iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT)

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 6 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2019-01-28); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2018-03-15); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-04-23); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2018-05-16) (its current reports).

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.2 billion in fiscal 2015 to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025, down 4.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 53% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

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Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, iHeartMedia, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $154 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

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Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, iHeartMedia, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 136 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of -12.2% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of -0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pittman, Robert W (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-10-04, 15.1 years (top 10% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (bottom 7%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 36%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $271 million against debt of $5.0 billion leaves -91.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.3% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.4% a year over the last three filed years against -4.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew 0.3% (top 35%); capital spending grew -20.2% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). iHeartMedia, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Multiplatform Group at $2.3 billion, Digital Audio Group at $1.3 billion, Audio and Media Services Group at $273 million. 1 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 59% of revenue (its annual report).

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iHeartMedia, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1% above the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $473 million against a prior three-year average of $792 million (top 35%); a net margin of -12.2% against -20.8% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).