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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-19Urban One Inc (UONE) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Acquisitions and Debt ...
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Urban One Inc (UONE) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Acquisitions and Debt ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: May 14, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) successfully reduced its debt by approximately $60 million, bringing the total gross debt to just over $300 million. The company announced accretive M&A activity with the acquisition of Service Broadcasting in Dallas, Texas, which is expected to enhance revenue scale and EBITDA. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) projects generating about $40 million in free cash flow for the year, indicating strong cash management. Local digital revenue increased by 10.9% for the quarter, showing growth in the digital segment despite overall challenges. The company achieved significant interest savings through debt repurchases, reducing the annual interest burden by $4.6 million. Consolidated revenue for the quarter was down 15.8% year-over-year, indicating a challenging market environment. The radio broadcasting segment experienced a net revenue decrease of 6.4% year-over-year, with national ad sales down 8.2%. The digital segment saw a significant revenue decline of 33.5% in the first quarter, driven by reduced DEI-focused spending and macroeconomic concerns. Cable television segment revenue decreased by 18.5%, with advertising revenue down 24.9%, reflecting challenges in the linear cable market. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA dropped by 63.8%, highlighting the financial pressures faced by Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) during the quarter. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 8 Warning Signs with UONE. Is UONE fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: Can you provide clarity on the thought process behind the recent acquisitions? Are they based on more attractive formats or better geographies? A: The acquisitions are not about different formats but rather expanding our reach within the African-American community in Dallas, Texas. The goal is to create a larger cluster with more revenue scale, leading to increased EBITDA. This acquisition has been a long-term goal, and the recent transactions in Dallas and Charlotte are significant steps in our strategy to deliver and grow profitability. - Alfred C. Liggins, CEO Q: Can you elaborate on the monetization process for the land associated with the AM towers? A: The land is currently listed with JLL, and we are in the process of...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-14URBAN ONE, INC. REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS
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URBAN ONE, INC. REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK and UONE, referred to as, "Urban One," the "Company", "we", "our" and/or "us") today reported its results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, net revenue was approximately $77.7 million, a decrease of 15.8% from the same period in 2025. The Company reported operating loss of approximately $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to operating income of approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Broadcast and digital operating income(1) was approximately $14.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, a decrease of 35.4% from the same period in 2025. Net loss was approximately $3.1 million or $(0.69) per share (basic) for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to net loss of $11.7 million or $(2.64)(a) per share (basic) for the same period in 2025. Adjusted EBITDA(2) was approximately $4.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to approximately $12.9 million for the same period in 2025. Alfred C. Liggins, III, Urban One's CEO and President stated, "First quarter revenue was soft across all divisions, with TV down 18.5%, Digital down 33.5%, Radio down 6.4% and Reach Media dropped by 17.0%. We had budgeted for a down-quarter in our Radio and TV divisions, but not at Reach Media and Digital. The integration of Nielsen DASH data gave a boost to linear cable TV inventory, but combined with a weak scatter market, led to more commercial units being allocated to Direct Response advertising, at a lower average unit rate. Post DASH, prime C3 ratings 25-54 were up 49.0% from the fourth quarter and Total Day was up 35.0% from the fourth quarter. In Radio, our Miller Kaplan local Radio revenues were down 5.5% year-over-year vs the market 7.1% and national was down 8.2%, vs the market down 6.7%. Including local digital, first quarter Radio revenue was down 2.8%. We did approximately $1.0 million in gross political advertising in the first quarter and have another $1.0 million on the books for the second quarter. Radio second quarter is pacing down 2.6%. We are in a turnaround situation at Reach Media, where we continue to be impacted by a weak marketplace, key client attrition and sales team re-building. Digital also had a soft first quarter, driven by weak...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-14FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Urban One 2026 Q1 earnings call. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. We will begin this call with the following safe harbor statement. During this conference call, Urban One will be sharing with you certain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or its future performance. Urban One cautions you that certain factors, including risks and uncertainties referred to in the 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and other reports it periodically files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by its projections or forward-looking statements. This call will present information as of May 14th, 2026. Please note that Urban One disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements made in the presentation.
In this call, Urban One may also discuss some non-GAAP financial measures in talking about its performance. These measures will be reconciled to GAAP either during the course of this call or in the company's press release, which can be found on its website at www.urbanone.com. A replay of the conference call will be available from 2:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, May 14, 2026, until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, May 21, 2026. Callers may access the replay by calling 1-800-770-2030. International callers may dial direct 1-609-809-9909. The replay access code is 3438559. Access to live audio and the replay of the conference will also be available on Urban One's corporate website at www.urbanone.com.
The replay will be made available on the website for seven days after the call. No other recordings or copies of this call are authorized or may be relied upon. I will now turn the call over to Alfred C. Liggins, Chief Executive Officer of Urban One, who is joined by Peter Thompson, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Liggins, please go ahead.
Thank you very much, operator, welcome to our Q1 results conference call. Also joining Peter D. Thompson and I are Jody Drewer, the Chief Financial Officer at TV One, and C. Kristopher Simpson, who is our General Counsel. Yeah, press release came out this morning. I think that, you know, we had, you know, warned, inferred, you know, other people have also, you know, reported already. You know, first quarter was a very tough quarter. We were budgeted to be down, but the marketplace was softer than anticipated due to continued declines in the traditional ad marketplace. Peter D. Thompson will give you more specifics and details on the numbers in a moment.
