Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) Stock

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) is a Technology stock trading at $2.39 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $1.22B. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. owns, operates, and sells advertising displays through its Americas and Europe segments. Its offerings include billboard, transit, street furniture, and customized spectacular displays, as well as street furniture equipment and related services, with the company serving advertisers in multiple U.S. and international markets.

Understand Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.: how it makes money

Clear Channel Outdoor owns and operates outdoor advertising displays, including billboards, transit displays, and street furniture, and generates revenue by selling advertising services linked to those display assets across its Americas and Europe operations.

Clear Channel’s profit model is driven by monetizing advertiser demand through owning and operating a network of outdoor advertising displays, where both display type (billboards, transit, street furniture, spectaculars) and digital formats affect the revenue it earns across its Americas and Europe segments.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Americas$0.1B
Europe$0.2B

Business quality (Weak): The company is an outdoor advertising operator with two reportable segments (Americas, Europe), but the dataset does not provide gross margin and some segment revenue figures do not cleanly reconcile to consolidated revenue, which can limit analytical clarity.

Bull case

  • Asset and service based outdoor advertising: Clear Channel owns, operates, and sells advertising displays, including billboards, transit displays, and street furniture, which ties revenue to the company’s display footprint.
  • Digital advertising is part of the revenue stream: The company reports digital-related revenue within both Americas and Europe, supporting a view that digital formats contribute to total advertising monetization.

Bear case

  • Segment revenue reconciliation is unclear in the provided figures: In the provided candidates, some Americas and Europe revenue figures do not sum to the consolidated revenue figure, which can complicate quarter to quarter comparisons.
  • Limited visibility into cost structure: Gross margin is not provided in the dataset, so investors have less direct visibility into how costs translate into profitability.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$2.39
Market Cap$1.22B
EV / EBITDA12.5
Price / Sales0.72
FCF Yield6.9%
DCF Value (model)$12.68
DCF Upside vs Price430.5%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$1.60B
Net Margin1.2%
Revenue Growth (YoY)8.7%
EPS Growth (YoY)-150.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)-186.7%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score-1.70 (distress)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Sector P/E (Technology)33.9
Industry P/E (Business Services)30.0
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderAllianz Asset Management GmbH ($248.19M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorTechnology
IndustryBusiness Services
CEOScott R. Wells
Employees4,100
CountryUS
IPO Date2005-11-14

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.