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CuriosityStream Inc. (CURI)

Communication Services | Broadcasting | Silver Spring, United States | NasdaqCM
3.47 USD +0.02 (0.726%) ⇧ (April 21, 2026, 2:05 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:41 a.m. EDT

CURI is a high-risk speculative play trading on breakeven fundamentals rather than value, characterized by a broken long-run trend and a 'zombie-yield' dividend that erodes equity. The 9%+ yield is a trap for income investors as it comes from a company with negative operating margins and a shrinking book value; the recent 30% slide to $3.49 reflects the underlying deterioration. While the analyst consensus and upcoming conference events may provide temporary support for a recovery toward the $5.00 technical floor, the stock lacks a solid long-term investment thesis and should be treated as a momentum trade only.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.096498
AutoARIMA0.096498
MSTL0.106633
AutoTheta0.179305

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 2.51
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.299
Excess Kurtosis -0.16
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 9.372
Revenue per Share 1.243
Market Cap 205,431,536
Forward P/E 23.10
Beta 1.96
Profit Margins -8.97%
Website https://www.curiositystream.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:41 a.m. EDT: Options market shows severe skew against downside protection. In near-term expirations (April 17), puts are thin with significantly lower implied volatility (5.5%) compared to calls (11.06%), indicating sellers of puts do not expect a crash. However, significant Open Interest (OI) exists for June/November puts at the $5.00 strike, suggesting a 'fair value' cap at that level based on recent trading ranges. The bullish bias in ATM and near-ATM options for April expiry, combined with the low VIX-style IV on puts, suggests speculators are price-neutral to slightly optimistic for the immediate term, expecting the stock to stabilize or drift toward its intrinsic value estimate of $6, though this is heavily leveraged on fundamentals.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.41% 9.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-06 0.080 2.409639
2025-12-05 0.080 1.812949
2025-09-05 0.080 1.823897
2025-06-13 0.100 2.310291
2025-06-06 0.080 1.531575
2025-03-14 0.040 1.640239
2024-10-11 0.025 1.320618
2024-07-12 0.025 2.310152
2024-04-11 0.025 2.483160
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.32
dividendYield 9.3
exDividendDate 2026-03-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.28
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.08139535
lastDividendValue 0.08
lastDividendDate 2026-03-06
dividendDate 2026-03-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.022727251
Address1 8,484 Georgia Avenue
Address2 Suite 700
All Time High 24.0
All Time Low 0.45
Ask 4.45
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 246,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 388,937
Average Volume 388,937
Average Volume10Days 246,320
Beta 1.962
Bid 2.51
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 10
Book Value 0.706
City Silver Spring
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.465
Current Ratio 1.235
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 3.515
Day Low 3.43
Debt To Equity 9.372
Display Name CuriosityStream
Dividend Date 1,773,964,800
Dividend Rate 0.32
Dividend Yield 9.3
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,773,262,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,773,262,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,773,259,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,011,200
Ebitda 7,371,000
Ebitda Margins 0.10286
Enterprise To Ebitda 24.349
Enterprise To Revenue 2.505
Enterprise Value 179,475,728
Eps Current Year 0.03
Eps Forward 0.15
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.11
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,772,755,200
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.2293
Fifty Day Average Change 0.23569989
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07298792
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -2.272725
Fifty Two Week High 7.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.6850002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5153846
Fifty Two Week Low 2.805
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.65999985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.23529406
Fifty Two Week Range 2.805 - 7.15
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,578,493,800,000
Float Shares 40,643,345
Forward Eps 0.15
Forward P E 23.099998
Free Cashflow 28,098,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 42
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.56581
Gross Profits 40,545,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.31083
Held Percent Institutions 0.34113
Implied Shares Outstanding 59,287,600
Industry Broadcasting
Industry Disp Broadcasting
Industry Key broadcasting
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,772,755,200
Last Dividend Value 0.08
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary CuriosityStream Inc., a media and entertainment company, provides factual content through multiple channels. The company provides video and audio programming services in various categories of factual entertainment, including science, history, society, nature, lifestyle, and technology through direct subscription video on-demand (SVoD) platforms accessible by internet connected devices, or indirectly through distribution partners who deliver CuriosityStream content via distributor's platform or system, as well as through bundled content licenses for SVoD and linear offerings, talks and courses, and partner bulk sales. It offers streaming content through a host of screen and devices, including televisions, set-top boxes, computers, streaming media players, game consoles, and mobile devices. CuriosityStream Inc. is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Long Name CuriosityStream Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 205,431,536
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_586252637
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -6,427,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 203,949,344
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 3.47
Operating Cashflow 13,057,000
Operating Margins -0.17565
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 301 755 2050
Previous Close 3.44
Price Eps Current Year 115.5
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 4.9079323
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.8668332
Profit Margins -0.08969
Quick Ratio 1.193
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.024999857
Regular Market Change Percent 0.72568524
Regular Market Day High 3.515
Regular Market Day Low 3.43
Regular Market Day Range 3.43 - 3.515
Regular Market Open 3.47
Regular Market Previous Close 3.44
Regular Market Price 3.465
Regular Market Time 1,776,794,720
Regular Market Volume 153,720
Return On Assets -0.05639
Return On Equity -0.1294
Revenue Growth 0.358
Revenue Per Share 1.243
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 59,287,600
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0403
Shares Short 2,390,952
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,002,564
Short Name CuriosityStream Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0585
Short Ratio 5.26
Source Interval 15
State MD
Symbol CURI
Target High Price 7.0
Target Low Price 5.5
Target Mean Price 6.16667
Target Median Price 6.0
Total Cash 27,284,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.463
Total Debt 3,888,000
Total Revenue 71,658,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.28
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.08139535
Trailing Eps -0.11
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 4.090675
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.62567496
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.15295152
Type Disp Equity
Volume 153,720
Website https://www.curiositystream.com
Zip 20,910