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what it is
Entravision sells Spanish-language TV, radio, and digital ads, plus programmatic ad-buying tools through Smadex and Adwake.
how it gets paid
Last year Entravision Comm made $448M in revenue.
why it's growing
Revenue grew 22.6% last year. Revenue rose 160% vs. prior year to $313M.
what just happened
Revenue hit $313M, but EPS still landed at -$0.67, which tells you scale is not fixing profitability yet.
At a glance
C+ balance sheet — struggling to keep the lights on
30/100 earnings predictability — expect surprises
14.2x trailing p/e — the market's not buying it — or you found a deal
6.7% dividend yield — cash in your pocket every quarter
4.9% return on capital — nothing to write home about
xvary composite: 29/100 — weak
What they do
Entravision sells Spanish-language TV, radio, and digital ads, plus programmatic ad-buying tools through Smadex and Adwake.
Entravision wins by owning audience access and ad pipes at the same time. You get local Spanish-language TV and radio reach, then digital ad buying through Smadex, across a company with $448M in annual revenue. That mix matters because buying ads yourself is hard, while keeping one seller for TV, radio, and digital is easier.
How they make money
$448M
annual revenue · their business grew +22.6% last year
total revenue
$448M
+22.6%
The products that matter
broadcast TV and radio
US Media
$269M · legacy base
it's a $269M business, which still makes it the center of gravity even if the market wants to focus on the newer story. if this segment weakens, you feel it first.
cash base
programmatic ad sales
Advertising Technology
$179M · +60% growth
this $179M segment grew 60% and is the part investors want to underwrite. it's smaller than US Media, but it is carrying the rerating argument.
growth bet
Key numbers
18.6%
operating margin
Operating margin → profit after operating costs → so what: Entravision is losing money on the business you are being asked to own.
$191M
long-term debt
Long-term debt → money owed later → so what: that is a heavy load for a company worth only about $275M in the market.
6.7%
dividend yield
Dividend yield → annual cash payout relative to stock price → so what: the yield is large, but losses make it harder to trust.
$448M
annual revenue
Revenue → total sales → so what: this is not a tiny business operationally, which makes the negative margin stand out even more.
Financial health
C+
strength
- balance sheet grade C+ — weak — may struggle to fund operations
- risk rank 5 — safer than 5% of stocks
- price stability 10 / 100
- long-term debt $191M (41% of capital)
C+ — balance sheet grade and long-term debt are flagged. this stock carries more risk than average.
Total return vs. market
Return history isn't available for EVC right now.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
What just happened
missed estimates
Revenue hit $313M, but EPS still landed at -$0.67, which tells you scale is not fixing profitability yet.
Revenue rose 160% vs. prior year to $313M, according to the supplied earnings data. But the same quarter posted a -$0.67 EPS, so more sales did not translate into profit.
$313M
revenue
$0.67
eps
160%
vs. last year growth
the number that mattered
The number that mattered was -$0.67 EPS because revenue growth of 160% means less if each share still loses money.
source: EDGAR filing data and Yahoo Finance consensus, latest reported quarter
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What could go wrong
the #1 risk is a dividend cut driven by losses and leverage in legacy media.
high
balance sheet pressure
long-term debt is $191M, or 41% of capital. against a $275M market cap, that is not a footnote. it is one of the first numbers you should underwrite.
more cash going to debt service means less room to defend the dividend or fund the pivot.
high
dividend sustainability
the yield is 6.7%, but analysts expect full-year EPS of -$0.25. when the business is not earning cleanly, the payout stops looking like income and starts looking like a test of management priorities.
a cut would hit the main reason many shareholders own the stock and could reprice EVC as a pure turnaround.
med
legacy media softness
US Media is still $269M of revenue in this snapshot. if that base slips, the faster segment has to run even harder just to keep total results from looking worse.
the pivot works only if the old business declines slower than the new one grows.
med
pivot execution risk
Advertising Technology grew 60%, which is the good news. the less fun part is that one fast-growing segment does not automatically fix a business earning a 7.2% operating margin and 4.9% return on capital.
if ad tech growth cools before margins improve, the rerating case loses its only clean argument.
you are being offered a 6.7% yield by a company with $191M in debt, a C+ balance sheet, and an expected -$0.25 full-year EPS result. that combined risk picture is the stock.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
balance sheet
whether $191M in debt starts shrinking
41% of capital tied up in long-term debt is the cleanest pressure point on the page. if that starts moving down, the whole story gets easier to believe.
growth
whether ad tech stays closer to +60% than +5%
the gap between the two segments is the investment case. Advertising Technology needs to keep outrunning US Media by a wide margin.
capital return
the next $0.05 quarterly dividend declaration
if management keeps paying it, the yield story survives. if they trim it, the stock likely gets judged as a turnaround first and an income name second.
earnings
whether losses start narrowing from -$0.25 EPS
the market can forgive a lot in small caps. it is less forgiving when the company asks you for patience and cash at the same time.
Analyst rankings
earnings predictability
30 / 100
30 / 100 means estimates are shaky. in human-speak: this is a stock where quarters can get weird fast.
price stability
10 / 100
10 / 100 means the stock has not earned the word stable. you should expect swings that feel large relative to a $275M company.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutional ownership data for EVC is being compiled.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
n/a
n/a
$3
current price
n/a
target midpoint · n/a from current
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