With the slow start to the year, we've been focused on balance sheet management and debt reduction and de-leveraging opportunities. Since the beginning of the year, we spent approximately $25 million to reduce our debt balance by another $60 million or so, approximately, just to over $300 million of gross debt. We've also announced some de-levering and accretive M&A with the acquisition of Service Broadcasting in Dallas, Texas, two radio stations there in the marketplace for an in-market consolidation opportunity for an announced purchase price of just about $22 million. Net of dispositions of one station in Dallas and two stations in Charlotte, we will spend approximately. By the way, those dispositions don't contribute any cash flow currently.
We'll invest approximately $11 million and pick up about $5 million in pro forma EBITDA. With that, you know, As I said in the last conference call, we're gonna wait till after we got through first quarter to look at what, you know, we wanted to do about updating guidance for 2026. With that, we're actually updating the 2026 guide to approximately $60 million of EBITDA, and we expect year-end leverage to be below five times by year-end with these acquisitions and dispositions. Another bright spot on this is with these numbers will generate about $40 million of free cash flow this year. Peter is gonna have more details on that in his comments.
I'm gonna let Peter, you know, go into the details, and then we can, you know, open it up for Q&A and answer any more detailed questions about the business.
Thank you, Alfred. Consolidated net revenue for the quarter was approximately $77.7 million, down by 15.8% year-over-year. Net revenue for the radio broadcasting segment was $30.5 million, which was a decrease of 6.4% year-over-year. Excluding political revenue, the net revenue for radio was down 8.7% year-over-year. According to Miller Kaplan, our local ad sales were down 5.5% against a market that was down 7.1%. National ad sales were down 8.2% against a market that was down 6.7%. Our largest ad category was services, which was up 14.5%, primarily due to legal services.
The government and public category was up 23.6% due to political spending. All the other major categories were down. Net revenue for the Reach Media segment was $4.9 million, down 17% from the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of half a million for the quarter. This decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in the network marketplace revenue and key client attrition. Net revenues for the digital segment were down 33.5% in Q1 at $6.8 million. The decrease was driven by the decrease in national direct revenue streams as a result of a reduction of DEI-focused spending, ad budgets being pushed to Q2 and H2, and a general pullback in advertiser spending due to macroeconomic concerns.
Local digital revenue was up 10.9% for the quarter as we continue to focus on expanding and improving our local digital sales. We recognized approximately $36 million of revenue from our cable television segment during the quarter, decrease of 18.5%. Cable television advertising revenue was down 24.9%. Prime delivery declined 24% year-over-year for persons 25-54. The integration of Nielsen dash data gave a boost to linear inventory, and this along with a weak scatter market led to more commercial units being allocated to direct response, which has a lower average unit rate. Cable television affiliate revenue was down by 9.8%, driven by a decrease in subscribers as linear cable continues to decline when that was partially offset by an increase in subscriber rates.
Cable subscribers for TV One, as measured by Nielsen, finished Q1 at 29.1 million compared to 30.2 million at the end of Q4. The decline is a result of the combination of churn and a conversion of virtual MVPDs that has been sold as connected television and therefore pulled out of the Nielsen numbers. CLEO TV had 28.6 million Nielsen subscribers. Operating expenses excluding depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets was approximately $73.5 million compared to approximately $80.7 million for the comparable period of 2025. Decrease was mainly driven by sales and marketing expense decreases in the operating segments.
Radio expenses were down 3.8% or $1.1 million, driven primarily by lower costs associated with revenue, lower facility and rental costs, lower national rep fees, and lower bank charges. Reach operating expenses were down by 16.2% or $1.1 million, primarily due to lower bad debt reserve, lower bank charges, and lower revenue related expenses. Operating expenses in the digital segment were down 19.7%, driven by a decrease in traffic acquisition costs, commissions, headcount related savings, and third-party ad serving costs. Operating expenses in cable television segment were down 9.8%, which was driven by lower marketing expense, lower programming content amortization, and research costs. Operating expenses at corporate were down approximately 6.1%, driven by lower professional service fees and payroll related costs.
Consolidated adjusted EBITDA was $4.7 million for Q1, down 63.8%. Consolidated broadcast and digital operating income was approximately $14.9 million, a decrease of 35.4%. Interest expense was down to approximately $4.4 million, down from $10.9 million last year. Company made cash interest payments of approximately $700,000 in the quarter on the outstanding 2028 notes. Semiannual cash interest payments for the 2030 and 2031 notes were made on April 1 for 102 days of accrued interest from the transaction day of December 18, 2025, and the next payment on those notes is now due October 1 for the full 180 days of accrued interest.
During Q1, the company repurchased $4.3 million of its 2028 notes at an average price of 51% of par for a $2.1 million gain and approximately $32.4 million of its 2031 second lien notes at a weighted average price of approximately 40.7% of par. The discounted debt repurchases in Q1 reduced the outstanding long-term debt balance to $326.7 million as of March 31, 2026. The company repurchased an additional twenty-three and a half million dollars of its 2031 notes in Q2 at 42% of par.
As Alfred said here today, it's a total reduction in long-term debt of $60.2 million, which will give us an annual interest saving of $4.6 million. Under the troubled debt restructuring accounting, the long-term debt on the balance sheet includes a premium which amortizes over the remaining term. On the ABL, we drew $10 million in Q4 and repaid that in Q1. On March 31st, we drew another $10 million with a six-month maturity, which was outstanding as of March 31st, 2026. We drew a further $10 million in Q2 of 2026 to help us do the long-term debt repurchase.
