Townsquare Media, Inc.
TSQ NYSE Radio Broadcasting Stations Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Townsquare Media, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Townsquare Media, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 16, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001499832-26-000020
0001499832
Revenue and margins
Townsquare Media, Inc. had $427M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 5.2% 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 $15.4M in fiscal 2025, 3.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Townsquare Media, Inc. returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 3.7%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Townsquare Media, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $50.5M | $43.4M | $61.0M | $33.0M | $4.8M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $542M | $532M | $505M | $467M | $435M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.2x | 6.5x | 7,280.3x | 10.5x | 6.9x |
| Debt / equity | 10.9x | 7.7x | 50.8x | β | β |
| Interest coverage | 1.9x | 1.4x | β0.5x | 0.6x | 0.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 0.8x |
| Total assets | $726M | $745M | $652M | $580M | $529M |
| Total liabilities | $677M | $675M | $642M | $609M | $570M |
| Shareholders' equity | $49.6M | $69.1M | $9.9M | β$28.4M | β$41.0M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $491M | $489M | $444M | $434M | $430M |
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
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.3% | β6.2% | β13.5% | β11.9% | β13.8% | β5.9% | β5.1% | β16.2% | β10.0% | β7.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.48 | 1.46 | 0.76 | β0.04 | β0.90 | 0.01 | β0.03 | β1.13 | β1.31 | β1.85 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $422M | $390M | $408M | $431M | $371M | $418M | $463M | $454M | $451M | $427M |
| Provision for credit losses | β | β | β | β | β | β | $3.0M | $4.3M | $4.7M | $6.0M |
| Gross profit | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $125M | $124M | $109M |
| Operating income | $74.5M | $47.4M | $17.8M | β$37.1M | β$75.0M | $74.5M | $55.6M | β$19.1M | $21.7M | $44.2M |
| Interest expense | $34.1M | $32.8M | $34.3M | $33.9M | $31.4M | $39.8M | $39.8M | $37.2M | $36.2M | $47.9M |
| Pretax income | $37.0M | $14.3M | β$17.1M | β$72.1M | β$104M | $29.1M | $13.8M | β$49.2M | β$9.6M | β$5.0M |
| Income tax | $16.1M | β$7.5M | $30.8M | β$14.6M | β$23.9M | $10.4M | β$0.6M | β$6.1M | $1.3M | $4.7M |
| Net income | $23.0M | β$13.7M | β$98.7M | β$67.8M | β$82.5M | $16.7M | $12.3M | β$45.0M | β$12.7M | β$11.5M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.85 | β$0.56 | β | β | β | β | β | β$2.68 | β$0.81 | β |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $58.4M | $51.4M | $34.8M | $40.0M | $31.5M | $61.1M | $50.2M | $67.8M | $48.7M | $30.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $15.0M | $15.8M | $18.1M | $19.7M | $14.9M | $12.4M | $15.8M | $15.0M | $17.4M | $15.2M |
| Free cash flow | $43.3M | $35.6M | $16.7M | $20.3M | $16.5M | $48.7M | $34.4M | $52.8M | $31.3M | $15.4M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $17.1M | $18.4M | $19.6M | $25.8M | $20.1M | $19.1M | $19.0M | $19.2M | $19.7M | $18.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $4.3M | $0.7M | $1.6M | $2.6M | $2.1M | $3.7M | $3.8M | $8.0M | $17.2M | $13.8M |
| Acquisitions | $1.4M | $5.5M | $23.8M | $0.8M | β | $0.0M | $18.5M | $0.0M | β | β |
| Share buybacks | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.4M | $0.0M | $1.4M | $0.2M | $16.6M | $23.6M | $0.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $6.2M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $6.2M | $0.4M | $0.0M | $1.4M | $0.2M | $16.6M | $23.6M | $0.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $47.1M | $61.2M | $60.5M | $84.7M | $83.2M | $50.5M | $43.4M | $61.0M | $33.0M | $4.8M |
| Total debt | $579M | $572M | $560M | $560M | $543M | $542M | $531M | $504M | $466M | $433M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.6M |
| Current assets | $123M | $170M | $154M | $161M | $154M | $120M | $121M | $132M | $105M | $69.4M |
| Current liabilities | $65.2M | $74.4M | $63.9M | $71.6M | $65.8M | $76.0M | $71.7M | $76.1M | $76.3M | $82.2M |
| Property and equipment, net | $139M | $101M | $110M | $114M | $112M | $107M | $114M | $110M | $110M | $110M |
| Goodwill | $252M | $216M | $227M | $158M | $158M | $158M | $161M | $157M | $153M | $148M |
| Intangible assets | $514M | $469M | $428M | $388M | $281M | $278M | $277M | $200M | $162M | $155M |
| Total assets | $1.1B | $1.0B | $937M | $880M | $769M | $726M | $745M | $652M | $580M | $529M |
| Total liabilities | $691M | $673M | $681M | $698M | $668M | $677M | $675M | $642M | $609M | $570M |
| Shareholders' equity | $390M | $361M | $256M | $182M | $101M | $49.6M | $69.1M | $9.9M | β$28.4M | β$41.0M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 27.5% | 27.5% | 25.5% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 12.2% | 4.4% | β8.6% | β20.2% | 17.8% | 12.0% | β4.2% | 4.8% | 10.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 21.7% | 16.9% | 9.2% | β2.6% | β14.8% | 22.4% | 16.1% | 0.0% | 9.2% | 14.6% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | β3.5% | β24.2% | β15.7% | β22.2% | 4.0% | 2.7% | β9.9% | β2.8% | β2.7% |
| FCF margin | 10.3% | 9.1% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 11.6% | 7.4% | 11.6% | 6.9% | 3.6% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 5.3% | 5.4% | 1.9% | β4.5% | β10.6% | 9.0% | 10.0% | β3.3% | 4.2% | 9.0% |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 4.9% | 2.0% | β4.6% | β10.7% | 11.5% | 8.3% | β3.3% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | β3.7% | β32.0% | β30.9% | β58.2% | 22.3% | 20.8% | β113.8% | β | β |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | β1.3% | β10.0% | β7.5% | β10.0% | 2.2% | 1.7% | β6.4% | β2.1% | β2.1% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β7.6% | 4.7% | 5.8% | β13.9% | 12.6% | 10.8% | β1.9% | β0.7% | β5.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β159.7% | β | β | β | β | β26.3% | β464.4% | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β165.9% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β17.9% | β53.1% | 21.6% | β18.6% | 194.2% | β29.4% | 53.8% | β40.8% | β50.9% |
| Share count change | β | 2.0% | β33.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 13.9% | β14.3% | β7.9% | β6.9% | 3.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.8x | 7.8x | 13.4x | β | β | 5.2x | 6.5x | 7,280.3x | 10.5x | 6.9x |
| Debt / equity | 1.5x | 1.6x | 2.2x | 3.1x | 5.4x | 10.9x | 7.7x | 50.8x | β | β |
| Interest coverage | 2.2x | 1.4x | 0.5x | β1.1x | β2.4x | 1.9x | 1.4x | β0.5x | 0.6x | 0.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 2.3x | 2.3x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.9x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 2.3x | 2.3x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 0.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| Payouts / FCF | 0.0% | 0.0% | 37.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 31.5% | 75.2% | 0.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | β0.0 | β0.9 | 0.0 | β0.0 | β1.1 | β1.3 | β1.9 |
| Accruals ratio | β3.3% | β6.2% | β13.5% | β11.9% | β13.8% | β5.9% | β5.1% | β16.2% | β10.0% | β7.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001499832). 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.