Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ) Key Metrics

NYSE: TSQValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

TSQ valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$69.8M
Enterprise value
$579.8M
P/E (TTM)
—
10-yr median 12.3
Forward P/E
12.4
PEG ratio
0.96
Price / sales
0.2
10-yr median 0.4
Price / book
28.9
10-yr median 1.5
EV / EBITDA
32.2
10-yr median 9.2
Dividend yield
19.38%
$0.80 a year
Beta
1.25

TSQ key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

TSQ valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

Price / sales−38.1%
0.2
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 0.6 (−26.8%)2017: 0.3 (−49.2%)2018: 0.3 (−6.8%)2019: 0.4 (+64.6%)2020: 0.5 (+15.9%)2021: 0.7 (+36.3%)2022: 0.3 (−57.9%)2023: 0.4 (+36.7%)2024: 0.3 (−19.3%)2025: 0.2 (−38.1%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−29.4%
8.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 8.2 (−33.6%)2017: 9.4 (+14.0%)2018: 17.1 (+83.0%)2021: 8.12022: 8.9 (+10.0%)2023: 56.5 (+538.4%)2024: 12.7 (−77.6%)2025: 8.9 (−29.4%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow+19.4%
5.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 7.3 (−76.1%)2017: 5.1 (−30.1%)2018: 6.1 (+18.4%)2019: 9.1 (+50.3%)2020: 11.3 (+24.3%)2021: 5.8 (−48.7%)2022: 4.5 (−22.7%)2023: 3.3 (−25.5%)2024: 4.5 (+35.3%)2025: 5.4 (+19.4%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield−3.6 pts
18.5%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 13.7% (+10.4 pts)2017: 19.5% (+5.9 pts)2018: 16.5% (−3.0 pts)2019: 11.0% (−5.5 pts)2020: 8.8% (−2.2 pts)2021: 17.2% (+8.4 pts)2022: 22.2% (+5.0 pts)2023: 29.9% (+7.6 pts)2024: 22.1% (−7.8 pts)2025: 18.5% (−3.6 pts)
20162025

