Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
-10.65-10.92
Price/Sales ratio
0.240.23
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$-0.11$-0.11

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-395.95-20.6812.86-2.57-8.60-3.26-1.27-3.58-5.27-2.81-5.91-8.60
Price/Sales ratio
1.280.700.670.640.680.440.410.690.200.410.230.44
Price/Book Value ratio
-26.94-2.62-1.95-0.82-0.82-0.57-0.27-0.48-0.15-0.25-0.17-0.82
Price/Cash Flow ratio
10.896.645.8610.3710.025.50-5.56-11.613.5528.054.085.50
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
32.3824.6522.59-25.90-78.87-65.86-2.92-5.50-11.14-5.94-12.78-78.87
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
4.89-0.02-0.050.000.12-0.06-0.020.120.06-0.01-0.08-0.06
Dividend Yield
4.60%1.55%41.52%20.03%1.63%0.06%0.05%N/AN/AN/AN/A0.06%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
46.07%46.72%46.87%45.54%45.96%45.89%35.23%43.32%46.47%48.63%46.47%45.96%
Operating Profit Margin
9.53%9.30%23.59%8.97%9.25%9.42%-7.66%4.66%9.33%11.13%10.92%9.25%
Pretax Profit Margin
0.28%-0.75%8.92%-35.01%-6.25%-10.78%-35.49%-20.86%-6.69%-8.19%-6.69%-6.69%
Net Profit Margin
-0.32%-3.42%5.23%-24.89%-8.01%-13.48%-32.36%-19.32%-3.80%-14.61%-3.89%-8.01%
Effective Tax Rate
-105.46%-237.45%31.80%30.91%-19.08%-24.95%8.81%7.38%43.21%9.87%43.21%-19.08%
Return on Assets
-0.15%-1.51%2.47%-13.79%-4.82%-5.65%-10.42%-8.17%-1.85%-6.58%-1.89%-4.82%
Return On Equity
6.80%12.68%-15.16%31.97%9.64%17.60%21.57%13.56%2.89%8.97%2.90%17.60%
Return on Capital Employed
5.00%4.80%12.53%5.78%6.64%4.83%-3.03%2.48%5.80%6.17%6.83%6.64%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.501.712.091.481.391.011.22N/AN/AN/A0.991.01
Quick Ratio
1.481.682.081.441.361.011.230.980.851.080.801.01
Cash ratio
0.260.440.850.210.250.340.730.370.260.280.250.25
Days of Sales Outstanding
86.3591.0381.3593.6795.4096.9892.17104.7466.7485.7691.1896.98
Days of Inventory outstanding
5.005.745.385.684.485.305.0415.5651.37N/AN/A5.30
Operating Cycle
91.3596.7786.7499.3599.88102.2997.21120.30118.1185.7622.48102.29
Days of Payables Outstanding
17.3524.4622.0822.7728.2223.7730.7331.1920.1821.2427.9323.77
Cash Conversion Cycle
74.0072.3064.6676.5871.6678.5266.4789.1197.9364.5263.2578.52
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.770.800.891.121.160.851.021.111.091.231.641.16
Debt Equity Ratio
-35.01-6.74-5.48-2.61-2.33-2.66-2.12-1.85-1.70-1.68-2.54-2.66
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
1.021.171.221.611.751.682.002.332.432.591.911.75
Total Debt to Capitalization
1.021.171.221.611.751.601.882.172.412.451.851.75
Interest Coverage Ratio
0.800.791.710.620.660.61-0.39N/AN/AN/A0.740.66
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.070.050.060.030.030.03-0.02-0.020.020.000.010.03
Company Equity Multiplier
-45.15-8.39-6.13-2.31-1.99-3.11-2.06-1.65-1.55-1.36-1.55-1.99
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.110.100.110.060.060.07-0.07-0.050.050.010.050.07
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.330.260.25-0.40-0.12-0.081.902.10-0.31-4.71-0.31-0.08
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.070.050.060.030.030.03-0.02-0.020.020.000.010.03
Short Term Coverage Ratio
100.6769.3544.51279.438250.52-0.37-0.396.600.140.500.52
Dividend Payout Ratio
-1825.04%-32.13%534.20%-51.65%-14.05%-0.20%-0.06%N/AN/AN/AN/A-14.05%