like sales, marketing and overhead. For Entravision, segment operating income shows which businesses generate cash to fund growth, which may need cost control, and how cyclicality in ad spending and political cycles impacts the company’s bottom line.
Chart InsightsEntravision’s operating-income mix has shifted: Advertising Technology & Services is now the primary profit engine with rapidly expanding margins and strong sequential gains, while the legacy Media business flipped from cyclical profits into 2025 losses as political and national ad demand fell and the company invested in local/digital sales. Large, lumpy charges in Corporate & Other — including recent restructuring and impairment costs — are masking underlying progress and produced the recent operating loss; execution on cost cuts and sustaining ATS momentum will determine whether earnings normalize.
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Entravision Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Mar 05, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 30, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presents strong, accelerating performance in the ATS segment (substantial YoY and sequential revenue and operating profit growth), consolidated revenue growth (Q4 +26%, full year +23%), meaningful cost reductions at the corporate and Media support levels, a strong balance sheet and ongoing capital returns. Counterbalancing this are significant Media revenue declines (-32% in Q4) and full-year operating losses driven by the absence of 2024 political advertising, a $26 million noncash FCC impairment in Q4, and one-time restructuring and lease-abandonment charges that widened full-year operating losses. Overall, growth and margin momentum in ATS combined with liquidity and capital allocation progress outweigh the cyclical Media weakness and one-time charges, but Media recovery depends on political ad timing and execution of local/digital initiatives.
Q4-2025 Updates
Positive Updates
Consolidated Revenue Growth
Consolidated revenue increased 26% in Q4 2025 to $134.4 million (Q4 '24) and grew 23% for full year 2025 to $447.6 million versus full year 2024.
ATS Segment Rapid Expansion
Advertising Technology & Services (ATS) revenue more than doubled in Q4 2025 to $88.6 million, up 123% YoY; full year ATS revenue was $270.9 million, up 90% YoY. ATS operating profit was $12.3 million in Q4 (up 464% YoY) and $33.8 million for full year 2025 (up 317% YoY).
Sequential Momentum in ATS
ATS showed sequential improvement with Q4 revenue up 16% vs Q3 2025 and Q4 operating profit up 26% sequentially, driven by more monthly active accounts and higher spend per account.
Investments to Strengthen ATS (AI, Talent, M&A)
Company invested in engineering/AI capabilities and sales capacity in ATS during 2025; acquired Playback Rewards technology/IP to accelerate entry into rewards/loyalty market.
Media Digital/Local Revenue Resilience (Excluding Political)
Excluding political revenue, Q4 2025 Media results included a 4% increase in local advertising revenue and an 8% increase in revenue per monthly active advertiser despite a 3% decline in monthly active advertisers; national advertising declined 5% (ex-political context).
Cost and Efficiency Improvements
Media total operating expenses were down 6% in Q4 2025 vs Q4 2024. Corporate expenses fell 13% in Q4 2025 and 28% for full year 2025 vs prior year; corporate expense in 2025 was about half of 2023 levels.
Workforce and Facility Optimization
Ongoing organizational redesign reduced ~5% of Media workforce (primarily back-office) and abandoned several leases; expected Media operating expense reduction of ~ $5 million annually with $2.8 million of restructuring charges recorded in Q3/Q4 2025.
Strong Balance Sheet and Capital Returns
Year-end cash and marketable securities over $63 million; $20 million of debt paid in 2025 reducing credit facility indebtedness to ~$168 million; returned $18 million in dividends in 2025 and declared a $0.05/share dividend for Q1 2026.
Negative Updates
Media Revenue Decline
Media segment revenue fell 32% in Q4 2025 to $45.8 million and was down 20% for full year 2025 to $176.7 million versus 2024, driven primarily by the absence of 2024 political advertising.
Media Profitability Pressure
Media reported an operating loss of $0.4 million in Q4 2025 versus an operating profit of $18.5 million in Q4 2024; full year declines in Media operating profit were a key contributor to consolidated profit deterioration.
Consolidated Operating Loss and Noncash Impairment
Consolidated operating loss was $20.7 million in Q4 2025 (vs $48.6 million in Q4 2024). Q4 included a $26 million noncash impairment charge related to certain FCC licenses; without that impairment, Q4 would have shown an operating profit.
Increased Operating Expenses in ATS
ATS total operating expenses rose 48% in Q4 2025 (driven by cloud/infrastructure, commissions, and headcount) and were up 54% for full year 2025; infrastructure costs are growing roughly in line with revenue currently.
Full-Year Operating Loss and One-Time Charges
Full year 2025 operating loss widened to $83.4 million from $52.0 million in 2024, primarily due to loss on lease abandonment related to corporate HQ and restructuring charges in Media.
Dependence on Political Advertising and Timing Risk
2025 weakness in Media was largely cyclical due to 2024 political ad spend; while management is optimistic about 2026 election spending, political revenue timing and magnitude remain uncertain and have material impact on Media results.
Company Guidance
The call’s forward guidance emphasized a strong 2026 political advertising outlook—management said it is 243 days from Election Day, has 11 of the Cook Report’s 35 closest House races in its markets plus the Texas U.S. Senate race and governors’ contests in CA, CO, NV, NM and TX—and urged advertisers to double or triple Spanish‑language allocations; they reiterated the goal of segment and consolidated profitability in 2026 while continuing to grow ATS and contain Media costs. Key metrics cited: Q4 ATS revenue $88.6M (+123% YoY) with Q4 ATS operating profit $12.3M (FY ATS revenue $270.9M, +90% YoY); Q4 Media revenue $45.8M (‑32% YoY) with ~ $8M of annualized Media investments in sales/digital offset by an expected ~$5M of annualized savings from ~5% headcount reductions (Q3–Q4 restructuring charges $2.8M). They expect infrastructure/cloud costs (currently growing roughly in line with revenue) to exhibit operating leverage as ATS scales; capital priorities remain debt reduction then dividends with year‑end cash & marketable securities ≈ $63M, credit facility debt ≈ $168M (paid $20M in 2025), and a Q1 2026 dividend of $0.05/share (~$4.6M) approved (FY2025 dividends $18M, $0.20/share).

