Company Analysis

Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ)

NYSE: TSQ · Radio Broadcasting Stations · Purchase, NY · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.3

The grade of Townsquare Media, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% 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?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2020-06-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-04-08); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2020-06-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-06-19); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2020-03-16) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

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

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $422 million in fiscal 2016 to $427 million in fiscal 2025, up 0.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.2%top 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.9%top 35% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.8% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 14 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Townsquare Media, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 14 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $18 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 19% 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?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 108%: owes 108¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Townsquare Media, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 108 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 37% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 35% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 10 in its family; net margin -2.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $427 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of -2.7% ranks in the top 35%; revenue growth of -2.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$427Mtop 31% of its family
  • net margin-2.7%top 35% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.6%bottom 45% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 40% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wilson, Bill (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-06-01, 8.5 years (top 50% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.3 years (bottom 36%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 7%; 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 charge1 in three years among 11 peopletop 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.3 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.5 yearstop 50% 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?

4.3/1030% 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 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $433 million leaves -81% of its assets as net cash, bottom 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.6% of revenue (top 35%); a gross margin of 25.5% (bottom 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-81.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.6%top 35% of its family
  • gross margin25.5%bottom 13% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

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

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.6% a year over the last three filed years against 0.2% over all 10, slowing (top 35% of its family); the newest year grew -5.2% (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -1.3% a year (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). Townsquare Media, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Broadcast Advertising at $183 million, Digital Advertising at $161 million, Subscription Digital Marketing Solutions at $75 million. 1 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 44% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.8 points a yeartop 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.2%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.3%bottom 35% 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
5.8/10

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

top 42% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Townsquare Media, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $427 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4% below the $445 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $12 million against a prior three-year average of $15 million (top 45%); a net margin of -2.7% against -3.4% before (top 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.0%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+24%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.7 pointstop 45% 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

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