Audacy, Inc.

OTCPK:AUDA.Q Stock Report

Market Cap: US$471.2k

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Audacy Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 1/6

Audacy has a total shareholder equity of $-613.0M and total debt of $107.0M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to -17.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $1.9B and $2.5B respectively.

Key information

-17.46%

Debt to equity ratio

US$107.00m

Debt

Interest coverage ration/a
CashUS$105.60m
Equity-US$612.99m
Total liabilitiesUS$2.50b
Total assetsUS$1.89b

Recent financial health updates

Analysis Article • Jan 11

Is Audacy (NYSE:AUD) Using Too Much Debt?

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' When we think about how risky a company...

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Nov 07

Audacy Q3 2022 Earnings Preview

Audacy (NYSE:AUD) is scheduled to announce Q3 earnings results on Tuesday, November 8th, before market open. The consensus EPS Estimate is $0.01 and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $322.55M (-2.1% Y/Y). Over the last 1 year, AUD has beaten EPS estimates 25% of the time and has beaten revenue estimates 75% of the time. Over the last 3 months, EPS estimates have seen 0 upward revisions and 1 downward. Revenue estimates have seen 0 upward revisions and 4 downward.
Seeking Alpha • Oct 01

Audacy: Can The Company Make It?

Summary Audacy appears focused on trying to grow EBITDA to deleverage rather than focusing on debt reduction. A reverse split looks highly likely unless the company reports strong results or convinces the market that management has a plan in place that adds significant value for shareholders. The company could buy back bonds at about $0.25 on the dollar right now, but management has previously stated that it did not have interest in that type of transaction. Over the last year, we have highlighted a number of media names that we like, with a fair number of legacy radio companies included. We made some really good calls on these names during the COVID-19 sell-off and although we have taken some profits, this is an area we think can see further gains. We have left no stone unturned as we have researched nearly every publicly traded player, and while there are a number of stocks we really do like, there are probably just as many that we find perplexing. We have been asked numerous times about our thoughts on Audacy, Inc. (AUD) as some view it as a leveraged play on ad sales and/or the Federal Reserve having to do a relatively quick about-face on rates. While we would agree that the stock could move strongly higher if one, and especially both, of those items were to work out in Audacy's favor, we think that a more thorough look is required before rushing to buy shares. First Problem: Reverse Stock Split On August 4, 2022 Audacy announced via a press release that the company had been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that the company's Class A common stock was not in compliance with the 30 consecutive day $1/share minimum average closing price rule. From that time, Audacy can regain compliance within a 6-month "cure period" by having a $1/share average closing price over a 30 trading day period while also closing at $1/share on the last trading day of that month. This is not a hard rule to get back into compliance with, especially when a company has good material news that it can report on. However, the easiest way to regain compliance is for a company's Board of Directors to approve a reverse stock split. Data by YCharts Audacy's management team has stated that it believes that the company can get back into compliance, preferably with the share price rebounding on its own. With shares currently trading just under $0.40/share and the stock recently hitting 14-year lows, our bet is that the company will have to do a reverse stock split unless it finally starts getting serious about the debt load and fixing the legacy business while slowing spending on M&A for the podcasting division. The Debt Load: A Problem Management Wants To Ignore Currently, Audacy has a significant debt load. The company has, by our last count, $1.86 billion in total debt with the weighted average coupon just over 6.60%. The good news about the debt is that there is not much that has to be repaid in 2022 or 2023. The bad news is that 2024 is when the company will have to begin to roll maturing debt, and refinancing that debt could be a problem - especially if management wants to create some breathing room from the 2027 and 2029 maturities. The maturing term loan (it matures on 11/17/2024) should be easy enough to refinance in a normal market, but if the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates, companies such as Audacy might not be viewed favorably from a credit standpoint which could in turn force them to issue bonds at wider spreads for the portion they may not be able to roll over into a new loan. We doubt this turns into a problem, but regulators could make it a problem if there are cracks in the market with companies that have a large amount of debt. A reading of the most recent conference call seems to support our thinking on the 2024 debt maturities, with management (during Rich Schmaeling's opening remarks) discussing its thoughts on all maturities in 2024 (emphasis ours): "Again, assuming any recession that we face is not severe and that the recovery commences in the second half of 2023, we believe we ought to be able to refinance our $767 million of outstanding first-lien debt well before this debt matures in about two years." So the company is banking on being able to roll that first-lien debt and hoping to take care of that prior to 2024. It would be good news if they could accomplish that; however, we do wonder what the spread would be as well as the corresponding increase in interest payments.
Analysis Article • Aug 13

