Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$5.01
-0.40% today
1Y Change
+3.71%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Emerald Holding, Inc. (EEX) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $890.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $5.01 and up 3.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +16.2%, EPS growth of -123.9%, a dividend yield of 1.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +16.2%, EPS -123.9%, free cash flow -9.0% with operating margin 15.6% and ROIC 7.7%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines EEX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
EEX is 15.14 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
EEX had 27.28 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
EEX beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
EEX
+3.71%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.85%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-15.14 pts
Relative to SPY
EEX Max Drawdown
-36.42%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for EEX and SPY.
| Year | EEX | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +10.55% | +6.71% | +3.84 pts | EEX |
| 2025 | -11.13% | +11.19% | -22.33 pts | SPY |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$145.5M
-55.4% YoY
FY Net Income
-$79.7M
-212.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$88.5M
-48.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
+16.2%
EPS Growth
-123.9%
Gross Margin
56.9%
Net Margin
-6.6%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 463M | 399M | 383M | 326M | 146M |
| Gross Profit | 264M | 223M | 200M | 150M | 41M |
| Operating Income | 85M | 64M | 23M | -9M | -93M |
| EBITDA | 116M | 84M | 85M | 245M | -14M |
| Net Income | -31M | 2M | -8M | 71M | -80M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 7M | 195M | 204M | 239M | 231M |
| Total Assets | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 874M | 663M | 649M | 1.1B | 1.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 339M | 386M | 405M | -33M | -121M |
| Total Debt | 512M | 412M | 416M | 429M | 535M |
| Net Debt | 505M | 217M | 212M | 190M | 303M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
90M
-48.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
2M
+16.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
89M
-48.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
56.9%
Operating Margin
15.6%
Net Margin
-6.6%
ROE
-8.2%
Debt / Equity
1.51x
Next Step
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