iHeartMedia Valuation

Is IHRT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IHRT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IHRT ($2.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($24.25)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IHRT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IHRT?

Key metric: As IHRT is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for IHRT. This is calculated by dividing IHRT's market cap by their current revenue.
What is IHRT's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.09x
SalesUS$3.80b
Market CapUS$348.38m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does IHRT's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for IHRT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.2x
AMCX AMC Networks
0.2x-1.7%US$396.6m
GTN Gray Television
0.1x-0.9%US$434.7m
TSQ Townsquare Media
0.3x2.3%US$154.1m
SSP E.W. Scripps
0.07x-1.6%US$153.3m
IHRT iHeartMedia
0.09x2.2%US$348.4m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: IHRT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (0.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does IHRT's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

35 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.9x3.6%
IHRT iHeartMedia
0.09x2.2%US$348.38m
PARA Paramount Global
0.2x1.5%US$7.37b
DISH DISH Network
0.2x-1.3%US$3.08b
IHRT 0.1xIndustry Avg. 0.9xNo. of Companies35PS01.22.43.64.86+
35 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.9x13.5%
IHRT iHeartMedia
0.09x95.5%US$348.38m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: IHRT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the US Media industry average (0.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IHRT's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IHRT PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.09x
Fair PS Ratio0.8x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: IHRT is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IHRT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$2.32
US$3.58
+54.5%
28.1%US$5.00US$2.75n/a3
Nov ’25US$2.09
US$1.67
-20.3%
56.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$1.83
US$1.67
-8.9%
56.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$1.56
US$1.67
+6.8%
56.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$1.72
US$1.67
-3.1%
56.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$1.09
US$1.67
+52.9%
56.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$0.93
US$1.90
+105.3%
43.6%US$3.00US$1.00n/a3
May ’25US$2.15
US$2.78
+29.1%
46.3%US$5.00US$2.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$2.12
US$2.80
+32.1%
40.1%US$5.00US$2.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$2.26
US$3.50
+54.9%
53.5%US$7.00US$2.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$2.85
US$3.67
+28.7%
55.5%US$7.00US$2.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$2.67
US$3.83
+43.6%
58.7%US$7.00US$2.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$3.00
US$4.00
+33.3%
53.5%US$7.00US$2.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$2.15
US$5.17
+140.3%
42.6%US$9.00US$2.90US$2.096
Oct ’24US$3.16
US$6.10
+93.0%
53.9%US$12.00US$3.00US$1.836
Sep ’24US$3.56
US$6.10
+71.3%
53.9%US$12.00US$3.00US$1.566
Aug ’24US$4.58
US$6.36
+38.8%
53.6%US$13.00US$3.00US$1.727
Jul ’24US$3.64
US$6.36
+74.6%
53.6%US$13.00US$3.00US$1.097
Jun ’24US$2.49
US$6.36
+155.3%
53.6%US$13.00US$3.00US$0.937
May ’24US$3.61
US$8.07
+123.6%
48.5%US$16.00US$4.00US$2.157
Apr ’24US$3.90
US$8.21
+110.6%
49.1%US$16.00US$4.00US$2.127
Mar ’24US$5.56
US$9.00
+61.9%
38.6%US$16.00US$5.00US$2.267
Feb ’24US$7.91
US$11.53
+45.8%
38.1%US$22.00US$8.00US$2.858
Jan ’24US$6.13
US$11.91
+94.2%
40.4%US$23.00US$8.00US$2.678
Dec ’23US$7.68
US$11.91
+55.0%
40.4%US$23.00US$8.00US$3.008
Nov ’23US$8.55
US$12.75
+49.1%
40.9%US$23.00US$8.00US$2.158

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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