TSQ valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

TSQ returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

TSQ debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

TSQ cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

TSQ price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

TSQ key metrics

2016–2025
Townsquare Media, Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$83.2M$141.8M$177.0M$132.0M$283.1M$184.5M$184.9M$112.1M$141.8M$284.3M
Enterprise value$561.2M$629.3M$666.4M$667.1M$820.3M$697.1M$709.6M$606.1M$641.6M$804.0M
P/E ratio———10.716.9————12.3
Price / sales0.20.30.40.30.70.50.40.30.30.6
Price / book——27.62.05.71.91.00.40.40.7
Price / free cash flow5.44.53.34.55.811.39.16.15.17.3
Price / operating cash flow2.72.92.62.64.65.94.63.12.84.8
EV / sales1.31.41.51.42.01.91.61.41.31.6
EV / EBITDA8.912.756.58.98.1——17.19.48.2
EV / free cash flow36.520.112.622.716.842.834.932.723.220.7
Earnings yield−13.8%−9.0%−25.4%9.3%5.9%−44.7%−36.6%−29.4%−7.9%8.1%
Free cash flow yield18.5%22.1%29.9%22.2%17.2%8.8%11.0%16.5%19.5%13.7%
Dividend yield15.9%8.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%2.3%4.5%5.5%4.4%2.2%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)15.9%25.3%14.7%0.2%0.5%2.3%4.7%5.5%4.4%2.2%
Share price at fiscal year-end$5.14$9.09$10.56$7.25$13.33$6.66$9.97$4.08$7.68$10.41
Per share
Revenue per share$26.41$28.91$27.10$25.44$19.68$13.40$23.26$15.67$27.49$18.92
Earnings per share−$0.71−$0.81−$2.68$0.68$0.79−$2.98−$3.65−$1.20−$0.61$0.84
Operating cash flow per share$1.89$3.12$4.05$2.76$2.88$1.14$2.16$1.33$2.75$2.19
Free cash flow per share$0.95$2.01$3.15$1.61$2.29$0.59$1.10$0.67$1.50$1.42
Cash per share$0.29$2.11$3.64$2.39$2.38$3.00$4.56$2.23$3.54$1.89
Book value per share−$2.74−$2.04$0.38$3.60$2.33$3.51$9.69$9.25$20.58$14.25
Tangible book value per share−$21.44−$22.24−$20.95−$20.47−$18.20−$12.34−$19.75−$17.07−$20.12−$15.29
Dividends per share$0.82$0.79$0.56$0.00$0.00$0.15$0.45$0.22$0.33$0.23
Capex per share$0.94$1.12$0.89$1.14$0.58$0.55$1.06$0.66$1.24$0.77
Debt per share$29.83$33.36$32.84$31.78$27.67$21.51$32.85$20.21$30.62$20.91
Shares outstanding16.2M15.6M16.8M18.2M21.2M27.7M18.5M27.5M18.5M27.3M
Change in shares outstanding+3.7%−6.9%−7.9%−14.3%−23.3%+49.4%−32.5%+48.9%−32.4%−1.5%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)——−125.0%21.4%22.8%−59.6%−31.2%−10.4%−2.9%6.1%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)9.9%3.6%−2.8%9.4%8.0%−9.0%−4.0%2.5%1.0%4.9%
Return on assets (ROA)−2.1%−2.1%−6.4%1.7%2.2%−9.6%−7.3%−3.2%−1.0%2.1%
Return on tangible assets−5.1%−4.8%−15.3%4.0%5.8%−22.4%−18.6%−14.7%−3.2%7.1%
Free cash flow margin3.6%6.9%11.6%6.3%11.7%4.4%4.7%4.3%5.5%7.5%
Income quality (OCF / net income)———4.073.65————2.59
Financial health
Total debt$482.8M$520.4M$550.5M$578.6M$587.7M$595.8M$609.3M$555.3M$565.1M$571.2M
Cash & short-term investments$4.8M$33.0M$61.0M$43.4M$50.5M$83.2M$84.7M$61.4M$65.3M$51.5M
Net debt$478.0M$487.5M$489.4M$535.1M$537.2M$512.6M$524.7M$493.9M$499.8M$519.7M
Debt / equity——85.888.8311.856.133.392.181.491.47
Debt / assets0.910.900.840.780.810.740.670.590.510.50
Net debt / EBITDA7.619.8041.527.105.27——13.977.295.31
Current ratio0.841.381.741.681.582.272.202.301.891.88
Quick ratio0.841.381.741.681.582.272.202.301.871.88
Interest coverage1.20.6-0.51.41.9-2.3-1.11.20.32.4
Working capital−$12.8M$29.2M$56.1M$49.0M$44.3M$83.7M$85.8M$85.3M$65.1M$57.5M
Invested capital$433.6M$455.6M$495.8M$600.7M$586.7M$609.8M$704.4M$748.2M$879.8M$909.0M
Tangible asset value−$343.6M−$343.5M−$347.7M−$369.1M−$386.6M−$338.4M−$363.5M−$467.9M−$370.4M−$416.8M
Net current asset value−$500.2M−$503.4M−$510.0M−$554.8M−$556.5M−$556.3M−$569.7M−$541.5M−$580.8M−$620.3M
Graham number———$7.41$6.43————$16.46
Graham net-net per share−$32.49−$34.00−$31.95−$32.20−$27.45−$20.88−$31.90−$21.25−$32.90−$23.68
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$13.2M$12.3M$9.3M$60,000$60,000$4.2M$8.3M$6.2M$6.2M$6.2M
Share buybacks (net)$0$23.6M$16.6M$225,000$1.4M$0$400,000$0$0$0
Dividend payout ratio———0.5%0.4%————26.8%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow85.9%114.6%49.2%1.0%3.0%25.8%42.7%33.4%22.3%15.9%
Capex / revenue3.6%3.9%3.3%4.5%3.0%4.1%4.6%4.2%4.5%4.1%
Capex / operating cash flow49.7%35.8%22.1%41.5%20.3%48.2%49.2%49.5%45.3%35.0%
Capex / depreciation0.770.710.620.890.650.760.760.931.250.87
Stock-based compensation / revenue3.2%3.8%1.8%0.8%0.9%0.6%0.6%0.3%0.1%0.8%
SG&A / revenue3.2%3.8%7.3%0.8%6.8%0.6%0.6%0.4%0.1%5.7%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding48.149.149.046.950.862.055.052.643.642.3
Days of inventory on hand——0.00.0—0.0—0.60.50.0
Days payables outstanding6.25.35.15.59.315.416.715.611.49.6
Cash conversion cycle (days)42.043.843.941.341.446.638.337.632.632.7
Receivables turnover7.597.437.457.797.195.896.636.948.388.63
Payables turnover59.3568.8971.8566.2939.1423.6821.8123.4231.9838.18
Inventory turnover——329,197,000.00324,931,000.00—282,347,000.00—620.55785.31384,711,000.00
Asset turnover0.770.730.650.630.550.430.460.420.450.47
Average receivables$56.3M$60.7M$61.0M$59.4M$58.1M$63.0M$65.0M$62.1M$60.6M$59.9M
Average payables$5.7M$4.7M$4.6M$4.9M$7.4M$11.9M$13.8M$13.1M$12.0M$10.1M
Average inventory——$1$1—$1—$494,500$489,500$1
Intangibles / total assets57.3%54.3%54.8%58.9%60.1%54.4%60.0%76.3%68.3%71.2%

Computed from TSQ's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 16, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

TSQ valuation and financial ratios

Townsquare Media earned a return on invested capital of 9.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $482.8 million of debt and $4.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $478.0 million. It returned $13.2 million to shareholders: $13.2 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks, 86% of free cash flow. The share count fell 40.7% from 27.3M to 16.2M over 9 years.

See the TSQ income statement, the TSQ chart for price history, or the TSQ stock overview for the latest quote and news.

TSQ key metrics FAQ

What is Townsquare Media's EV/EBITDA?

Townsquare Media's enterprise value was 8.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $561.2 million, EBITDA $62.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 32.2.

What is Townsquare Media's ROIC?

Townsquare Media's return on invested capital was 9.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Townsquare Media have?

Townsquare Media had total debt of $482.8 million at the end of fiscal 2025 and $478.0 million of net debt (7.61 times EBITDA).

What is Townsquare Media's dividend yield?

Townsquare Media's forward dividend yield is 19.38%. Townsquare Media paid $13.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.82 per share), a payout ratio of —.

What is Townsquare Media's free cash flow yield?

Townsquare Media generated $15.4 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 18.5% on its market value at year-end ($83.2 million).

What is Townsquare Media's current ratio?

Townsquare Media's current ratio was 0.84 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.84 times current liabilities.

Advertising Agencies key metrics