We Think That There Are Issues Underlying Audacy's (NYSE:AUD) Earnings

Unsurprisingly, Audacy, Inc.'s ( NYSE:AUD ) stock price was strong on the back of its healthy earnings report. However...
Seeking Alpha • Aug 04

Audacy Q2 2022 Earnings Preview

Audacy (NYSE:AUD) is scheduled to announce Q2 earnings results on Friday, August 5th, before market open. The consensus EPS Estimate is $0.01 (+200.0% Y/Y) and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $323.52M (+6.3% Y/Y). Over the last 1 year, AUD has beaten EPS estimates 25% of the time and has beaten revenue estimates 75% of the time. Over the last 3 months, EPS estimates have seen 0 upward revisions and 1 downward. Revenue estimates have seen 0 upward revisions and 4 downward.
Analysis Article • Jun 11

Should You Investigate Audacy, Inc. (NYSE:AUD) At US$1.44?

While Audacy, Inc. ( NYSE:AUD ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it received a lot of attention...
Seeking Alpha • May 27

Audacy: Improvements Are Good, But Not Good Enough

Audacy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but its fundamental picture is finally improving. This is good news in and of itself, but the problem is that its recovery is not fast enough. High leverage is also an issue, but shares look cheap from a price to cash flow approach. All combined, the firm looks like a very binary prospect at this time.
Seeking Alpha • Feb 24

Now Is The Time For Audacy

Today, we put Audacy back in the spotlight for the first time in 2022. Fourth quarter results show the company's bet on podcasting is starting to pay off and it was of the few stocks to rally in the market Wednesday. A full investment analysis is provided in the paragraphs below.
Analysis Article • Jan 11

Is Audacy (NYSE:AUD) Using Too Much Debt?

Warren Buffett famously said, 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' When we think about how risky a company...
Seeking Alpha • Dec 15

Audacy: Stock Price Down, But Improved Clarity On Outlook

Since mid-2021, Audacy stock has been beaten down by the Delta variant, supply chain shocks that have held back auto advertisers, and now Omicron. As recently as 2021Q3 earnings a few weeks ago, management was expecting to get back to 2019 levels by 2022, and some regions/categories are already close or above that. The company has a lot of debt, but a combination of steady business improvement and financial engineering should mean that covenants won't be an issue. Ad categories that are still depressed are ones that have been impacted by Covid or supply chain issues, which points to the temporary nature of headwinds. Audacy's stock price volatility looks to be far in excess of changes in underlying business fundamentals. Arguably, there's now a better risk-return trade-off than earlier in the year.
Seeking Alpha • Aug 14

Audacy: A Potentially Dirt Cheap $3 Stock

Entercom Communication changed its name earlier this year to Audacy to reflect this transformation of its business model. The company is experiencing impressive sales growth thanks to acquisitions and new initiatives and the stock looks very cheap at current trading levels. A full investment analysis follows in the paragraphs below.
Analysis Article • Aug 10

Is Audacy (NYSE:AUD) A Risky Investment?

Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of...
Analysis Article • May 08

We Discuss Why Audacy, Inc.'s (NYSE:AUD) CEO Compensation May Be Closely Reviewed

Shareholders will probably not be too impressed with the underwhelming results at Audacy, Inc. ( NYSE:AUD ) recently...
Analysis Article • Apr 08

Breakeven Is Near for Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM)

Entercom Communications Corp. ( NYSE:ETM ) is possibly approaching a major achievement in its business, so we would...
Analysis Article • Mar 18

The Director of Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM), Louise Kramer, Just Sold 30% Of Their Holding

We wouldn't blame Entercom Communications Corp. ( NYSE:ETM ) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact...
Analysis Article • Mar 02

Are Insiders Buying Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM) Stock?

It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. Unfortunately, there are also...
Analysis Article • Feb 09

Entercom Communications'(NYSE:ETM) Share Price Is Down 47% Over The Past Five Years.

It is doubtless a positive to see that the Entercom Communications Corp. ( NYSE:ETM ) share price has gained some 191...

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: AUDA.Q has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.

Long Term Liabilities: AUDA.Q has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: AUDA.Q has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.

Reducing Debt: AUDA.Q's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.

Balance Sheet

Cash Runway Analysis

For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.

Stable Cash Runway: AUDA.Q has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.

Forecast Cash Runway: AUDA.Q has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 53.8% each year

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/09/30 07:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/09/30 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Audacy, Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James GossBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Daniel DayB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Curry BakerGuggenheim Securities, LLC