We have a current outstanding balance today of $20 million on the ABL, and we have incremental borrowing capacity of approximately $22 million today. No impairment losses were recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2026. We recorded amortization expense of approximately $6.2 million, including $5.6 million for the radio broadcast license and TV One trade name for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Benefit from income taxes was approximately $1.4 million for the first quarter. Company paid cash income taxes, net refunds in the amount of approximately $0.1 million. Capital expenditures were approximately $3.4 million in the quarter, which included the Indianapolis studio refurbishment, which is why that's higher than you would normally expect to see.
That will normalize over time. Net loss was approximately $3.1 million or $0.69 a share, compared to a net loss of $11.7 million or $2.64 per share for Q1 of 2025. During the three months, the company did not repurchase any shares of Class A common stock, and we executed stock vest tax repurchases of 2,187 shares Class D common stock at a price of $5.73 per share. As we previously announced, in March, company agreed to sell its WMXG and also WLNK radio broadcast licenses in Charlotte, North Carolina, to unrelated third parties for approximately $0.7 million and $4.2 million respectively. We anticipate to close on the sale by the end of Q2.
In April, company entered into an agreement to acquire Service Broadcasting Group in Dallas, Texas, including radio stations KKDA and KRNB for $22 million. At the same time, we also entered into an agreement to sell radio station KZMJ to Fuzion Dallas for $6 million. Pending FCC approval, the Dallas transactions are expected to close in Q3. The net of all of that, radio M&A is roughly $11 million of outflow, and on a pro forma basis, we think the incremental cash flows from that will be around about $5 million.
As of March 31, 2026, the current contractually outstanding debt balance was approximately $336 million, and the ending unrestricted cash balance was $27.2 million, resulting in net debt of approximately $309.5 million compared to $48.5 million of LTM reported adjusted EBITDA for a total net leverage ratio of 6.39 times. Cash flow from operations is expected to be around $40 million for the year, and we do anticipate repaying the $20 million ABL balance in the second half of the year. Based on the guidance that we gave, we anticipate net leverage being below 5 times at year end. With that, I'll hand it back to Alfred.
Thanks, Peter. operator, could you please open up the lines for questions?
Our first question will come from the line of Ben Briggs with StoneX Financial. Please go ahead.
Hey, good morning, guys, thank you for taking the call and taking the questions. I wanted to touch on one thing here. First of all, congratulations on the acquisitions that you made this quarter. I know, kind of moving some chips around the board is an important strategy for you guys. Can you give us some clarity on the thought process behind these? Is it more attractive formats, that you think are gonna make the difference, or is it better geographies or combination of both? Any clarity there would be great.
They aren't different formats. They're similar formats, you know, in the marketplace. You know, we're really, you know, looking to expand our reach and our service of the African American community in Dallas, Texas. I think it's gonna help us, you know, all the way around in terms of serving local advertisers. It's, you know, the economics, you know, of putting those clusters together and also, you know, selling off our, you know, one station, you know, are gonna create a much larger cluster that has, you know, more revenue scale. With those economies of scale, you're, you know, producing significantly more EBITDA. It makes a lot of sense.
It's an acquisition that I've been trying to do for almost 30 years. You know, I think we, you know, Actually, we went public in May of 1999. That's when we bought our first Dallas station, you know, been trying to make a deal with the owner operator, you know, there, Mr. Hyman Childs, who's a wonderful broadcaster and has been, you know, in this business for, you know, a long time. You know, we were, you know, we always stayed in touch, you know, we finally were able to do something.
What really helps it is, again, the disposition of the one station that we have that You know, I think does maybe $2 million of revenue, you know, but really no cash flow contribution. You know, those two stations in Charlotte that we're selling, you know, will probably do just about $1 million of revenue this year and also contribute no cash flow. The two stations in Charlotte became saleable because we moved our news talk format off of WBT AM, and we put it on WLNK-FM, which is a full market signal there. Because these spoken word formats have to move to the FM band, we finally, you know, did that.
You know, we moved the adult contemporary format to these stations, which, one's a Class A in Charlotte, the other one is a C3 that's just, you know, south of Charlotte. You know, we're really positioning that Charlotte cluster for the future but there was no cash flow associated with it. It also actually frees up the land associated with the tower sites for WBT AM and also for our old WFMZ AM, which we also moved to the FM band. Something I didn't talk about is that we've got significant value in those land assets in Charlotte, and there is a process going on as we speak to monetize those parcels.
All in the vein of how do we, you know, look for accretive and de-levering M&A? Yeah. You got to get it at the right price. It's got to be an operational fit such that 1 plus 1 equals 3 in terms of you know, in terms of profitability. You know, we think what we did in, you know, Dallas and what we're doing in Charlotte is, you know, are significant, gonna be significant plays in our effort to continue to de-lever.
Okay. That's great color, and I appreciate the information about the land that some AM towers are on that frees up. Can you give any more clarity on the monetization process? Are you gonna lease? Are you gonna sell? Are you not sure yet?
We, yeah, we're, you know, the land is listed with JLL right now, and there's a process going on, you know, to bring in offers and to evaluate and to, you know, eventually just sell it. Yeah.
Okay, great. That's very helpful color. I appreciate it. Thank you, guys.
Thank you.
Again, for questions, press star one. Our next question will come from the line of Dennis Pannulla with Lapan Partners. Please go ahead.
Hi. Good morning, guys. Thanks for taking my questions.
Hey, Dennis.
Hey, I know the first quarter, you know, seasonality is the weakest quarter of the year, but man, to see TV down double digits. Did I hear Mr. Thompson right? Did you say digital, your digital broadcasting was up?
Q2.
Q2. We're, yeah.
Oh, Q2. I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Gotcha.
