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Urban One, Inc. UONE

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$374.4M
▼ 16.7% YoY
$-146.9M
$-5.9M
▼ 119.5% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

As of December 31, 2025, it owned and/or operated 76 independently formatted, revenue producing broadcast stations, located in 13 of the most populous African-American markets in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, the company employed 864 full-time employees and 408 part-time employees. It organizes its operations into four reportable segments: Radio Broadcasting, Reach Media, Digital, and Cable Television. Its Radio Broadcasting segment generates more than 90% of its net revenue from the sale of local, national and network advertising, which also includes low power television revenue. Its Cable Television segment includes TV One, the company's primary cable television franchise targeting African-American and urban communities, which derives its revenue from advertising and affiliate revenue. Its Reach Media segment, the company's syndicated radio unit, derives its revenue primarily from the sale of advertising in connection with syndicated radio shows, including the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, the Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell Show and the DL Hughley Show. Its Digital segment, operated through Interactive One, derives revenue from advertising services on non-radio station branded websites and from studio services that Interactive One provides to other publishers.

Written from the business description in URBAN ONE, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 20 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 374.4M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 374.4 · Net income -146.9
200M400M-100M-200M
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−8.2%
−0.1%
−1.8%
+2.0%
−52.9%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at −0.1% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−39 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating -45.4% · Net -39.2%
10%20%30%-20%-40%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -150.2%
50%100%-50%-100%-150%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin·
Operating margin-45.4%
Net margin-39.2%
EBITDAUSD -152.0M

Each USD of equity lost 150 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 2.8M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF -5.9
30M60M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 2.8
10M20M-15M-30M
200920112013201520172019202120232025
Dividends paid·
Net buybacksUSD 2.8M
Share of profit-1.9%
Consecutive raises·

USD 2.8M in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

Total assetsUSD 593.0M
EquityUSD 24.6M
CashUSD 25.5M
Gross debtUSD 439.7M
Net debtUSD 414.2M
Current ratio2.10×

Net debt stands at 1684% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
UONE, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B0.40.40.50.50.40.40.40.40.40.50.50.40.40.40.40.30.3
Operating income $B−0.2−0.1−0.00.10.10.00.10.10.10.10.00.10.10.10.00.0−0.0
EBITDA $B−0.2−0.1−0.00.10.10.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.0
Income tax $B−0.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.0−0.1−0.10.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.0
Net income $B−0.1−0.10.00.00.0−0.00.00.10.1−0.0−0.1−0.1−0.1−0.10.0−0.0−0.1
Free cash flow $B−0.00.00.10.10.10.10.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $−32.94−22.230.040.660.68−0.18◌2.942.25−0.01◌◌−1.28−1.340.06−0.56−0.89
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Payout % — not applicable: no dividend—————————————————
ROE %−150.2−47.40.710.815.0−4.40.5126.2———−129.4−55.9−38.31.4−14.7−27.0

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 65 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityRadio Broadcasting Stations
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
SEC categorysmaller reporting company
Data on record since2009

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