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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO)

Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | San Antonio, United States | NYSE
2.41 USD +0.01 (0.417%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:39 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Clear Channel Outdoor is fundamentally broken. The company is trading at a loss with negative book value, massive debt loads relative to its tiny market cap, and a catastrophic long-term price trajectory that has erased over 80% of shareholder value over the last nine years. While the stock recently hit a 52-week high, the underlying business is deteriorating, evidenced by the latest year-over-year decline and a lack of sustainable profitability. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet is fragile. The recent price surge appears to be a speculative anomaly driven by index inclusion rumors rather than a turnaround in fundamentals. With the market pricing in a takeover at $6.20, the current price offers no margin of safety against the risk of a failed deal or continued operational decay. The heavy put option activity confirms that smart money is not buying the dip here.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.007264
AutoETS0.008055
AutoARIMA0.008830
AutoTheta0.014029
MSTL_1150.046626

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 5.95
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.844
Excess Kurtosis -0.36
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Last Dividend Date 2018-01-24
Revenue per Share 3.305
Market Cap 1,226,650,368
Forward P/E -17.21
Beta 1.96
Profit Margins -5.55%
Website https://clearchanneloutdoor.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:39 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at strikes significantly below the current price, while call activity is sparse and concentrated deep in-the-money. This distribution suggests a bearish bias where traders are betting on further downside rather than anticipating a rally.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2018-01-25 0.082 1.726316
2017-11-01 0.069 1.815789
2017-10-06 0.069 1.437500
2017-02-24 0.780 16.774193
2016-02-05 1.494 39.007834
2016-01-08 0.603 12.060000
2014-08-12 0.487 6.868829
2013-11-12 0.558 6.255605
2012-03-16 6.083 77.293521
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.082
lastDividendDate 2018-01-25
dividendDate 2018-01-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.91999996
Address1 4,830 North Loop 1604 West
Address2 Suite 111
All Time High 31.14
All Time Low 0.36
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 895,600
Audit Risk 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 12,786,760
Average Daily Volume3 Month 7,247,347
Average Volume 7,247,347
Average Volume10Days 12,786,760
Beta 1.956
Bid 2.4
Bid Size 100,500
Board Risk 3
Book Value -6.922
City San Antonio
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.41
Current Ratio 1.252
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 2.42
Day Low 2.41
Display Name Clear Channel Outdoor
Dividend Date 1,516,752,000
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,772,107,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,772,107,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,070,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,070,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,070,600
Ebitda 503,969,984
Ebitda Margins 0.30658
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.879
Enterprise To Revenue 4.562
Enterprise Value 7,498,476,032
Eps Forward -0.14
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.21
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.401
Fifty Day Average Change 0.009000063
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0037484644
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 91.99999
Fifty Two Week High 2.43
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.01999998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.008230445
Fifty Two Week Low 1.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.4100001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.4100001
Fifty Two Week Range 1.0 - 2.43
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,131,978,600,000
Float Shares 383,855,001
Forward Eps -0.14
Forward P E -17.214287
Free Cashflow -8,486,375
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,900
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.53886
Gross Profits 885,785,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16452
Held Percent Institutions 0.76142
Implied Shares Outstanding 508,983,506
Industry Advertising Agencies
Industry Disp Advertising Agencies
Industry Key advertising-agencies
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,516,838,400
Last Dividend Value 0.082
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,226,650,368
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_23499518
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -102,588,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,226,650,249
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 2.41
Operating Cashflow 103,164,000
Operating Margins 0.15020001
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 16.57
Phone 210 547 8800
Previous Close 2.4
Price Hint 4
Price To Book -0.34816527
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.7462176
Profit Margins -0.05546
Quick Ratio 0.901
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.00999999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.416666
Regular Market Day High 2.42
Regular Market Day Low 2.41
Regular Market Day Range 2.41 - 2.42
Regular Market Open 2.41
Regular Market Previous Close 2.4
Regular Market Price 2.41
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 3,980,681
Return On Assets 0.05355
Revenue Growth 0.119
Revenue Per Share 3.305
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 508,983,506
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.052600004
Shares Short 26,756,967
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 16,145,845
Short Name Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings,
Short Percent Of Float 0.08939999
Short Ratio 2.51
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol CCO
Target High Price 2.43
Target Low Price 2.43
Target Mean Price 2.43
Target Median Price 2.43
Total Cash 182,420,992
Total Cash Per Share 0.358
Total Debt 6,442,229,760
Total Revenue 1,643,824,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.21
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.15655
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.25345016
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.11752576
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,980,681
Website https://clearchanneloutdoor.com
Zip 78,249