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Cairo Communication SPA
(CAI)
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Rating:65Neutral
Price Target:
€2.50
▲(6.84% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/04/26
The score is supported primarily by solid valuation (low P/E and high dividend yield) and a generally stable financial profile with improving leverage. These positives are tempered by weak recent operating momentum (2025 revenue decline and volatile/free-cash-flow drop) and bearish technical indicators with the stock trading below major moving averages.
Positive Factors
Improving leverage
Marked reduction in debt-to-equity over several years indicates strengthening balance sheet and greater financial flexibility. Lower leverage reduces refinancing and solvency risk, enabling sustained investment in content and operations and supporting capital allocation decisions over the medium term.
Negative Factors
Revenue weakness
Recurring top-line decline reduces operating leverage and constrains long-term growth prospects. For an ad-funded media model, sustained audience or ad-revenue erosion can compress available cash for programming, capex and commercial initiatives, weighing on durable earnings potential.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Improving leverage
Marked reduction in debt-to-equity over several years indicates strengthening balance sheet and greater financial flexibility. Lower leverage reduces refinancing and solvency risk, enabling sustained investment in content and operations and supporting capital allocation decisions over the medium term.
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Cairo Communication SPA (CAI) vs. iShares MSCI Italy ETF (EWI)
Market Cap
€281.17M
Dividend Yield7.69%
Average Volume (3M)242.19K
Price to Earnings (P/E)8.1
Beta (1Y)0.37
Revenue Growth-3.64%
EPS Growth-5.83%
CountryIT
Employees3,652
SectorGeneral
Sector StrengthN/A
IndustryPublishing
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.29
Shares Outstanding134,416,600
10 Day Avg. Volume285,141
30 Day Avg. Volume242,189
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.80
Price to Book (P/B)0.66
Price to Sales (P/S)0.38
P/FCF Ratio5.39
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)0.29
Revenue Forecast (FY)€1.06B
Cairo Communication SPA Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian multimedia publishing entity that also maintains a presence in Spain. Its wide range of operations includes the publication of periodicals, books, and both weekly and monthly newspapers. The company operate...
How the Company Makes Money
Cairo Communication primarily makes money by monetizing audience attention and content through advertising and media-related commercial activities. The main revenue stream is television advertising: the company sells advertising space (commercial ...
Cairo Communication SPA Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
62
Positive
Balance Sheet
71
Positive
Cash Flow
58
Neutral
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 999.50M | 1.10B | 1.10B | 1.06B | 1.07B |
| Gross Profit | 34.70M | 1.00B | 326.30M | 276.50M | 323.60M |
| EBITDA | 184.20M | 176.20M | 157.90M | 139.20M | 178.40M |
| Net Income | 39.70M | 45.20M | 38.40M | 32.10M | 51.00M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 1.76B | 1.81B | 1.77B | 1.82B | 1.82B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 73.30M | 83.30M | 58.10M | 54.30M | 113.10M |
| Total Debt | 197.60M | 212.10M | 209.40M | 232.90M | 260.80M |
| Total Liabilities | 827.60M | 882.90M | 878.50M | 948.30M | 972.80M |
| Stockholders Equity | 570.20M | 572.50M | 548.40M | 525.00M | 514.40M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 70.30M | 83.90M | 68.10M | 11.20M | 128.60M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 115.60M | 120.00M | 106.70M | 103.10M | 160.50M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -44.40M | -35.00M | -36.90M | -93.60M | -15.70M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -79.50M | -55.40M | -72.10M | -68.30M | -118.60M |
Cairo Communication SPA Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (55)
IT:CAI
Cairo Communication SPA
2.37
-0.09
-3.78%
IT:MN
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SPA
2.14
0.28
15.05%
IT:CLE
Class Editori SPA
0.15
<0.01
7.19%
IT:RCS
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A.
0.94
>-0.01
-0.63%
IT:TB
Triboo SpA
0.35
0.03
8.05%
IT:DGT
DigiTouch SpA
1.87
-0.02
-1.32%
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