Emerald Holding Inc (EEX)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | New York, United States |
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Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 9:23 a.m. UTC
The investment thesis collapses entirely because the company is being acquired in a cash merger at $5.03 per share, effectively terminating the public trading entity. The news confirms insiders and executives are cashing out their equity at this exact price, signaling that the current shareholders face immediate dilution or forced exit terms rather than organic growth. Fundamentally, the business is in distress with negative earnings growth of over 50%, a negative return on equity, and a payout ratio exceeding 100%, indicating the dividend is unsustainable and likely funded by debt or reserves. With no price history available to assess a multi-year trajectory and a balance sheet showing significant leverage relative to equity, there is no basis for a long-term hold or a short-term momentum play. The 'neutral' statistical forecast is irrelevant given the binary outcome of the acquisition. |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-05-21 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-05-21 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 150.059 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.379 |
| Market Cap | 995,526,784 |
| Forward P/E | 17.34 |
| Beta | 0.57 |
| Profit Margins | -8.24% |
| Website | https://www.emeraldx.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.04000002 |
| Address1 | 100 Broadway |
| Address2 | 14th Floor |
| All Time High | 24.56 |
| All Time Low | 1.5 |
| Ask | 5.04 |
| Ask Size | 1,370,000 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 83,302 |
| Average Volume | 312,797 |
| Average Volume10Days | 83,302 |
| Beta | 0.567 |
| Bid | 5.02 |
| Bid Size | 15,280,000 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 1.71 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.03 |
| Current Ratio | 0.912 |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 5.03 |
| Day Low | 5.02 |
| Debt To Equity | 150.059 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.06 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0119 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.523 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.529 |
| Ebitda | 114,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.24326 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 12.078 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.938 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,384,163,712 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,779,321,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Timezone Name | UTC |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.9762 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.45 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.32 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Epoch Utc | 1,784,035,800 |
| Float Shares | 12,721,620 |
| Forward Eps | 0.29 |
| Forward P E | 17.34483 |
| Free Cashflow | 84,987,504 |
| Full Time Employees | 821 |
| Fullday Price | 5.03 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.63511 |
| Gross Profits | 299,200,000 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00597 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.97393 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 197,917,833 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,779,321,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.015 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Emerald Holding, Inc. operates as a business-to-business (B2B) event organizer in the United States. The company provides B2B trade shows, expos, and conferences; B2C showcases; and B2B digital media platforms and print publications, which provides industry-specific news, insights, education, and analysis across various sectors. It also offers B2B e-commerce and digital merchandising solutions to manufacturers and retailers through Elastic Suite platform. The company was formerly known as Emerald Expositions Events, Inc. and changed its name to Emerald Holding, Inc. in February 2020. Emerald Holding, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | Emerald Holding Inc |
| Market Cap | 995,526,784 |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_242405618 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -38,800,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 5.04 |
| Operating Cashflow | 58,700,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.26834 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 1.5 |
| Phone | 949 226 5700 |
| Previous Close | 5.02 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.9415205 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.1131964 |
| Profit Margins | -0.08236 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.826 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.03 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.02 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.04 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.02 |
| Regular Market Volume | 51,438 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04219 |
| Return On Equity | -0.10623 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.052 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.379 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 197,917,833 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0037 |
| Shares Short | 734,895 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 740,011 |
| Short Name | Emerald Holding, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.059899997 |
| Short Ratio | 8.14 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | EEX |
| Target High Price | 5.03 |
| Target Low Price | 5.03 |
| Target Mean Price | 5.03 |
| Target Median Price | 5.03 |
| Time Zone Full Name | America/New_York |
| Time Zone Short Name | EDT |
| Total Cash | 121,100,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.612 |
| Total Debt | 507,800,000 |
| Total Revenue | 471,100,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.06 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.011952191 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.19 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.6015 |
| Underlying Symbol | EEX |
| Uuid | 48,866d0d-5d5d-3832-b448-eb53065c4556 |
| Volume | 51,438 |
| Website | https://www.emeraldx.com |
| Zip | 10,005 |