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

Company Overview

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is an out-of-home advertising company that provides businesses and organizations with advertising space across physical and digital displays. Its offerings include traditional and digital billboards, street furniture, transit advertising, airport displays, wallscapes, and other large-format advertising installations.

The company sells advertising campaigns to national, regional, and local advertisers and supports them with audience insights, campaign planning, creative services, and digital-out-of-home capabilities. Its digital displays can be updated remotely, allowing advertisers to deliver time-sensitive or location-specific messages across multiple markets.

Clear Channel Outdoor serves customers through operations in the United States and selected international markets, including European and other overseas locations. The company traces its history to the outdoor advertising operations of Clear Channel Communications and became a separately publicly traded company in 2005. Scott Wells has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer in recent company disclosures.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.35 to $2.36
• 50-Day Range: $2.32 to $2.44
• 52-Week Range: $1.27 to $2.44
• Volume: 3.98 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.80 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.20 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 5% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 232nd out of 244 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.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Clear Channel Outdoor is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

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 -11.21, 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 -11.21, 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: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Clear Channel Outdoor has a news sentiment score of 0.67. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Clear Channel Outdoor this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for CCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -83% 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: 8/05/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• 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: -4.9%
• 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: 0.75
• Cash Flow: $0.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.41
• Book Value: ($6.82) per share
• Price / Book: -0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 509,090,000
• Free Float: 472,439,000
• Market Cap: $1.20 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.95