iHeartMedia, Inc.
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What iHeartMedia, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- iHeartMedia, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 2, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001628280-26-013221
0001400891
Revenue and margins
iHeartMedia, Inc. had $3.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $10.9M in fiscal 2025, 0.3% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
iHeartMedia, Inc. returned β to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 2.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably iHeartMedia, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $352M | $336M | $346M | $260M | $271M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $5.7B | $5.4B | $5.2B | $5.1B | $5.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 8.6x | 10.1x | β | β | 14.1x |
| Debt / equity | 6.3x | 7.9x | β | β | β |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $8.9B | $8.3B | $7.0B | $5.6B | $5.1B |
| Total liabilities | $8.0B | $7.7B | $7.3B | $6.9B | $7.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $916M | $685M | β$385M | β$1.4B | β$1.8B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $5.4B | $5.1B | $4.9B | $4.8B | $4.8B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 3 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 5 / 8 | β / 5 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.0% | β2.2% | 0.7% | β11.6% | β5.4% | β8.0% | β17.2% | β17.3% | β10.6% |
| Altman Z'' | β2.32 | β2.50 | β11.26 | β4.61 | β0.02 | β0.23 | β1.77 | β3.09 | β2.73 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $6.2B | $6.3B | $3.6B | $3.6B | β | $3.6B | $3.9B | $3.8B | $3.9B | $3.9B |
| Operating income | $1.1B | $1.5B | $701M | $690M | β | $155M | $56.9M | β$797M | β$763M | β$20.6M |
| Interest expense | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $723M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Pretax income | β$651M | β$296M | β$833M | β$24.1M | β | β$150M | β | β$1.2B | β$1.2B | β$474M |
| Income tax | $87.0M | β$49.6M | β$177M | $13.8M | $39.1M | $8.4M | $4.7M | β$62.3M | β$158M | β$1.8M |
| Net income | β$755M | β$302M | β$398M | β$202M | β | β$159M | β$265M | β$1.1B | β$1.0B | β$473M |
| Net income to common | β$755M | β$302M | β$398M | β$202M | β | β$159M | β$265M | β$1.1B | β$1.0B | β$473M |
| Diluted EPS | β$8.96 | β$3.57 | β$4.68 | β$2.36 | β | β$1.09 | β$1.79 | β$7.39 | β$6.68 | β$3.06 |
| Diluted shares | 0.08B | 0.08B | 0.08B | 0.09B | β | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.15B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$77.3M | β$15.8M | β$491M | $967M | β | $331M | $420M | $213M | $71.4M | $92.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $296M | $315M | $67.7M | $85.2M | β | $183M | $161M | $103M | $97.6M | $81.7M |
| Free cash flow | β$374M | β$330M | β$559M | $881M | β | $147M | $259M | $110M | β$26.2M | $10.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $674M | $635M | $275M | $212M | β | $469M | $446M | $428M | $410M | $360M |
| Stock-based compensation | $11.1M | $13.1M | $2.5M | $2.1M | β | $23.5M | $35.5M | $34.6M | $28.6M | $19.6M |
| Acquisitions | $27.6M | $0.5M | $0.0M | $74.3M | β | $245M | $0.0M | $4.9M | β | β |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $773M | $845M | $267M | $224M | $721M | $352M | $336M | $346M | $260M | $271M |
| Total debt | $20.7B | $20.4B | $20.6B | $15.2B | $6.0B | $5.7B | $5.4B | $5.2B | $5.1B | $5.1B |
| Current assets | $2.8B | $2.5B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Current liabilities | $1.7B | $1.7B | $16.4B | $1.2B | $718M | $849M | $832M | $848M | $870M | $967M |
| Inventory | $24.8M | $22.1M | $22.5M | $0.4M | $1.2M | $3.2M | β | β | β | β |
| Property and equipment, net | $2.2B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $502M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $4.1B | $4.1B | $3.3B | $3.4B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $1.7B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Intangible assets | $954M | $741M | $550M | $200M | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $928M | $714M |
| Total assets | $13.7B | $12.9B | $12.3B | $7.9B | $9.2B | $8.9B | $8.3B | $7.0B | $5.6B | $5.1B |
| Total liabilities | $24.3B | $23.8B | $23.6B | $23.8B | $8.2B | $8.0B | $7.7B | $7.3B | $6.9B | $7.0B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$10.6B | β$10.9B | β$11.3B | β$11.6B | $1.1B | $916M | $685M | β$385M | β$1.4B | β$1.8B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 18.4% | 24.0% | 19.5% | 19.1% | β | 4.4% | 1.5% | β21.3% | β19.8% | β0.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 29.2% | 34.1% | 27.2% | 25.0% | β | 17.5% | 12.8% | β9.8% | β9.2% | 8.8% |
| Net margin | β12.1% | β4.8% | β11.1% | β5.6% | β | β4.5% | β6.8% | β29.4% | β26.2% | β12.2% |
| FCF margin | β6.0% | β5.3% | β15.6% | 24.4% | β | 4.1% | 6.6% | 2.9% | β0.7% | 0.3% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 9.7% | 13.7% | 6.1% | 16.0% | β | 1.9% | 0.8% | β14.0% | β17.5% | β0.6% |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 13.4% | β17.1% | 10.4% | β | 1.9% | 0.8% | β13.1% | β16.2% | β0.5% |
| Return on equity | β | β | β | β | β | β16.2% | β33.1% | β735.7% | β | β |
| Return on assets | β5.5% | β2.3% | β3.2% | β2.0% | β | β1.8% | β3.1% | β14.4% | β16.1% | β8.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 0.2% | β42.6% | 0.7% | β | β | 9.9% | β4.1% | 2.8% | 0.3% |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | 76.0% | β57.4% | β123.7% | β |
| Share count change | β | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | β | β | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2.0% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 10.9x | 9.1x | 20.9x | 16.6x | β | 8.6x | 10.1x | β | β | 14.1x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | β | 5.7x | 6.3x | 7.9x | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | 0.6x | 0.8x | 0.4x | 1.0x | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.5x | 0.1x | 1.8x | 2.3x | 1.7x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.5x | 0.1x | 1.8x | 2.3x | 1.7x | 1.8x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 4.7% | 5.0% | 1.9% | 2.4% | β | 5.2% | 4.1% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | β | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | β | β | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β2.3 | β2.5 | β11.3 | β4.6 | β | β0.0 | β0.2 | β1.8 | β3.1 | β2.7 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.0% | β2.2% | 0.7% | β11.6% | β | β5.4% | β8.0% | β17.2% | β17.3% | β10.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001400891). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.