Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is an outdoor advertising company that provides brands and agencies with advertising space across physical and digital media formats. Its portfolio includes traditional and digital billboards, street furniture, transit displays, airport advertising, and other out-of-home media assets.

The company sells advertising inventory in high-traffic locations, including roadside corridors, urban centers, transportation hubs, and airports. Its digital displays allow advertisers to deliver flexible, time-sensitive campaigns, while its traditional displays support longer-term brand and local advertising initiatives. Clear Channel Outdoor also offers data, audience insights, creative, and campaign-management services to help advertisers plan and measure out-of-home campaigns.

Clear Channel Outdoor has roots in the broader Clear Channel communications business and became a separately traded public company in 2012. The company has historically operated across the United States, Europe, and other international markets, although its geographic footprint has changed over time as it has sold or reorganized certain operations. Scott Wells has served as the company's chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.40 to $2.41
• 50-Day Range: $2.32 to $2.44
• 52-Week Range: $1.27 to $2.44
• Volume: 3.92 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.12 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.22 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $2.24
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Clear Channel Outdoor Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Clear Channel Outdoor scored higher than 10% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 217th out of 237 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Clear Channel Outdoor has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Clear Channel Outdoor has a consensus price target of $2.24, representing about 6.9% downside from its current price of $2.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Clear Channel Outdoor has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Clear Channel Outdoor is -11.45, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Clear Channel Outdoor is -11.45, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.64% of the float of Clear Channel Outdoor has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Clear Channel Outdoor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.25.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Clear Channel Outdoor has recently increased by 8.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Clear Channel Outdoor does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Clear Channel Outdoor does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.10

News Sentiment

Clear Channel Outdoor has a news sentiment score of 1.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.41 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Clear Channel Outdoor this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for CCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Clear Channel Outdoor insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.20% of the stock of Clear Channel Outdoor is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.52% of the stock of Clear Channel Outdoor is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Advertising
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CCO
• CIK: 1334978
• Web: www.clearchanneloutdoor.com
• Phone: (210) 547-8800
• Fax: 1-302-655-5049
• Employees: 1,900
• Year Founded: 1901

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Clear Channel Outdoor: $2.24
• High Price Target: $2.43
• Low Price Target: $2.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.9%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.21)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $19.94 million
• Net Margins: -6.31%
• Pretax Margin: -7.36%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -2.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.25
• Quick Ratio: 1.25

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.60 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.76
• Cash Flow: $0.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.48
• Book Value: ($6.82) per share
• Price / Book: -0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 509,090,000
• Free Float: 472,439,000
• Market Cap: $1.22 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.01