Cumulus Media (Cumulus Media) Operating Income : $8.0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Cumulus Media Operating Income?

Cumulus Media's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.0 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Cumulus Media's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.0 Mil. Cumulus Media's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $221.3 Mil. Therefore, Cumulus Media's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.92%.

Cumulus Media's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Cumulus Media's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.77%. Cumulus Media's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -62.68%.

Cumulus Media Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cumulus Media's Operating Income can be seen below:

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Cumulus Media Annual Data

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Operating Income

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132.53

6.81

51.50

93.80

7.97

Cumulus Media Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															24.57	-5.97	2.95	8.97	2.03

Cumulus Media Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.0 Mil.

Cumulus Media (NAS:CMLS) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Cumulus Media's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	8.104 * ( 1 - -22.1% )	/	( (1331.622	+	1251.818)	/ 2 )
=	9.894984	/	1291.72
=	0.77 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	1521.092	-	106.663	-	( 82.807	-	max(0, 134.395	-	288.713	+	82.807	))
=	1331.622

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	1440.301	-	107.823	-	( 80.66	-	max(0, 143.739	-	286.897	+	80.66	))
=	1251.818

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Cumulus Media's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-250.072	/	( ( (309.388 + max(99.243, 0))	+	(299.242 + max(90.013, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-250.072	/	( ( 408.631	+	389.255 )	/	2 )
=	-250.072	/	398.943
=	-62.68 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(176.075	+	0	+	29.831)	-	(106.663	+	0	+	2.8421709430404E-14)
=	99.243

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(182.201	+	0	+	24.036)	-	(107.823	+	0	+	8.401)
=	90.013

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Cumulus Media's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2.026	/	221.301
	=	0.92 %

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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Cumulus Media (Cumulus Media) Business Description

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780 Johnson Ferry Road NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30342

Website

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Cumulus Media Inc is a radio broadcasting company combining high-quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated media, sports, and entertainment brands to deliver premium content choices to its customers and radio stations affiliated with Westwood One network and numerous digital channels. The company's revenue is derived mainly from the sale of local, regional, and national advertising which is broadcast on its radio stations.

Executives

Deborah A Farrington	director	STARVEST PARTNERS, L.P., 750 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
David Edward Milner	officer: EVP - Operations	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., SUITE 2200, ATLANTA GA 30305
Richard Denning	officer: EVP, GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD NW SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30305
Brigade Capital Management, Lp	10 percent owner	399 PARK AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Francisco J Lopez-balboa	officer: EVP and CFO	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., ATLANTA GA 30305
Sallie Kimbrough	officer: See Remarks	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., SUITE 2200, ATLANTA GA 30305
Robert J Walker	officer: EVP - Operations	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., SUITE 2200, ATLANTA GA 30305
Mary G. Berner	director, officer: PRESIDENT & CEO	C/O CUMULUS MEDIA, INC., 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Suzanne M Grimes	officer: EVP Corporate Marketing	200 EAST BASSE ROAD, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
John Abbot	officer: EVP, TREASURER & CFO
Sp Signal Manager, Llc	10 percent owner	2 GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Nimbus Atlas Llc	10 percent owner	399 PARK AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Thomas H Castro	director	C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Matthew Blank	director	TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
David M Baum	director	784 MORRIS TURNPIKE #367, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078