No. Look, so super soft Q1, but a bunch of campaigns got pushed into Q2 in the back half, so Q2 and digital is actually up.
Yeah, because digital-
Yeah. Sorry. Of all of the divisions, I think the digital folks are optimistic and confident about, you know, making their numbers for the year, right? A weak Q2, but a weak Q1, but a stronger Q2.
Yeah, because a lot of your peers are transitioning to digital, and digital sales have been pretty strong. I'm sure that we're probably trying to head in that same direction, I would imagine. Our margins are better, you know, sales numbers are better.
The, the mar-
Are we on the market for that division?
Yes. Well, the division, you know, has grown from I mean, we created iOne Digital, and for a long time it was a break-even division, you know. I think revenue went from, like, low 30s to, you know, let me tell, 75 after sort of the George Floyd DEI, and it was wildly profitable. When I say wildly, went up to, you know, call it $20 million. You know, now there's pressure on digital publishers, of which they are, you know, you can see, you know, BuzzFeed had its challenge, et cetera. Even with all of that, advertisers are moving, you know, more towards digital. It will still be, you know, not a $20 million profitable division, but probably 6, you know, of course.
A misnomer that you just, you know, mentioned is that the margins aren't better, you know, in, in, in digital. The margins are actually, you know, worse, particularly on local digital, because a lot of the campaigns that you sell, you know, require you to, A, do specialized individual custom content, and B, oftentimes you need impressions that are not owned and operated impressions to build scale, and those impressions are very expensive to buy. You have TAC, you know, which is traffic acquisition cost. You know, the radio business, local radio, you know, has been moving, you know, in that direction. You know, you know, it is a lower margin business.
Our local radio stations have been behind the curve in local digital, and we're pushing and improving in that area because, you know, I tell my guys, you know, and ladies that low margin is better than no margin, right? You know.
Yeah, Dennis, on the local to Alfred's point, on local digital revenue, I mentioned in my sort of prepared remarks, we were up 10.9% for the quarter. The marketplace was up 20%, so local digital is where the growth is in radio. We're sort of trailing that curve, but we're working hard.
Yeah
to catch up.
More scale in our markets will help us be a better local digital marketing partner for our advertisers. You know, we're, you know, we're focused on that.
Let me just take a quick second to thank you and management for working so hard. I mean, my God, that refinancing you guys did in December was awesome. You didn't any of the company, there was no dilution to shareholders. Unfortunately, the market didn't reward you in any way, shape, or form for that. Now with this additional debt repurchase and another $1.1 million in interest savings, plus the premium savings, it's looking like if I'm not mistaken, your quarterly interest cost on your P&L is gonna be under $3 million. Does that sound about right, Mr. Thompson?
Yeah, it's Look, that's the weirdness of having to amortize the premium, and it reduces the effective interest rate. I think the way to think about the interest burden going forward is the cash interest expense pro forma-
No, I know that.
Yeah. $24.8 is the pro forma cash interest expense moving forward, which is obviously way down on where we've been historically, and to your point, helps us generate more free cash flow, right?
Yeah, look, it's, you know, we're in tougher businesses, right? You know, it really, it's going to be, you know, a threading of the needle of how do you manage the balance sheet, get your interest burden down, get your debt down, find the places where you can create more cash flow. Look, you got to deal with the reality is that, you know, at least the assumptions that we make, like when we did this Dallas acquisition, our model has the Dallas market going down in spot revenue and digital going up with, you know, with lower margins, but net, the market coming down, right?
I don't have a crystal ball as to what happens, you know, to the media ecosystem in terms of technology and who's competing and what it means, you know, and I don't think anybody does. You know, you know, you just got to manage that debt down and stay ahead of it. That's, you know, that's what we've been doing. That's what we planned. I mean, it's actually, in fact that in February of 2021, we had $825 million of debt. Five years later, we've got $303 million of debt. You know, we have less cash flow too, but, you know, that's.
Even looking at January of 2024, you had $725 million. In just a few years, you guys took off what? Over $400 million in debt.
Yeah.
Without diluting shareholders a single share since.
I mean, look, you know, you know, that's, that's all fine and good, but I appreciate that. The stock trades at an as, you know, basically as an option level because, you know, what's the value, right? Like, if you value stuff at, you know, we're like, Hey, we're gonna be below five times. Somebody could argue that, you know, your assets, cable and radio are worth five times, so there's no equity value, right? Like, you know, it could certainly benchmarks, whether it's AMC Networks or whether it's Versant or like, you know, have seen multiples, you know, below five times, right? You know, so, but we soldier on. That's the reason you got to get your debt down to three times, right?
You know, and that's, you know, like, you know, what we're, you know, what we're focusing on.
Well, even your free cash flow that you just mentioned, you're gonna do $40 million. Your current market cap is $26 million this morning. I mean, how many companies are trading under one times free cash flow? I don't know of any.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't know what your peers typically trade at, but when I took a look, they typically trade at five to eight times free cash flow. You guys are less than one.
Well, look, I think the market's got to get comfortable that, you know, our company, these companies are gonna make it through the curve, right? You know, 'cause a number of folks have not made it, you know. Cumulus is in, you know, BK again. Spanish Broadcasting just went to BK, you know. You know, they got to believe that you're gonna make it, and then they'll buy your argument.
You don't have any liquidity issues either, any of the term debt issues. You just pushed them out to 2030 and 2031. You're eradicating and you're eliminating that debt at a rapid pace. I mean, how do you not get rerated and, you know, have your stock trading at literally bankruptcy prices?
Yeah.
