One-glance verdict
$9.44 our estimate vs market $6.32
33% below our estimate, below the bear case
Fundamentals snapshot
EVC · NYQ · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Current price
$6.32
52-week range
$1.95 - $13.74
Market cap
$583.26M
One-glance verdict
33% below our estimate, below the bear case
Balance sheet
Net debt $122.89M. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.
What stands out
What this company does
Entravision Communications is a global advertising company that helps other businesses find customers through TV, radio, and especially online platforms like TikTok and Netflix. It makes most of its money by creating and managing digital advertising campaigns for clients, placing ads everywhere from social media to mobile gaming apps. The company's success is therefore closely linked to the overall amount businesses are willing to spend on digital advertising to reach new people.
Entravision was founded in 1996 to serve the growing Hispanic population in the United States through television and radio stations. For many years, it focused on expanding its network of Spanish-language TV and radio stations, becoming the largest affiliate group of major networks like Univision and UniMás. Starting in the 2010s, the company began a major shift, transforming itself into a global advertising technology company through strategic acquisitions. This pivot has reshaped the company from a traditional broadcaster into a business where digital advertising technology now drives the majority of its growth.
Entravision helps businesses reach customers through two main avenues: traditional media and modern digital advertising. On the media side, it owns and operates TV and radio stations, primarily in Spanish, that show news and entertainment, earning money by selling advertising spots to local and national businesses. On the digital side, it provides powerful, automated advertising services that help companies, especially mobile app developers, find new users around the world using artificial intelligence. Think of it as having one foot in traditional TV and radio commercials and the other in the high-tech world of online and mobile app ads.
This is Entravision's original business, focused on the Latino community in the U.S. It includes a network of television and radio stations that broadcast news, music, and entertainment in Spanish. Businesses pay Entravision to run commercials and advertisements on these stations to reach their Spanish-speaking customers. While this was once the core of the company, it is now the smaller part of the business and has been facing the same challenges as the broader broadcast industry.
This is the new, high-growth engine of the company and now makes up the majority of its revenue. This segment provides sophisticated digital advertising tools, like its Smadex platform, that help businesses run targeted ad campaigns online and on mobile devices. Companies, particularly those with mobile games or apps, pay Entravision to use this technology to find and attract new users efficiently, a service known as user acquisition. This part of the business is global and has seen explosive growth, fundamentally changing what Entravision is today.
Management's top priority is to continue investing in and expanding its Advertising Technology & Services (ATS) business. They are heavily focused on enhancing the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of their advertising platforms to deliver better results for clients and attract larger customers. While the traditional media segment is still part of the company, the clear bet for the future is on growing the high-tech, global digital advertising side of the house. The company is also focused on a disciplined capital allocation strategy (how a company decides to spend its money), which includes reducing debt and paying a consistent dividend (a portion of a company's profits paid out to shareholders).
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Is it cheap or expensive?
Our most-likely fair value is $9.44 a share — about 49.4% above today's price of $6.32, so the stock currently looks cheap (undervalued).
Is it drowning in debt?
Net debt $122.9M. Interest coverage 0.0x.
Entravision Communications Corporation's profit covers its interest bill about 0.0 times over. and 2 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.
Total debt $206.27M Interest coverage 0.04x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.
Total debt $1.71B Interest coverage 1.65x +4,513% vs EVC Carries about 46.1x more debt cushion than EVC.
Total debt $77.66M Interest coverage 8.06x +22,398% vs EVC Carries about 225.0x more debt cushion than EVC.
Total debt $356.09M Interest coverage 0.58x +1,521% vs EVC Carries about 16.2x more debt cushion than EVC.
Total debt $22.09M Interest coverage -20.30x -100% vs EVC This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with EVC.
Total debt $488.19M Interest coverage 1.29x +3,501% vs EVC Carries about 36.0x more debt cushion than EVC.
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