Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. Common Stock (CCO)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Clear Channel Outdoor as a Graham-style asset buyer and a Buffett-style business appraiser. The company sells outdoor advertising on billboards, airport displays, and street furniture. There may be some local advantage in those assets, but advertising is cyclical and capital-intensive, not a wide toll-bridge franchise. The filed numbers show why FairStock classifies it as a TURNAROUND: in fiscal year 2025, the year ended 2025-12-31, revenue was $1.1B and net income was $19.9M, a swing from a net loss of $179.3M in fiscal year 2024 and $310.9M in fiscal year 2023. Yet in fiscal Q1 2026, the quarter ended 2026-03-31, net loss was $48.6M, and in fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $389.0M and net loss was $5.3M. So profitability remains fragile. On the positive side, trailing free cash flow is $84.3M, a 6.8% FCF yield on the $1.2B market cap at the 2026-10-13 close, and the Piotroski F-Score is 7/9. However, FairStock's Altman Z-Score of -2.25 is a red flag, ROCE is only 5.76%, and EV/EBITDA is 16.86. The P/E of -10.57 simply reflects losses. Revenue growth of 11.88% is offset by profit growth of -177.74%. At $2.43, with a beta of 2.02 and a 52-week range of $1.37-$2.44, the market is pricing a recovery, not safety. A Graham-style buyer would demand a wider margin of safety before calling this a bargain.

In plain English: Clear Channel Outdoor sells advertising space on billboards, airport displays, bus shelters and other public displays, mostly in the United States and Singapore. The business has grown revenue but has trouble producing steady profits, and recent filed quarters show losses. At $2.43 a share, the price does not look clearly cheap or expensive; it looks like a bet on a turnaround that still has to prove itself.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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