Company Analysis

PodcastOne, Inc. (PODC)

Nasdaq: PODC · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Beverly Hills, CA · filing with the SEC since 2022
Grade4.3
◀ Past 5.2● Present 3.8▶ Future 4.3

The grade of PodcastOne, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past5.225% of the headline
● Present3.835% of the headline
▶ Future4.340% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2022; the latest 2025-07-01.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s filings since 2022 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2025-07-01) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+21.2% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $35 million in fiscal 2023 to $62 million in fiscal 2026, up 21.2% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span21.2%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 21% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 37.8% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 19 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, PodcastOne, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 37.8% 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 19 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-13, buying about $386 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 13% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -15%: lost 15¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, PodcastOne, Inc. lost about 15 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 26 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 9.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 33% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 48% of 73 in its family; net margin -4.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s standing among 73 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $62 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 29% by size; a net margin of -4.3% ranks in the bottom 47%; revenue growth of 21.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$61.7Mbottom 29% of its family
  • net margin-4.3%bottom 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth21.2%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
0.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 8% of 34 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 8th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.9 years (bottom 8%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 8%; 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.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 9 peoplebottom 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.9 yearsbottom 8% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 31% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $4 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 12% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.9% of revenue (bottom 49%); a gross margin of 12.3% (bottom 6%); research spending of 0.1% of revenue (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets12.0%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.9%bottom 49% of its family
  • gross margin12.3%bottom 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.1%bottom 3% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 70 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 21.2% a year over the last three filed years against 21.2% over all 4, speeding up (top 24% of its family); the newest year grew 18.3% (top 26%); research spending grew -47.2% a year (bottom 4%); capital spending grew -53.5% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). PodcastOne, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.3%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-47.2%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-53.5%bottom 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
5.6/10

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

top 44% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PodcastOne, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $62 million in fiscal 2026 came in 3.5% below the $64 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $9 million (top 41%); a net margin of -4.3% against -22.2% before (top 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.5%bottom 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+72%top 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+17.9 pointstop 32% 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 PODC · research, not advice