Cumulus Media CMLSQ
CMLSQ
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Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2024)

Updated

Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of -232.52% for Q4 2024, down 197.34 percentage points from -35.18% a year earlier and down 170.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Cumulus Media (CMLSQ) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

For FY2024, Cumulus Media's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at -193.00%, down 159.07 percentage points from FY2023.

  • Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -207.49 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
  • In prior years, Cumulus Media's Return on Equity [ROE] was -33.92% in FY2023 (-37.84 pp), 3.92% in FY2022 (-0.31 pp), 4.23% in FY2021 (+18.23 pp) and -14.01% in FY2020 (-28.50 pp).
  • The Q4 2024 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q2 2016.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -52.70 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q1 2020, with a gain of 61.15 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a drop of 197.34 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was -62.28% (Q3 2024), -52.92% (Q2 2024) and -39.56% (Q1 2024).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Warner Bros. Discovery 77.70 Bn 63.36 Bn 4.10 Bn -9.26%
2 Fox 28.41 Bn 14.21 Bn - 15.15%
3 Omnicom 22.53 Bn 4.62 Bn 1.30 Bn 4.78%
4 News 16.96 Bn 8.44 Bn - 8.03%
5 Pearson 11.84 Bn 8.95 Bn - -
6 New York Times 11.16 Bn 8.64 Bn 394.61 Mn 19.40%
7 Sirius Xm Holdings 9.11 Bn 8.68 Bn 1.44 Bn 7.45%
8 Skydance 7.66 Bn 5.58 Bn - -
9 Wpp 5.68 Bn -6.36 Bn - -
10 Cumulus Media 176,680.32 -290.93 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2024 -232.52%
Sep 30, 2024 -62.28%
Jun 30, 2024 -52.92%
Mar 31, 2024 -39.56%
Dec 31, 2023 -35.18%
Sep 30, 2023 -5.20%
Jun 30, 2023 -3.68%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.09%
Dec 31, 2022 3.97%
Sep 30, 2022 8.36%
Jun 30, 2022 12.85%
Mar 31, 2022 9.13%
Dec 31, 2021 4.20%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.18%
Jun 30, 2021 -11.74%
Mar 31, 2021 -19.19%
Dec 31, 2020 -15.02%
Sep 30, 2020 -14.29%
Jun 30, 2020 -5.96%
Mar 31, 2020 11.86%
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