Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) reported Net Margin of -5.49% for Q2 2026, up 1.41 percentage points from -6.89% a year earlier and up 4.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Cumulus Media's Net Margin came in at -25.91%, up 10.11 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -27.06%, up 7.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin has a five-year change of -19.74 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Net Margin came in at -34.25% in FY2024 (-20.29 pp), -13.96% in FY2023 (-15.66 pp), 1.70% in FY2022 (-0.18 pp) and 1.89% in FY2021 (+9.20 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Net Margin since Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Net Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.41 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Net Margin in five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 33.87 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2024 (a drop of 61.40 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at -10.25% (Q1 2026), -71.83% (Q4 2025) and -11.32% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 1.71% |
| 2 | Fox | 29.29 Bn | 15.10 Bn | - | 16.41% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 23.20 Bn | 5.28 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 8.91% |
| 4 | News | 17.26 Bn | 8.74 Bn | - | 7.66% |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.97 Bn | 9.09 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.24 Bn | 8.73 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 12.25% |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.24 Bn | 8.81 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 11.06% |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.76 Bn | -6.29 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Cumulus Media | 176,680.32 | -290.93 Mn | - | -5.49% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -5.49% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -10.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -71.83% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -11.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -6.89% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -17.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -105.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -5.07% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -13.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -44.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.51% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -10.44% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.02% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.66% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.39% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.55% |
API Access
Cumulus Media Net Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=CMLSQ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "CMLSQ", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=CMLSQ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();