S&P are on the call.
Exactly, right?
S&P, I hope you're making notes.
All right. Thank you.
Guys, thank you for taking my questions. I appreciate your time and your hard work. I hope you guys get rewarded share price-wise very soon.
Do we.
Yeah. Thank you, Dennis.
Once again, for questions, please press star one on your telephone keypad. This concludes our question and answer session. I'll hand the call back to Alfred for any closing comments.
Operator, thank you very much. Also, thank you everybody for your support. Again, I always say this, it sounds like a broken record, but Peter and I, you know, pride ourselves on being accessible. If there are any follow-up questions, please feel free to reach out to us. Thank you very much.
This concludes our call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-24Urban One, Inc. First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call
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Urban One, Inc. First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call
SILVER SPRING, Md., April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK; UONE) will be holding a conference call for investors, analysts and other interested parties to discuss its results for the first fiscal quarter of 2026. The conference call is scheduled for Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. To participate on this call, U.S. callers may dial toll-free +1-888-596-4144; international callers may dial direct +1-646-968-2525. The Access Code is 3438559. A replay of the conference call will be available from 2:00 p.m. EDT May 14, 2026, until 11:59 p.m. EDT May 21, 2026. Callers may access the replay by calling +1-800-770-2030; international callers may dial direct +1-609-800-9909. The replay Access Code is 3438559. Access to live audio and a replay of the conference call will also be available on Urban One's corporate website at www.urban1.com. The replay will be made available on the website for seven days after the call. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The Company cautions you certain of the statements in this press release may represent "forward-looking statements" as defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable and speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" or "estimate," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date and cautions investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements based on factors, including but not limited to the following: economic, public health, and/or political conditions that impact consumer confidence and spending; the cost and availability of capital or credit facility borrowings; the ability to obtain equity financing; general market conditions; th...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-14Urban One Inc (UONE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with Strategic Moves
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Urban One Inc (UONE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with Strategic Moves
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Consolidated Net Revenue: $97.8 million, down 16.5% year over year. Radio Broadcasting Segment Revenue: $35.1 million, a decrease of 26.5% year over year. Reach Media Segment Revenue: $13.8 million, up 43.9% from the prior year. Digital Segment Revenue: $14.7 million, down 19.6%. Cable Television Segment Revenue: $34.9 million, a decrease of 16.8%. Operating Expenses: Approximately $90.2 million, compared to $91.1 million in 2024. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA: $15.6 million, down 41.8%. Net Loss: $54.4 million or $12.24 per share, compared to a net loss of $35.7 million or $7.81 per share in Q4 2024. Capital Expenditures: $3.2 million for the quarter, $10.1 million for the year. Outstanding Debt Balance: Approximately $373.4 million as of December 31, 2025. Ending Unrestricted Cash: $25.5 million. Net Debt: Approximately $347.9 million. Net Leverage Ratio: 6.14 times. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with UONE. Is UONE fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: March 12, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) finished the year within its guidance with $56.7 million of EBITDA. The company successfully executed a significant capital markets transaction, repurchasing a substantial amount of its 2028 notes at a discount, extending maturities to 2031. Reach Media segment saw a 43.9% increase in net revenue, driven by event revenue from the Fantastic Voyage Cruise. Operating expenses, excluding certain costs, were down by approximately 17%, indicating effective cost management. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) regained compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements through a 1-for-10 reverse stock split. Consolidated net revenue for the fourth quarter was down 16.5% year over year. Radio Broadcasting segment revenue decreased by 26.5% year over year. Digital segment revenues declined by 19.6% due to decreased DEI money and lower client spending. Cable television segment revenue decreased by 16.8%, with a significant drop in television advertising revenue. The company reported a net loss of $54.4 million for the fourth quarter, an increase from the previous year's loss. Q: Can you provide an overview of Urban One's financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2025? A: Peter Thompson, CFO,...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-12URBAN ONE, INC. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
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URBAN ONE, INC. REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK and UONE, referred to as, "Urban One," the "Company", "we", "our" and/or "us") today reported its results for the three months ended December 31, 2025. For the three months ended December 31, 2025, net revenue was approximately $97.8 million, a decrease of 16.5% from the same period in 2024. The Company reported operating loss of approximately $54.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to operating loss of approximately $1.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Broadcast and digital operating income1 was approximately $23.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of 38.3% from the same period in 2024. Net loss was approximately $54.4 million or $(12.24) per share (basic) for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to net loss of $35.7 million or $(7.81) per share (basic) for the same period in 2024. Adjusted EBITDA2 was approximately $15.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to approximately $26.9 million for the same period in 2024. On December 18, 2025, the Company closed a private placement debt exchange with holders of the 7.375% Senior Secured Notes (the "2028 Notes") representing more than 97% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding. Pursuant to the private placement, the Company (i) tendered for $185.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2028 Notes which the Company purchased for cancellation for $111.0 million and $1.1 million consent fee in cash, (ii) issued $60.6 million aggregate principal amount of 10.500% first lien senior secured notes due 2030 (the "2030 First Lien Notes"), and (iii) issued $291.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Second Lien Secured Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Second Lien Notes"). Following the transactions (collectively "2025 Refinancing"), $11.8 million of the 2028 Notes remained outstanding. On December 18, 2025, the Company also entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Company, as the administrative borrower, together with the other borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the "Amended and Restated ABL Credit Agreement"). The Amended and Restated ABL Credit Agreement amended and restated the Company's ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of F...
