Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) Stock Analysis
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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) posted $1.60B in revenue for fiscal 2025 (up 6.6% year over year), at a 1.2% net margin, and has compounded revenue about -2.9%/yr over five years, per its SEC filings.
Data last refreshed August 2, 2026 from SEC filings · how we compute this
The analyst's take on Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. has grown revenue from $2.68B to $1.60B over the last 10 fiscal years, compounding about -2.9% a year. The most recent year was up 6.6%, so growth is actually accelerating.
Net margin sits at 1.2%, up 13.1 points year over year on a 53.4% gross margin. It carries about $5.10B of total debt.
At today's valuation the market is pricing in roughly 16.5% annual free-cash-flow growth. The one thing worth a second look in the filings is heavy debt load.
Synthesised from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings — descriptive, not advice. Ask the analyst your own question →
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. revenue & earnings — last 10 fiscal years
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.68B | $2.59B | $2.72B | $2.68B | $1.85B | $1.77B | $1.38B | $1.43B | $1.51B | $1.60B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | $792.78M | $773.85M | $824.65M | $856.12M |
| Net income | $135.07M | $-644.35M | $-218.24M | $-363.30M | $-582.74M | $-433.81M | $-96.60M | $-310.92M | $-179.25M | $19.94M |
| Net margin | 5.0% | -24.9% | -8.0% | -13.5% | -31.4% | -24.5% | -7.0% | -21.7% | -11.9% | 1.2% |
Source: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. SEC filings (10-K). 17 years of history available in the interactive view.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.: 1 potential red flag in the filings
Patterns in the filed statements worth a second look — computed and cited, not AI guesswork, and not a signal to sell. The kind of thing that hides in a 10-K.
- Heavy debt loadTotal debt of $5103.3M is 44.4× last year's operating cash flow — it would take years of cash flow to clear.
What growth is priced into CCO stock?
At today's market cap of $1.22B, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is priced for free-cash-flow growth of about 16.5% per year for 10 years (assuming a 10% discount rate and 2.5% terminal growth, base FCF $31.98M from the FY ending 2025-12-31). For comparison, revenue -2.9%/yr, computed from its SEC filings. This is a reverse DCF — a translation of the price into a growth assumption you can judge, not a fair value and not advice. Change the assumptions yourself in the interactive view →
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About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. operates as an out-of-home advertising company in the United States and Singapore. The company operates in two segments, America and Airports. It offers advertising services through billboards, including bulletins and posters, as well as spectaculars, which are customized display structures with videos, three-dimensional elements and moving parts; street furniture displays, such as advertising surfaces on bus shelters, kiosks, news racks, and other public structures; transit displays in rail stations and on buses, trains, and trams; and wallscapes, as well as advertising solutions to commercial and private airports. The company offers solutions, such as RADARView, an audience and campaign planning tool, which uses historical mobile location data; RADARConnect, a campaign amplification solution that delivers supportive advertisements across mobile and other devices and extends the reach; RADARProof, a campaign measurement and attribution solutions, which analyzes anonymized and/or aggregated data; and RADARSync, a data integration platform designed to enable customized application of the RADAR tools and privacy-compliant sharing of RADAR insights with analytics platforms. It has strategic alliance with FootballCo Media Limited to provide real-time tournament content on digital screens across the United States. The company was formerly known as Eller Media Company and changed its name to Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. in August 2005. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. — frequently asked questions
What is Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s revenue?
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) reported revenue of $1.60B for fiscal year 2025, up 6.6% from the prior year, according to its SEC filings.
Is Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. profitable?
Yes. CCO earned net income of $19.94M in fiscal 2025, a net margin of 1.2%.
What is CCO's P/E ratio?
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 0.0 based on the latest data in our nightly-refreshed cache.
How fast is Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. growing?
CCO's revenue grew at roughly -2.9% per year over the last five fiscal years (compound annual growth rate), computed from SEC-filed statements.
How much debt does Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. have?
As of fiscal year 2025, CCO carried roughly $5.10B in total debt (short- plus long-term borrowings), per its filed balance sheet.
What is Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s gross margin?
CCO's gross margin was 53.4% in fiscal 2025 — gross profit of $856.12M on revenue of $1.60B.
What is Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s market cap?
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) has a market capitalization of about $1.22B, based on the latest data in our nightly-refreshed cache.
When does Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s fiscal year end?
CCO's fiscal year ends in December. Its most recent annual filing covers the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31.
What growth is priced into CCO stock?
At today's market cap of $1.22B, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is priced for free-cash-flow growth of about 16.5% per year for 10 years (assuming a 10% discount rate and 2.5% terminal growth, base FCF $31.98M from the FY ending 2025-12-31). For comparison, revenue -2.9%/yr, computed from its SEC filings.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are computed from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.'s official SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), covering 17 years of history, refreshed nightly. stockportfolio.pro does not provide investment advice.