IHeartMedia reaffirms $800M adjusted EBITDA and $200M free cash flow targets as Q3 EBITDA is guided to $180M-$220M
What it means
- What to watch: With earnings, the number matters less than the number versus expectations — and guidance often matters more than both.
- How the stock is trading: $IHRT +8.72% in the latest session.
- Timing: It landed while New York slept, so the session change beside it belongs to a day that had already closed. Market holidays are not detected.
Where the stock stands
$IHRT last traded at $1.87, +8.72% on the session. That puts it 71% shy of its 52-week high of $6.56 and 36% clear of its low of $1.38 — within a tenth of its 52-week low. Over the year it has ranged 375% from low to high: a very wide band — this one has spent the year on a roller coaster, and big swings are business as usual. These are latest-session quotes, not live prices — the live tape is on the $IHRT page.
The bigger picture
With earnings, the number matters less than the number versus expectations — and guidance often matters more than both. A beat paired with a soft outlook can still get a cold reception. Wook's supply-chain scanner has Communication Services reading calm today: no unusual stress in the filings and disclosures it watches.
Coming up
$IHRT earnings in 16 days. These were on the calendar before this story and are not caused by it.
What to watch next
The $IHRT page has the full chart, the filings and the valuation model behind every figure here. Want the facts without the spin? Read how two or three outlets frame the same story — where they agree is the news, where they differ is the angle. And Wook AI, up top, will happily do the math — how far $IHRT sits from its high, or how this week's coverage stacks up.
How this analysis was made
Seeking Alpha published it, and Wook filed it under Earnings. No strongly worded term either way, so it reads neutral at low severity — a factual headline rather than a charged one. It was matched to $IHRT. It carried $800 million, $200 million, $180 million and $220 million, shown as published and not recalculated. The publisher gave no preview text, and nothing has been written in to fill the gap.
The tone and severity labels come from a fixed word list — no editor, no AI, no crystal ball — so they describe how a story is worded, not what happens next. They are not a forecast or a recommendation, and a same-day move does not mean this story caused it. Not investment advice.
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What happened after this published
Seeking Alpha published this on August 11, 2026. $IHRT has moved -36.29% ($2.93 to $1.87). Measured from the first print available after publication, against the latest available quote. This comparison does not isolate the story's effect.