CuriosityStream (CURI) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2025)

CuriosityStream's (CURI) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $4.3 million in Q4 2025, up 135.11% year-on-year from $1.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 38.2% quarter-over-quarter from $7.0 million in Q3 2025.

CuriosityStream (CURI) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

CuriosityStream has disclosed Share-based Compensation across 6 years of filings, most recently posting $4.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 came in at $4.3 million, up 135.11% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $14.4 million (up 118.73% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $14.4 million, up 118.73% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation came in at $4.3 million for Q4 2025 at CuriosityStream, down from $7.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $7.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $413000.0 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $1.6 million (2021), against an average of $1.9 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation soared 612.58% in 2021 and tumbled 74.01% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • CuriosityStream's Share-based Compensation stood at $1.5 million in 2021, then grew by 4.68% to $1.6 million in 2022, then sank by 74.01% to $413000.0 in 2023, then soared by 344.07% to $1.8 million in 2024, then jumped by 135.11% to $4.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $4.3 million (Q4 2025), $7.0 million (Q3 2025), and $2.2 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.44 Bn 5.04 Bn -505.00 Mn 20.00 Mn
2 FuboTV 3.41 Bn 5.34 Bn 348.72 Mn -8.13 Mn
3 Newsmax 996.58 Mn 956.14 Mn 21.36 Mn 3.41 Mn
4 iHeartMedia 598.23 Mn 466.54 Mn 509.13 Mn 3.63 Mn
5 Gray Media 394.79 Mn 135.79 Mn 213.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
6 E.W. Scripps 304.31 Mn 220.58 Mn 206.07 Mn 6.63 Mn
7 CuriosityStream 163.77 Mn 154.55 Mn 11.62 Mn 4.31 Mn
8 Mediaco Holding 58.80 Mn 58.80 Mn -3.44 Mn -
9 Saga Communications 54.09 Mn 23.65 Mn 17.72 Mn 518,000.00
10 Beasley Broadcast 38.85 Mn 32.43 Mn - 50,788.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 4.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 4.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 6.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 6.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 863,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 863,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 1.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.33 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 689,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 689,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 413,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 413,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 897,000.00
Sep 30, 2023 897,000.00