TranscriptFY2025 Q42026-03-12FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
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FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Urban One, Inc. 2025 Fourth Quarter Earnings Call. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. We will begin this call with the following Safe Harbor statement. During this call, Urban One, Inc. will be sharing with you certain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or its future performance. Urban One, Inc. cautions you that certain factors, including risks and uncertainties referred to in the 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and other reports it periodically files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by its projections or forward-looking statements. This call will present information as of 03/12/2026. Please note that Urban One, Inc. disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements made in the presentation. In this call, Urban One, Inc. may also discuss some non-GAAP financial measures in talking about its performance. These measures will be reconciled to GAAP either during the course of this call or in the company's press release, which can be found on its website at https://www.urban1.com. A replay of the conference call will be available from 2:00 PM Eastern Time, 03/12/2026, until 11:59 PM Eastern Time, 03/19/2026. Callers may access the replay by calling 1807702030. International callers may dial direct 1609809909. The replay access code is 907-7729. Access to live audio and a replay of the conference will also be available on Urban One, Inc.’s corporate website at https://www.urban1.com. The replay will be made available on the website for seven days after the call. No other recordings or copies of this call are authorized or may be relied upon. I will now turn the call over to Alfred C. Liggins, Chief Executive Officer of Urban One, Inc., who is joined by Peter Thompson, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Liggins, please go ahead.
Thank you very much, operator. Also joining us today are Chris Simpson, our General Counsel; Ken Wishart, our Chief Administrative Officer; and Jody Druer, who is CFO of our cable television unit, TV One and Clio. Thank you all very much for joining us for the fourth quarter results 2025 year-end conference call. As the press release has stated, we actually finished the year just inside our guidance at $56,700,000 of EBITDA. We had previously also given guidance for 2026 of $70,000,000 of EBITDA. We are just getting through first quarter bottom parts. We are going to wait until we get to the end of first quarter, into the conference call, to update any information on that. So we are holding that for the moment. Q1 started off a bit slower than what we had hoped. Current radio pacings are down about 5%, but we are still positive about a number of our operational changes that we have made and also political that is going to be coming in this year. We are also starting to see some significant improvements in our ratings at our cable television unit. A number of these factors are playing into our decision to hold on any sort of 2026 guidance update. We are very pleased that by the end of last year, we were able to do a significant capital market transaction where we repurchased a significant amount of our 2028 notes at a discount. We extended out our maturities in an exchange into 2031 and upsized our ABL credit facility. We put the company in a much more stabilized position in terms of its capital structure to allow us to continue to focus on delevering the business and to try to take advantage of any offensive opportunities, particularly as it relates to deregulation in the radio business. We feel very good about that, and we continue to maintain our focus on delevering, including that any transactions that we would look to do would be transactions that are also delevering. With that, I am going to turn it over to Peter, who is going to give you details on the numbers, and then we will open it up to Q&A.
Thank you, Alfred. Consolidated net revenue for the three months ended 12/31/2025 was approximately $97,800,000, down 16.5% year-over-year. Net revenue for the radio broadcasting segment was $35,100,000, which was a decrease of 26.5% year-over-year. Excluding political, net revenue was down 10.1% year-over-year. According to Miller Kaplan, our local ad sales were down 19% against our markets that were down 12.6%, and our national ad sales were down 40.1% against the market that was down 29.2%. Our largest ad category for the quarter was services, which was up 0.1%, primarily due to legal services. Healthcare was up 3.5%, and financial was up 15.7%. All of the other major categories were down. Net revenue for the Reach Media segment was $13,800,000 in the fourth quarter, up 43.9% from the prior year, and adjusted EBITDA was approximately $900,000 for the quarter. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in event revenue due to the timing of the Fantastic Voyage Cruise, which was in fourth quarter 2025 compared to 2024, so there is a timing difference there, and the increased revenue and expense was offset by a decrease in political revenue and a decrease in network advertising revenue. Net revenues for the Digital segment were down 19.6% in the quarter at $14,700,000. The decline was driven by a decrease in direct revenue streams as a result of decreased DEI money, lower political, and lower client spending in general. Direct digital sales were down by $2,700,000 for the quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was $1,800,000 compared to $2,700,000 last year. We recognized approximately $34,900,000 of revenue from our cable television segment during the quarter, a decrease of 16.8%. Television advertising revenue was down 21.8%. Our prime delivery declined approximately 20% from the third quarter for persons 25–54. Cable TV affiliate revenue was down 9%, which was driven by subscriber churn, partially offset by an increase in subscriber rates and the launch of Now TV. Cable subscribers for TV One, as measured by Nielsen, finished the fourth quarter at 30,200,000 compared to 34,100,000 at the end of Q3. The decline is a result of the