Entravision is growing revenue rapidly (126% YoY) with excellent cash conversion, but heavy segment concentration, extreme short interest and options skew, and a deep drawdown make it a speculative position the engine says to avoid.
Thesis pillars
- Rapid Revenue Growth→Stable
- Segment Concentration Risk↓Deteriorating
- Cash Conversion Attractive Value→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 24, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Mar 5, 2026
Entravision Communications Corp (EVC) Stock Analysis
Inst Constrain edge
Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.12: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.00; Below-average business quality.
Entravision Communications is a media and advertising-technology company operating 47 television stations and 44 radio stations serving Latino audiences across the U.S. (Media segment, largely Univision/UniMás-affiliated under agreements with TelevisaUnivision expiring December... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.12: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.00; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 3/7 gates (clean insider activity, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and earnings proximity 7d<=7d. Suitability: speculative.
About Entravision Communications Corp
About Entravision Communications Corp
Entravision Communications generated $447.6 million in net revenue in 2025, split roughly 61% from its Advertising Technology & Services (ATS) segment and 39% from Media, which owns 47 television stations and 44 radio stations serving Latino audiences across 13 of the 20 highest-density U.S. Latino markets. ATS revenue leans heavily on mobile-gaming advertisers, including one recently acquired customer based in Hong Kong that alone accounts for a significant share of both segment and consolidated revenue.
Media revenue comes from advertising sold across television and radio inventory, retransmission-consent fees paid by cable, satellite, and virtual MVPDs, and political advertising that spikes in even-numbered election years; 21 of Entravision's television markets carry Univision or UniMás programming under an affiliation, proxy, and marketing-and-sales agreement with TelevisaUnivision that also entitles TelevisaUnivision to a 9.4% cut of national and local advertising revenue on those stations. The ATS segment, run through the Smadex demand-side platform and the Adwake agency, buys mobile-app, mobile-web, and connected-TV advertising inventory programmatically for developers of mobile games, fintech apps, and entertainment services, with the majority of ATS revenue coming from gaming clients. Entravision is also expanding local news production — more than 300 hours weekly across 412 newscasts — and new content initiatives such as WAPA Orlando and the Altavision network, sourced through a partnership with Mexico-based Multimedios Television.
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Entravision's affiliation, proxy, and marketing-and-sales agreements with TelevisaUnivision — which govern the Univision and UniMás programming carried in 21 of its television markets — expire December 31, 2026, and the company acknowledges it cannot guarantee renewal on current or acceptable terms, or at all; termination would have a material adverse effect given how essential that programming is to its ratings and retransmission revenue. A second, unrelated concentration compounds the risk profile: the ATS segment's single largest customer, a recently acquired mobile-gaming advertiser based in Hong Kong, accounts for a significant share of both ATS and consolidated revenue, and its loss — or a deterioration in cross-border legal enforceability given ongoing U.S.-China tension — would directly hit consolidated results rather than just one segment.
See also: Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
From Entravision Communications Corp's most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Entravision Communications Corp
Latest news
- NEWS Entravision to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai Oct 23, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Entravision Appoints Gary Ferrera and Brian Krzanich to Board of Directors — fiscal.ai Oct 20, 2026 positive
- NEWS Entravision Communications Extends Its Station Affiliation Agreement With Affiliates Of TelevisaUnivision To March 31, 2 — benzinga Oct 6, 2026 positive
- NEWS Entravision Comms Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga Sep 21, 2026 positive
- NEWS National CineMedia Posts Downbeat Q2 Results, Joins Borr Drilling, AbCellera Biologics And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower — benzinga Aug 12, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-10-29T11:08:51Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductATS segment revenue61%10-K Item 1: 'revenue generated by our ATS segment accounted for approximately 61% of total revenue'
- MEDIUMCustomersingle largest ATS customer (Hong Kong)10-K Item 1A: 'Currently, our ATS business is dependent on one recently-acquired customer for a significant amount of our ATS revenue, as well as our consolidated revenue.'
- MEDIUMcounterpartyTelevisaUnivision affiliation10-K Item 1A: 'Our network affiliations and other contractual relationships with television networks, particularly TelevisaUnivision, are essential to our business, results of operations and financial condition.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-05-29Item 5.02LOWAt the May 28, 2026 annual meeting, stockholders approved amending the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan to increase authorized Class A shares by 6,000,000. Routine equity-plan governance action; no officer or director departure.SEC filing →
- 2026-05-20Item 1.02MEDIUMOn May 18, 2026, the company and Alexandra Seros (widow of former Chairman/CEO Walter Ulloa) and related trusts mutually terminated their May 2023 Cooperation Agreement governing board nomination rights. Director Thomas Strickler, originally nominated under that agreement, remains on the board.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Risk profile below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.12: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.00; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $5.88. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Resistance target: $7.41 (+21.1% upside). Prior stop was $5.88. Stop-loss: $5.88.
Concentration risk — Product: ATS segment revenue (61.0%); Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0).
Entravision Communications Corp trades at a P/E of 306.0 (forward -32.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
5 analysts cover EVC with a consensus score of 4.0/5.
What does Entravision Communications Corp do?Entravision Communications is a media and advertising-technology company operating 47 television stations and 44 radio...
Entravision Communications is a media and advertising-technology company operating 47 television stations and 44 radio stations serving Latino audiences across the U.S. (Media segment, largely Univision/UniMás-affiliated under agreements with TelevisaUnivision expiring December 31, 2026), alongside a global performance-marketing Advertising Technology & Services (ATS) segment built around the Smadex programmatic platform and Adwake agency. The company generated $447.6 million in net revenue in 2025, with ATS contributing about 61% and Media about 39%; ATS revenue is concentrated in mobile-gami