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Audioboom Group

BOOM.L
53
Internet Content & Information · Communication Services
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Audioboom is a podcast company based in the United Kingdom. It hosts and distributes podcasts for independent creators and established media brands, helping them reach listeners on platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and others. The company focuses on ad-supported podcasts across categories like true crime, news, and sports.

Audioboom makes most of its money by selling advertising inside the podcasts it distributes, taking a share of the ad revenue it generates for creators. It operates mainly in the US and UK markets, with the US being its largest source of revenue. The podcast advertising market is still growing, which gives Audioboom room to expand, but the company faces real competition from much larger players like Spotify and iHeartMedia, which have far bigger budgets and creator networks — making it difficult to scale without losing ground to rivals.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+29.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+121.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

40.1%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Audioboom Group grew revenue 29% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
21.7%
Thin — 21.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.0%
Thin — 6.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
23.3%
Exceptional — 23.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+22.0%
Fast-growing sales (+22.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-28.6%
Earnings shrinking (-28.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
79%
Modest — 79% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
2.4%
Thin free cash flow (2.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.03x
Comfortably covers interest (11.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
42.1x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 42.1

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+22.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (42.1 → 19.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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