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Emmis Corporation

EMMS
21
Broadcasting · Communication Services
Price
$1.60
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$19.5M
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Feb 28, 2020
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+14.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.3M (2016) → 12.9M (2020)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Emmis Corporation is a media company that owns and operates radio stations across the United States. Its stations play music, talk, and news content for local audiences, and the company sells advertising time to businesses that want to reach those listeners. Emmis has historically focused on major urban markets and is one of the smaller publicly traded radio broadcasting companies in the country.

Emmis makes most of its money by selling on-air advertising spots to local and national advertisers. It operates primarily in the U.S. and has a very small market capitalization, reflecting years of shrinking revenue as listeners have shifted to streaming services like Spotify and podcasts. The biggest risk the company faces is the continued decline of traditional radio advertising, which has made it difficult to cover operating costs, as shown by its negative operating margin.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
10.6%
Thin — 10.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-50.2%
Losing money on operations — -50.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-6.9%
Weak — -6.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-36.8%
Shrinking sales (-36.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+107.0%
Earnings growing fast (+107.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
-25%
Weak — only -25% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-23.0%
Burning cash (-23.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.4x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.4

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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