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NMAX NYSE

Newsmax, Inc.
1W: -12.5% 1M: -13.6% 3M: +5.1% YTD: +20.7% 1Y: -22.7%
$9.52
-0.35 (-3.55%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±7.3%
$8 $9 $10 $10 $11
NYSE · Communication Services · Broadcasting · Tech Score Sell · Power 35 · $856.1M mcap · 31M float · 3.97% daily turnover · Short 64% of daily vol

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

NARROW EDGE
59.9 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: 50.5%
Cost Advantage
66
Intangibles
39
Switching Cost
86
Network Effect
35
Scale
68
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. NMAX has a Narrow competitive edge (59.9/100) — meaningful but not impregnable advantages over competitors. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. ROIC of 50.5% confirms the company is generating returns well above its cost of capital — a hallmark of durable competitive advantages.

Financial Rating

Composite financial health rating (A+ to F) based on discounted cash flow valuation, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity leverage, and relative P/E and P/B multiples.

D+
Oct 02, 2026
DCF
1
ROE
1
ROA
1
D/E
2
P/E
1
P/B
1
The Financial Rating evaluates six fundamental factors — discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation, return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), debt-to-equity leverage (D/E), and relative price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B) multiples — each scored 1–5. NMAX receives an overall rating of D+. Areas of concern: DCF (1/5), ROE (1/5), ROA (1/5), D/E (2/5), P/E (1/5), P/B (1/5).
Rating Change History
DateFromTo
2026-10-01 C- D+
2026-08-21 C+ C-
2026-08-14 C- C+
2026-06-29 C+ C-
2026-06-25 C- C+
2026-05-26 C+ C-
2026-05-18 C- C+
2026-05-14 C C-
2026-05-14 C+ C
2026-04-24 C C+

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 51 Grade D
Profitability
19
Balance Sheet
0
Earnings Quality
28
Growth
88
Value
28
Momentum
80
Safety
100
Cash Flow
30
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. NMAX scores highest in Safety (100/100) and lowest in Balance Sheet (0/100). A grade of D flags significant fundamental concerns across multiple dimensions.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
4.89
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
3/9
✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Beneish M-Score
-1.20
Possible Manipulator
Ohlson O-Score
-6.13
Bankruptcy prob: 0.2%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
BBB+
Score: 64.7/100
Trend: Stable
Earnings Quality
—
OCF/NI: 7.53x
Accruals: 17.1%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. NMAX scores 4.89, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. NMAX scores 3/9, suggesting weak financial fundamentals — the company fails the majority of these accounting tests. The Beneish M-Score (1999) is an 8-variable model that detects earnings manipulation by comparing year-over-year changes in receivables, gross margins, asset quality, sales growth, depreciation, SG&A, leverage, and accruals. Scores above −1.78 statistically resemble past manipulators. NMAX's score of -1.20 exceeds the −1.78 red flag threshold — this does not confirm manipulation but indicates the earnings profile resembles past manipulators statistically. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. NMAX's implied 0.2% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. NMAX receives an estimated rating of BBB+ (score: 64.7/100), with a stable trend.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-191.94x
PEG
-1.20x
P/S
4.21x
P/B
10.81x
P/FCF
-20.74x
P/OCF
—
EV/EBITDA
-567.07x
EV/Revenue
4.59x
EV/EBIT
-145.71x
EV/FCF
-18.09x
Earnings Yield
-0.60%
FCF Yield
-4.82%
Shareholder Yield
0.00%
Graham Number
—
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. NMAX currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.998
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
1.002
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
-0.032
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.830
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
2.227
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
-5.8%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. NMAX's ROE of -5.8% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.830), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue. A tax burden ratio of 1.00 indicates minimal tax leakage — the company retains over 90% of pre-tax earnings.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
—
Price/Value
—
Margin of Safety
—
Premium
—

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 380 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$9.51
Median 1Y
$0.01
5th Pctile
$0.00
95th Pctile
$3.37
Ann. Volatility
317.2%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical

Executive Compensation

C-suite compensation breakdown including salary, stock awards, options, and incentive pay. The CEO-to-employee pay ratio and Gini coefficient measure pay distribution fairness.

C-Suite Compensation

ExecutiveSalaryStockTotal
Darryle Burnham Financial
ancial Officer
$358,250 $— $1,076,825
Christopher Ruddy
Chief Executive Officer
$400,750 $— $894,101
Andrew Brown Operating
rating Officer
$182,692 $— $283,878

CEO Pay Ratio

2:1
CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio
CEO Total Comp: $894,101
Avg Employee Cost (SGA/emp): $589,125
Employees: 500

C-Suite Pay Equality (Gini)

CEO Compensation Mix

Workforce & Productivity

Workforce efficiency metrics measuring revenue, profit, and R&D spend per employee — key indicators of operational leverage and human capital productivity.