Entravision Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Financials are pressured by persistent losses and negative operating profitability (2025 net margin -17.7%, EBITDA margin -14.3%) despite revenue returning to growth and a stronger 2025 gross margin (58.9%). Leverage remains elevated (debt-to-equity ~1.20) even after meaningful debt reduction, while cash flow is a relative support with positive operating cash flow and free cash flow, though both stepped down notably in 2025.
Income Statement
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Negative
Revenue returned to growth in 2025 (+6.5% annually) after a volatile multi-year trend (including a sharp decline in 2022). Profitability remains the key weakness: the company posted net losses in 2023–2025, with 2025 showing a deeply negative net margin (-17.7%) and negative EBITDA margin (-14.3%). A positive is a meaningful improvement in gross margin in 2025 (58.9%), but that has not translated into operating profitability, indicating cost structure and/or below-the-gross-line expenses are pressuring results.
Balance Sheet
38
Negative
Leverage is elevated and equity has compressed materially: debt-to-equity sits at ~1.20 in 2025 and equity is down sharply versus prior years, reducing balance-sheet flexibility. Total debt also declined substantially from 2024 to 2025, which is a positive de-risking step, but returns on equity are very weak (2025 ROE is deeply negative), reflecting ongoing losses and a smaller equity base.
Cash Flow
45
Neutral
Cash generation is positive but weakened in 2025: operating cash flow was positive (~$10.6M) and free cash flow stayed positive (~$3.5M), but both fell significantly versus 2024 and free cash flow declined about 31% year over year. Cash flow quality versus earnings is mixed—free cash flow covered only about a third of the net loss in 2025, but the company is at least not burning cash on a free-cash-flow basis, which helps near-term liquidity.
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue447.59M364.95M297.04M323.99M760.19M
Gross Profit94.34M126.49M106.60M144.08M177.23M
EBITDA12.88M-32.89M3.30M58.50M83.35M
Net Income-78.40M-148.91M-15.44M18.12M29.29M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets387.51M487.28M865.95M880.84M851.34M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments63.20M100.61M118.91M155.22M185.09M
Total Debt213.63M236.80M262.47M260.27M240.61M
Total Liabilities332.07M341.26M599.66M595.47M594.42M
Stockholders Equity55.44M146.02M222.53M270.42M256.93M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow3.51M66.24M47.87M67.45M59.43M
Operating Cash Flow10.65M74.70M75.20M78.92M65.25M
Investing Cash Flow-6.13M-26.82M-15.96M-60.49M17.27M
Financing Cash Flow-40.65M-57.69M-64.17M-92.82M-16.57M

Entravision Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Positive
Last Price2.83
Price Trends
50DMA
3.07
Negative
100DMA
2.87
Positive
200DMA
2.57
Positive
Market Momentum
MACD
<0.01
Positive
RSI
47.65
Neutral
STOCH
13.46
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For EVC, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 2.83 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 3.03, below the 50-day MA of 3.07, and above the 200-day MA of 2.57, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of <0.01 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 47.65 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 13.46 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for EVC.

Entravision Risk Analysis

Entravision disclosed 33 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Entravision reported the most risks in the "Ability to Sell" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Entravision Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
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Sector (60)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
60
Neutral
$48.67B4.58-11.27%4.14%2.83%-41.78%
55
Neutral
$28.04M-0.31-119.60%-13.08%-69.47%
53
Neutral
$274.97M-3.41-98.27%6.56%-45.95%-75.87%
52
Neutral
$353.44M-3.481.81%-3.27%86.01%
52
Neutral
$73.35M-8.920.18%8.81%-0.77%-93.46%
44
Neutral
$53.19M-1.45-49.86%83.96%-73.70%
40
Underperform
$6.84M-0.67-5.86%-7.78%-369.53%
* Communication Services Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
EVC
Entravision
2.99
1.14
61.97%
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
3.79
-2.11
-35.76%
SSP
E. W. Scripps Company Class A
3.97
1.39
53.88%
UONE
Urban One
8.04
-5.96
-42.57%
SGA
Saga Communications
11.39
0.32
2.89%
MDIA
Mediaco Holding
0.65
-0.50
-43.57%
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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Mar 07, 2026