combination of churn and also a conversion of virtual MVPDs that has been sold as connected television and therefore pulled out of the Nielsen numbers. Clio TV had 33,000,000 Nielsen subscribers at the end of the period. Operating expenses, excluding depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation, impairment, and goodwill and intangible assets, were approximately $90,200,000 for the three months, compared to approximately $91,100,000 for the comparable period in 2024. Our operating expenses in the period included $7,700,000 of debt refinancing costs, as well as $6,700,000 of expenses related to the Fantastic Voyage Cruise. Excluding those two items, operating expenses were actually down by approximately 17%. That was driven mainly by revenue-related variable expenses such as commissions, sales rep fees, traffic acquisition costs in Digital, as well as headcount and related third-party professional fees. Radio operating expenses were down 17.8%, or $5,700,000, driven primarily by a decrease in commissions and headcount-related expenses. Reach operating expenses were up 86.1% due to the timing of the Fantastic Voyage. Excluding the event expenses, expenses at Reach were down 12.1%, which was driven by talent and headcount-related expense reductions. Operating expenses in the Digital segment were down 18.5%, driven by the decrease in traffic acquisition costs, commissions, headcount-related savings, and video production costs. Operating expenses in the Cable Television segment were down 8.3%, driven by lower headcount costs, commission, bad debt, and a reduction in program development write-offs. Operating expenses in Corporate were up by approximately $4,000,000, driven by an increase in the debt refinancing costs that was recorded in Q4 of $7,700,000, offset by lower third-party legal and professional fees, software license fees, and other expense reductions at Corporate. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA was $15,600,000 for the fourth quarter, which was down 41.8%. Consolidated broadcast and digital operating income was $23,800,000, a decrease of 38.3%. On 12/18/2025, the company closed a private tender and exchange offer with the holders of the 2028 senior secured notes representing more than 97% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding. The company tendered for $185,000,000 in the 2028 notes at 60¢. We issued $60,600,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.5% first-lien senior secured notes due 2030, and we issued $291,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.625% second-lien secured notes due 2031. Following the transaction, $11,800,000 of the 2028 notes remained outstanding. We had to account for the transaction under the troubled debt restructuring rules, which means that we do not recognize the gain on the tender in P&L and instead we effectively capitalize that on the balance sheet as a premium, and that will have a knock-on effect in future periods of reducing the P&L interest expense, and the difference between the cash interest expense and the P&L interest expense will go to reduce the premium over time. Interest and investment income was approximately $400,000 in the fourth quarter compared to $1,100,000 last year. The decrease was due to lower cash balances in interest-bearing accounts. Interest expense decreased to approximately $8,700,000 in Q4, down from $7,500,000 last year, due to lower overall debt balances. The company made cash interest payments of approximately $13,400,000 in the quarter. During the first three quarters, the company repurchased $96,700,000 in its 2028 notes at an average price of 53.6% of par, bringing the balance to $487,800,000 as of September 30, and then the debt transaction in the fourth quarter further reduced the outstanding long-term debt balance to $363,400,000 at year-end. At the same time as the debt transaction happened, we drew down $10,000,000 from our new ABL credit facility, and in 2026 we paid the $10,000,000 draw on the ABL, and we also purchased an additional $4,300,000 in the 2028 notes at 51% of par, bringing the current outstanding total debt balance to $359,100,000. $55,300,000 of noncash impairment charges were recorded, and that was made up of $500,000 at Reach Media, $53,100,000 at Cable Television, and $1,700,000 within the Digital reporting unit. We recorded amortization expense of approximately $400 for the radio broadcast license and TV One trade name for the three months. Benefit from income taxes was approximately $9,200,000 for the fourth quarter. The company received cash income tax refunds in the amount of approximately $200,000. Capital expenditures were approximately $3,200,000 in the quarter and $10,400,000 for the year. Net loss was approximately $54,400,000, or $12.24 per share, compared to a net loss of $35,700,000, or $7.81 per share, for 2024. During the three months ended 12/31/2025, the company did not repurchase any shares of Class A common stock. We did repurchase 13,773 shares of Class D common stock for approximately $100,000 at an average price of $8.20 per share on a post-split basis. In January 2026, the company did a one-for-ten reverse stock split and thereby regained compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirements. As of 12/31/2025, the current outstanding debt balance was approximately $373,400,000, and ending unrestricted cash was $25,500,000, resulting in net debt of approximately $347,900,000, which compares to $56,700,000 of LTM reported adjusted EBITDA for a total net leverage ratio of 6.14x. With that, I will hand it back to Alfred to help you.
Operator, can we open the lines up for Q&A?
We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, press star then the number 1 on your telephone keypad. Again, for questions, please press star followed by the number 1. We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Once again, for questions, simply press star 1 on your telephone keypad. We have no questions at this time. Mr. Liggins, I will hand the call back to you.
Thank you very much. We appreciate your support, and as always, we are available offline to answer any questions that you may think of after the fact. Thank you very much, and we will see you next quarter.
