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TSQ (Townsquare Media) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Townsquare Media Financial Strength?

Townsquare Media has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Townsquare Media Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Townsquare Media's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.01. Townsquare Media's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.27. As of today, Townsquare Media's Altman Z-Score is 0.22.


Competitive Comparison of Townsquare Media's Financial Strength

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Townsquare Media's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Townsquare Media's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Townsquare Media's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Townsquare Media's Financial Strength falls into.


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Townsquare Media Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Townsquare Media's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-9.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $9.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $479.9 Mil.

Townsquare Media's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*9.534/-9.477
=1.01

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Townsquare Media Inc interest coverage is 1.8, which is low.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Townsquare Media's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(20.301 + 479.905) / 394.7
=1.27

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Townsquare Media has a Z-score of 0.22, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.22 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Townsquare Media  (NYSE:TSQ) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Townsquare Media has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Townsquare Media Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Manhattanville Road, Suite 202, Purchase, New York, NY, USA, 10577
Townsquare Media Inc is a radio, digital media, entertainment, and digital marketing solutions company principally focused on being the premier local advertising and marketing solutions platform in small and mid-sized markets across the United States. It has three segments which are Subscription Digital Marketing Solutions, Digital Advertising, and Broadcast Advertising. It earns the majority of the revenue from the Broadcasting Advertising segment, which includes its local, regional, and national advertising products and solutions delivered via terrestrial radio broadcast. Its portfolio includes local media brands such as WYRK.com, WJON.com, and NJ101.5.com, and premier national music brands such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, UltimateClassicRock.com, and Loudwire.com.
Executives
Scott Schatz officer: EVP, Finance Op and Tech C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Claire Marie Yenicay officer: EVP, Inv Rel and Corp Comm C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 240 GREENWICH AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Robert L. Worshek officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 245 FREIGHT STREET, WATERBURY CT 06702
Bill Wilson director, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Msd Capital L P 10 percent owner 1 VANDERBILT AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017-5407
Erik Hellum officer: COO, Local Media C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Stephen A Kaplan director 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Steven Price director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O LIVE WIRE CORP, 711 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Stuart B Rosenstein officer: EVP and CFO C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Gary L Ginsberg director TIME WARNER INC., ONE TIME WARNER CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10019
David Lebow director C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC, 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. 10 percent owner TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Gary D Way director C/O TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC., ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 202, PURCHASE NY 10577
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.p. 10 percent owner 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
David Quick director 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071