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

CuriosityStream (CURI) reported Share-based Compensation of -$6.3 million for Q4 2025, down 208.16% on a YoY basis from $5.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 171.78% sequentially from $8.8 million in Q3 2025.

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

CuriosityStream (CURI) has 6 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at -$6.3 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 208.16% year-over-year to -$6.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $3.8 million (down 42.63% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.8 million, down 42.63% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation slipped to -$6.3 million in Q4 2025, from $8.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $8.8 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$6.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $1.4 million and a median of $1.4 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation plunged 866.46% in 2021 and soared 2550.0% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CURI's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at $6.9 million in 2021, then plunged by 76.89% to $1.6 million in 2022, then surged by 146.88% to $3.9 million in 2023, then soared by 48.15% to $5.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 208.16% to -$6.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CURI's Share-based Compensation at -$6.3 million in Q4 2025, $8.8 million in Q3 2025, and $434000.0 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.66 Bn 5.23 Bn 785.00 Mn 18.00 Mn
2 Newsmax 840.22 Mn 799.79 Mn 21.36 Mn 11.93 Mn
3 iHeartMedia 565.51 Mn 430.46 Mn 509.13 Mn 3.63 Mn
4 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
5 E.W. Scripps 268.40 Mn 184.68 Mn 206.07 Mn 6.63 Mn
6 FuboTV 251.35 Mn -201.06 Mn 399.10 Mn -8.13 Mn
7 CuriosityStream 140.99 Mn 107.64 Mn 11.62 Mn -6.29 Mn
8 Mediaco Holding 83.31 Mn 80.20 Mn -3.44 Mn -
9 Saga Communications 51.99 Mn 21.56 Mn 17.72 Mn -18,000.00
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.48 Mn 31.05 Mn - 50,788.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -6.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -6.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 8.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 8.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 434,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 434,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 863,000.00
Mar 31, 2025 863,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 5.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 5.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.26 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 3.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 3.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.61 Mn