This will conclude today’s call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-03Urban One, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2025 Results Conference Call
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Urban One, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2025 Results Conference Call
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK; UONE) will be holding a conference call for investors, analysts and other interested parties to discuss its results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025. The conference call is scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. To participate on this call, U.S. callers may dial toll-free +1-888-596-4144; international callers may dial direct +1-646-968-2525. The Access Code is 9077729. A replay of the conference call will be available from 2:00 p.m. EDT March 12, 2026, until 11:59 p.m. EDT March 19, 2026. Callers may access the replay by calling +1-800-770-2030; international callers may dial direct +1-609-800-9909. The replay Access Code is 9077729. Access to live audio and a replay of the conference call will also be available on Urban One's corporate website at www.urban1.com. The replay will be made available on the website for seven days after the call. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The Company cautions you certain of the statements in this press release may represent "forward-looking statements" as defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable and speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" or "estimate," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date and cautions investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements based on factors, including but not limited to the following: economic, public health, and/or political conditions that impact consumer confidence and spending; the cost and availability of capital or credit facility borrowings; the ability to obtain equity financing; general market conditio...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-12-16URBAN ONE, INC. ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION AND FINAL RESULTS OF OFFERS AND CONSENT SOLICITATION
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URBAN ONE, INC. ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION AND FINAL RESULTS OF OFFERS AND CONSENT SOLICITATION
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK and UONE) (the "Company") today announced the expiration and final results of the previously announced offers: (a) to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the Company's outstanding 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the "Existing Notes") held by Eligible Holders (as defined below) for newly issued 7.625% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (the "Exchange Notes"), to be issued by the Company, and cash, (b) to purchase (the "Tender Offer") up to $185.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes for up to $111.0 million in cash and (c) the right to subscribe to purchase (the "Subscription Offer" and, together with the Exchange Offer and the Tender Offer, collectively, the "Offers") up to $60.6 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 10.500% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the "New First Lien Notes" and, together with the Exchange Notes, the "New Notes"). As of 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on December 15, 2025 (the "Expiration Date"), the Company received from Eligible Holders valid and unwithdrawn tenders and related Consents (as defined below), as reported by D.F. King & Co., Inc. (the "Exchange Agent"), representing approximately $476.02 million in aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes, or approximately 97.580% of the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes outstanding. Eligible Holders electing to participate in: (a) only the Exchange Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer Only Participants," (b) the Exchange Offer and the Tender Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer and Tender Offer Participants," (c) the Exchange Offer, the Tender Offer and the Subscription Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer, Tender Offer and Subscription Offer Participants," and (d) the Exchange Offer and the Subscription Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer and Subscription Offer Participants." The Exchange Offer and Tender Offer Participants and the Exchange Offer, Tender Offer and Subscription Offer Participants are collectively referred to herein as the "Tender Offer Participants." As of the Expiration Date, $498,000 in aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes were tendered by Exchange Offer Only Participants and Exchange Offer and Subscription Offer Participants to receive the Exchange...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-12-02URBAN ONE, INC. ANNOUNCES EARLY RESULTS OF OFFERS AND CONSENT SOLICITATION
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URBAN ONE, INC. ANNOUNCES EARLY RESULTS OF OFFERS AND CONSENT SOLICITATION
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK and UONE) (the "Company") today announced the early results of the previously announced offers: (a) to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the Company's outstanding 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the "Existing Notes") held by Eligible Holders (as defined below) for newly issued 7.625% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (the "Exchange Notes"), to be issued by the Company, and cash, (b) to purchase (the "Tender Offer") up to $185.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes for up to $111.0 million in cash and (c) the right to subscribe to purchase (the "Subscription Offer" and, together with the Exchange Offer and the Tender Offer, collectively, the "Offers") up to $60.6 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 10.500% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the "New First Lien Notes" and, together with the Exchange Notes, the "New Notes"). As of 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on December 1, 2025 (the "Early Tender Date"), the Company received from Eligible Holders valid and unwithdrawn tenders and related Consents (as defined below), as reported by D.F. King & Co., Inc. (the "Exchange Agent"), representing approximately $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes, or approximately 92.2% of the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes outstanding. Eligible Holders electing to participate in: (a) only the Exchange Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer Only Participants," (b) the Exchange Offer and the Tender Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer and Tender Offer Participants," (c) the Exchange Offer, the Tender Offer and the Subscription Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer, Tender Offer and Subscription Offer Participants," and (d) the Exchange Offer and the Subscription Offer are referred to herein as "Exchange Offer and Subscription Offer Participants." The Exchange Offer and Tender Offer Participants and the Exchange Offer, Tender Offer and Subscription Offer Participants are collectively referred to herein as the "Tender Offer Participants." As of the Early Tender Date, $480,000 in aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes were tendered by Exchange Offer Only Participants and Exchange Offer and Subscription Offer Participants to receive the Exchange Consideration a...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-11-05Urban One Inc (UONE) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Cost Savings and Market ...
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Urban One Inc (UONE) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Cost Savings and Market ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: November 04, 2025 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) achieved $3 million in annualized expense savings in Q3, in addition to $5 million earlier in the year. The company outperformed the market in local ad sales, with a decline of only 6.5% compared to the market's 10.1% drop. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) saw a significant increase in its largest ad category, services, which was up 22.9%, driven by legal services. Interest expense decreased to approximately $9.4 million in Q3, down from $11.6 million last year due to lower overall debt balances. Urban One Inc (NASDAQ:UONE) repurchased $4.5 million of its 2028 notes, reducing the gross balance on the debt to $487.8 million. Consolidated net revenue was approximately $92.7 million, down 16% year over year. Revenue for the radio broadcasting segment decreased by 12.6% year over year. Net revenue for the Reached segment was down 40% from the prior year. The digital segment experienced a decline of 30.6% in Q3. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA was $14.2 million for the third quarter, down 44.1%. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 5 Warning Signs with UONE. Is UONE fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: How is Urban One planning for 2026, and what are the expectations for demand and listenership? A: Alfred C. Wiggins, CEO, expressed optimism for 2026, citing the upcoming political year and strategic changes in operations. The company has addressed challenges faced in 2025, particularly in the Reach Media segment, by diversifying its advertiser base and making strategic format changes in key markets like Washington DC. These efforts are expected to improve performance and position the company for a rebound in 2026. Q: Are there any plans for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or transformative deals in the near future? A: Alfred C. Wiggins, CEO, stated that while there are no current transformative M&A deals in progress, the company is exploring opportunities that may arise from potential deregulation in the industry. Urban One is focused on aligning assets more efficiently and is open to exploring strategic opportunities that could strengthen its market position. Q: What is Urban One's strategy regarding debt buybacks, and will this continue in the futur...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-11-04Urban One: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
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Urban One: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Urban One Inc. (UONEK) on Tuesday reported a loss of $2.8 million in its third quarter. The Silver Spring, Maryland-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share. The broadcast media company that serves African-American and urban listeners posted revenue of $92.7 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on UONEK at https://www.zacks.com/ap/UONEK

