Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Common Stock (CCO)

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how advertising & marketing services stocks fared in Q3, starting with Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO).

Clear Channel Outdoor has been on fire lately. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has rocketed 84.3%, reaching $2.12 per share. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

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Outdoor advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) reported Q3 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 8.1% year on year to $405.6 million. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $448.5 million at the midpoint, 1.2% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.12 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.

The position previously accounted for 7.48% of fund AUM as of the prior quarter.

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) reported mixed Q2 2025 results, beating EPS estimates by 23.8% but slightly missing revenue forecasts. Stock surged 4.55% pre-market despite recent declines.

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Clear Channel aims to grow its "America and Airports segments to organically improve cash flow and reduce leverage on our balance sheet."