Assay
Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| iHeartMedia, Inc.IHRT · telecom | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 558 graded peers; percentile 95.0, sampling error 2.1 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 527 of 558 |
| Profitability | C/Dpercentile 61.3 |
| Solvency | D/Epercentile 78.7 |
| Growth and financing | Epercentile 84.2 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $5.1B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: dilution, distress |
| Inputs computable | 7 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Mar 2, 2026221 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $1.972026-10-08; market equity $0; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Mar 2, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
iHeartMedia is the number one audio media company in the U.S. based on consumer reach. Within the audio industry, companies operate in two primary sectors: •The ‘music collection’ sector, which essentially replaced downloads and CDs, and •The ‘companionship’ sector, in which people regard radio and podcasting personalities as their trusted friends and companions on whom they rely to provide coverage on everything from entertainment, local news, storytelling, information about new music and artists, weather, traffic, sports and more. We operate in the second sector and use our large scale and national reach in broadcast radio to build additional complementary platforms.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 61.3 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 28.0% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | (0.6%) | [3-11] | 8.9% | 83.3 | 181 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (10.6%) | [1,12-14] | (7.3%) | 39.2 | 703 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.4 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 0 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 78.7 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| firm-wide XBRL shares cannot be assigned to one ticker class | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | not computable | 1.93 | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA | 14.09x | [3,6,8,15] | 1.71x | 96.3 | 190 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.81x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2018-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.51x | [16-17] | 1.96x | 61.1 | 756 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 84.2 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (0.4%) | [2,18-20] | 5.1% | 67.6 | 615 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (65.2%) | [13,21-27] | 12.4% | 99.0 | 314 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 15.1% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (15.0%) | [1,14,28-29] | 3.4% | 85.9 | 641 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | not computable | 0.5% | |||||
| firm-wide XBRL shares cannot be assigned to one ticker class | |||||||
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.497; sampling error 2.1 percentile points on 558 peers.
Among 558 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 522 | Fabric.AI, Inc. (FABC) Fabric.AI, Inc. (FABC) Eweakest fifth; percentile 94.4 Nasdaq · Communications Services, NEC market equity $15.7M; last close $2.20 Warnings: dilution, short runway, degenerate inputs, distress, fortress balance sheet; 7 of 14 inputs | 94.4 | E | dilution, short runway, degenerate inputs, distress, fortress balance sheet |
| 523 | Intel Corp. (INTC) Intel Corp. (INTC) Eweakest fifth; percentile 94.6 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $540.1B; last close $107.40 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 94.6 | E | |
| 524 | Cardlytics, Inc. (CDLX) Cardlytics, Inc. (CDLX) Eweakest fifth; percentile 94.8 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. market equity $11.5M; last close $1.95 Warnings: distress; 8 of 14 inputs | 94.8 | E | distress |
| 525 | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) Eweakest fifth; percentile 94.8 Nasdaq · Cable & Other Pay Television Services market equity $77.7B; last close $30.99 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 94.8 | E | |
| 526 | HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. (HTCR) HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. (HTCR) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.0 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation market equity $2.7M; last close $1.79 Warnings: short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 95.0 | E | short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 527 | iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT) iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.0 Nasdaq · Radio Broadcasting Stations last close $1.97 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 95.0 | E | |
| 528 | Waystar Holding Corp. (WAY) Waystar Holding Corp. (WAY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.2 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design market equity $5.1B; last close $26.48 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 95.2 | E | |
| 529 | ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (CHPT) ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (CHPT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.4 NYSE · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies market equity $218.3M; last close $8.12 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 95.4 | E | |
| 530 | Peraso Inc. (PRSO) Peraso Inc. (PRSO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.6 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $6.4M; last close $0.45 Warnings: dilution; 8 of 14 inputs | 95.6 | E | dilution |
| 531 | Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.9 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices last close $75.54 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 95.9 | E | |
| 532 | Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHPP) Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHPP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.9 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices last close $64.82 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 95.9 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 94.9 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 95.0 | 558 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 93.7 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 94.6 | 558 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 558 graded peers, about 111 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (5.2%) | (0.3%) | 45 | hotter than 45 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (68.9%) | (29.7%) | 11 | closer to its high than 11 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | not computable | 1.4% | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Free cash flow yield | not computable | 2.7% | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Book value to price | not computable | 0.24 | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Sales to price | not computable | 0.33 | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | not computable | 3.2% | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.00 | (0.23) | 69 | ahead of 69 of 100 peers |
Inputs: EBIT -$20.6M; free cash flow $10.9M; book equity -$2.0B; sales $3.9B; debt $5.0B; cash $174.4M[30].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (8.5%) | ✗ fail[12,14] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $92.6M | ✓ pass[13] |
| Return on assets improved | 6.0 pts | ✓ pass[12,14,28,31] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $565.4M | ✓ pass[12-13] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 12.5 pts | ✗ fail[1,14,28,32-33] |
| Current ratio improved | (5.6 pts) | ✗ fail[16-17,34-35] |
| No new shares issued | n/a | |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | 13.9 pts | ✓ pass[2,14,18,28] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $174.4M[36] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $119.0M[13,36-40] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 60 |
| 10-Q received Aug 10, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $1.5M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 221 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $5.1B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$20.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | -$473.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | -$1.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $5.1B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest | -$1.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $270.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $5.1B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest | -$1.4B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $259.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$472.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $92.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $5.6B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $360.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.5B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $967.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.8B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.9B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $81.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $71.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $97.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $213.1M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $102.7M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $420.1M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $161.0M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $7.0B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $8.3B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | shares outstanding | us-gaap:CommonStockSharesOutstanding | 5,039,323 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$1.0B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $5.0B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $5.0B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.4B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $870.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $174.4M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$27.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$92.5M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-11 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$63.7M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$54.1M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 95.0 is 15.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.1 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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