Company Analysis

Mediaco Holding Inc. (MDIA)

Nasdaq: MDIA · Radio Broadcasting Stations · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade4.6
◀ Past 3.2● Present 4.2▶ Future 6.6
2 est.

The grade of Mediaco Holding Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past3.230% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

13 warning events since 2019; the latest 2025-12-22.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s filings since 2019 show 13 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2025-12-22); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-05-09); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 5 times, the latest 2025-11-14) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 3 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $43 million in fiscal 2019 to $133 million in fiscal 2025, up 18% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 29% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 3 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span18.0%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak29.3%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 5% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 10 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mediaco Holding Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 5% of 10 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
3.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -144%: lost 144¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 84%: owes 84¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Mediaco Holding Inc. lost about 144 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 84 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 32.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 10 in its family; net margin -50%.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $133 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 19% by size; a net margin of -50% ranks in the bottom 15%; revenue growth of 51.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 5% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$133Mbottom 19% of its family
  • net margin-50.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth51.2%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned
family median, 7 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mediaco Holding Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $63 million leaves -20% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.9% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-20.0%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.9%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
9.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 5% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 95th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 51.2% a year over the last three filed years against 18% over all 8, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 39.5% (top 5%); capital spending grew 116.7% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Mediaco Holding Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: Advertising at $67 million (50%), Digital Marketing Services at $57 million (42%), Service Other at $6 million (4%), and 3 more; 2 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+33.2 points a yeartop 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth39.5%top 5% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending116.7%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 22% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Mediaco Holding Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $133 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.3% below the $150 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $67 million against a prior three-year average of $4 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -50% against 11.8% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-11.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-61.8 pointsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MDIA · research, not advice