MDIA vs NWSA vs PODC Stock Comparison

Mediaco Holding, News and PodcastOne Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MDIA Mediaco Holding Inc.
$0.99 -9.2% 1M -10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$75.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$139.42M
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win
NWSA News Corp
$29.45 +3.3% 1M +13.1% 1Y
Market cap
$16.19B
P/E
28.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.03B
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
6 wins
PODC PodcastOne, Inc.
$2.59 +26.3% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$65.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$62.80M
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

News leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (News 6, PodcastOne 2, Mediaco Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMDIANWSAPODCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $75.98M $16.19B $65.98M NWSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.1x 28.2x -21.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 23.6x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.3% +6.8% +16.4% PODC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -48.9% 6.3% -5.0% NWSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -24.1% 6.6% — NWSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -4.0x -0.1x — MDIA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.8% +13.1% +29.5% PODC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.8%/yr +5.2%/yr — NWSA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.4% 26.2% 89.6% NWSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 16/100 69/100 52/100 NWSA

Percentile Scorecard

MDIANWSAPODC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMDIANWSAPODC
Valuation 23 #41 of 53 60 #22 of 53 29 #38 of 53
Growth 21 #35 of 44 84 #8 of 44 81 #9 of 44
Profitability 5 #40 of 42 81 #9 of 42 29 #30 of 42
Financial Health 15 #52 of 61 85 #10 of 61 70 #19 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 36 #17 of 26 –
Overall 16 69 52
  • MDIA ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • NWSA ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • PODC ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMDIANWSAPODCSPY
1 month -9.2%+3.3%+26.3% +0.7%
3 months 0.0%+4.8%-25.6% +3.7%
6 months +10.9%+11.9%-24.0% +7.1%
Year to date +70.7%+12.7%+4.9% +12.8%
1 year -10.8%+13.1%+29.5% +11.9%
3 years +76.8%+42.8%-15.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +20.9%+12.6%-5.5% +22.8%
5 years -88.2%+28.6%— +67.6%
5 years, per year -34.8%+5.2%— +10.9%
10 years —+142.0%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+9.2%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMDIANWSAPODCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.4%26.2%89.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.0%27.7%77.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.210.171.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.150.500.33 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.3%-38.7%-74.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.2%-5.6%-48.0% -1.2%
52-week high $1.21$31.19$4.98 $779.14
52-week low $0.55$22.40$1.64 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMDIANWSAPODC
P/E now vs peer median -1.2xmedian 18.7x 28.6xmedian 18.7x -23.7xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.6x 1.8xmedian 0.6x 1.2xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -8.1xmedian 10.6x 10.6xmedian 10.6x -27.3xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -135.7xmedian 9.0x 20.2xmedian 9.0x 65.5xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.6x 1.8xmedian 1.6x 3.2xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 0.49 0.49median 0.49 -1.07median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMDIANWSAPODC
Revenue $139.42M $9.03B $62.80M
Gross profit -$10.47M – $8.03M
Operating income -$25.72M – -$3.14M
Net income -$68.21M $743.00M -$3.15M
Free cash flow -$561.00K $811.00M $1.19M
R&D – – $46.00K
EPS (diluted) $-0.83 $1.03 $-0.16
Cash & equivalents $1.81M $2.10B $7.01M
Total debt $74.96M $1.99B –
Shares (diluted) 82.59M 558.40M 20.00M
Enterprise value $59.71M $7.67B $49.30M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMDIANWSAPODC
P/E -1.2x 28.6x -23.7x
P/FCF -135.7x 20.2x 65.5x
P/Operating cash flow 809.9x 13.2x 70.8x
P/S 0.5x 1.8x 1.2x
P/B 2.7x 1.8x 3.2x
P/Tangible book -0.5x 2.2x 3.3x
EV/EBITDA -8.1x 10.6x -27.3x
EV/EBIT -5.8x 15.6x -22.6x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 1.8x 1.1x
EV/FCF -266.1x 20.1x 59.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 1,588x 13.2x 64.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 0.49 -1.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMDIANWSAPODC
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.3% 6.8% 16.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 55.1% 4.1% 19.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -41.5% – 70.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -65.1% – 3.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -12.4% – 48.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -131.8% – -39.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -296.6% -44.6% 48.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -57.6% 58.4% 22.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -304.1% -50.4% 48.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -38.0% 58.6% 22.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -97.6% 26.5% -5.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 16.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -121.1% 42.0% 21.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.4% 23.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMDIANWSAPODC
Gross margin -7.5% – 12.8%
EBITDA margin -13.2% 17.0% -4.1%
Operating margin -18.4% – -5.0%
Pretax margin -47.4% 11.6% -5.0%
Net margin -48.9% 6.3% -5.0%
FCF margin -0.4% 9.0% 1.9%
Operating cash flow margin 0.1% 13.7% 1.8%
Return on equity -211.5% 8.0% -15.3%
Return on assets -24.9% 4.8% -9.3%
Return on invested capital -24.1% 6.6% –
Return on capital employed -21.9% 8.2% -16.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 1.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.7x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue – – 6.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMDIANWSAPODC
Debt / assets 27.6% 12.8% –
Debt / equity 2.6x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA -4.0x -0.1x –
Debt / FCF -133.6x 2.5x –
Liabilities / assets 89.5% 40.6% 37.0%
Equity / assets 10.5% 59.4% 63.0%
Interest coverage -1.6x – –
Current ratio 0.2x 1.6x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.2x 1.4x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.8x 0.5x
Altman Z-score -0.73 2.47 3.23

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMDIANWSAPODC
Dividend yield – 0.7% –
Net buyback yield – 3.9% –
Shareholder yield – 4.6% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMDIANWSAPODC
Forward P/E – 23.6xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.25FY2027 $-0.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.9%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – +30.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.15BFY2027 $73.50MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.3%FY2027 +19.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.9% +7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMDIANWSAPODC
Held by institutions 86.1% 100.0% 4.6%
Institutions holding 18 637 34
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% -3.3% +47.4%
Institutions buying 6 344 19
Institutions selling 5 189 6
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.82 3.17

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MDIANWSAPODC
MDIA 1.00 0.06 0.02
NWSA 0.06 1.00 0.03
PODC 0.02 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MDIA, NWSA and PODC?

News (NWSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) $75.98M, News (NWSA) $16.19B, PodcastOne (PODC) $65.98M.

Which company is growing faster?

PodcastOne (PODC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) +14.3%, News (NWSA) +6.8%, PodcastOne (PODC) +16.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

News (NWSA) has the highest net margin (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -48.9%, News (NWSA) 6.3%, PodcastOne (PODC) -5.0%). On return on invested capital, News (NWSA) leads (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -24.1%, News (NWSA) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year PodcastOne (PODC) returned the most: Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -10.8%, News (NWSA) +13.1%, PodcastOne (PODC) +29.5%. Over five years, News (NWSA) compounded fastest (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) -34.8%/yr, News (NWSA) +5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, News (NWSA) has been the steadiest (Mediaco Holding (MDIA) 70.4%, News (NWSA) 26.2%, PodcastOne (PODC) 89.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MDIA, NWSA and PODC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, News (NWSA) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.