Employees
500
+25.0% YoY
Revenue / Employee
$378,600
Rev: $189,300,000
Profit / Employee
$-198,990
NI: $-99,495,119
SGA / Employee
$589,125
Avg labor cost proxy

Scaling Efficiency

All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
ROE -9.7% -86.5% -91.1% -0.0% -59.4% -5.8% -5.82%
ROA -6.2% -35.6% -41.4% -0.0% -33.5% -2.6% -2.62%
ROIC 28.7% 82.0% 1.9% -0.0% 5.3% 50.5% 50.48%
ROCE -8.3% -56.0% -59.1% -0.0% -60.3% -4.4% -4.40%
Gross Margin 47.8% 38.0% 33.7% 40.9% 37.5% 43.1% 43.12%
Operating Margin -25.5% -1.6% -15.9% -9.0% -8.7% 2.4% 2.41%
Net Margin -38.0% -1.6% -9.1% -5.7% -4.2% 5.3% 5.30%
EBITDA Margin -34.7% -1.6% -5.6% -2.5% -1.3% 5.3% 5.30%
FCF Margin -34.9% -43.2% -50.3% -35.5% -37.9% -25.4% -25.39%
OCF Margin -34.7% -42.5% -49.0% -34.1% -36.5% -23.7% -23.75%
ROIC Economic snapshot only -9.84%
Cash ROA snapshot only -20.96%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only -5.84%
Pretax Margin snapshot only -3.16%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 46.11%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
P/E Ratio -217.57 -21.01 -16.51 -10.03 -7.94 -167.06 -191.935
P/S Ratio 82.76 21.16 11.63 5.27 3.43 5.27 4.211
P/B Ratio 21.14 18.17 15.04 0.00 6.27 9.46 10.809
P/FCF -237.31 -48.99 -23.13 -14.87 -9.04 -20.74 -20.740
P/OCF — — — — — — —
EV/EBITDA -225.18 -19.58 -15.75 118808.12 -7.03 -567.07 -567.073
EV/Revenue 78.14 19.08 10.57 -58529.29 2.81 4.59 4.593
EV/EBIT -205.55 -18.94 -15.02 111357.59 -6.51 -145.71 -145.711
EV/FCF -224.06 -44.15 -21.03 165068.06 -7.41 -18.09 -18.091
Earnings Yield -0.5% -4.8% -6.1% -10.0% -12.6% -0.6% -0.60%
FCF Yield -0.4% -2.0% -4.3% -6.7% -11.1% -4.8% -4.82%
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 9.458
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 11.772
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 0.00%
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Current Ratio 3.57 2.50 2.74 2.40 2.32 2.37 2.374
Quick Ratio 3.54 2.48 2.71 2.38 2.30 2.35 2.351
Debt/Equity 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.10 0.102
Net Debt/Equity -1.18 -1.79 -1.37 -0.10 -1.13 -1.21 -1.208
Debt/Assets 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.050
Debt/EBITDA -0.46 -0.07 -0.06 -100339.64 -0.11 -7.03 -7.032
Net Debt/EBITDA 13.31 2.14 1.58 118818.83 1.54 83.03 83.030
Interest Coverage -2844.17 -6837.39 -5084.58 -4293.69 -4208.74 -449.08 -449.076
Equity Multiplier 1.57 2.43 2.20 2.26 2.11 2.03 2.035
Cash Ratio snapshot only 1.754
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only -115.392
Cash to Debt snapshot only 12.808
FCF to Debt snapshot only -4.458
Defensive Interval snapshot only 733.7 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Asset Turnover 0.16 0.35 0.59 0.00 0.78 0.83 0.830
Inventory Turnover 12.55 31.95 45.84 0.00 62.66 70.01 70.008
Receivables Turnover 1.57 3.10 4.47 5.66 5.82 5.73 5.732
Payables Turnover 1.50 3.33 5.20 6.76 7.61 7.32 7.324
DSO 233 118 82 64 63 64 63.7 days
DIO 29 11 8 6529561 6 5 5.2 days
DPO 244 109 70 54 48 50 49.8 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 18 20 19 6529571 21 19 19.1 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 11.090
Operating Cycle snapshot only 68.9 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 1.371
Capital Intensity snapshot only 1.133
Growth (YoY)
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue — — — — 3.3% 1.2% 1.22%
Net Income — — — — -3.9% 93.1% 93.07%
EPS — — — — -71.2% 93.1% 93.12%
FCF — — — — -3.7% -30.2% -30.22%
EBITDA — — — — -4.0% 98.2% 98.16%
Op. Income — — — — -7.0% 82.9% 82.90%
OCF Growth snapshot only -23.94%
Asset Growth snapshot only -11.36%
Equity Growth snapshot only 5.92%
Debt Growth snapshot only 84.55%
Shares Change snapshot only 0.74%
Dividend Growth snapshot only -1.00%
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Revenue Stability — — — — — — —
Earnings Stability — — — — — — —
Margin Stability — — — — — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.500
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.500
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — — — — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — — — — — —
ROE Trend — — — — — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — — — — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — — — — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate — — — — — — —
Internal Growth Rate — — — — — — —
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.91 0.42 0.69 0.65 0.85 7.53 7.533
FCF/OCF 1.00 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.04 1.07 1.069
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 8.055
CapEx/Revenue 0.2% 0.8% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.6% 1.64%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.702
Accruals Ratio -0.01 -0.21 -0.13 -0.00 -0.05 0.17 0.171
Sloan Accruals snapshot only -0.127
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only -14.449
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.01 $0.01 $0.01 $0.01 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio — — — — — — —
FCF Payout Ratio — — — — — — —
Total Payout Ratio — — — — — — —
Div. Increase Streak 0 0 0 0 1 — —
Chowder Number — — — — 1.00 — —
Buyback Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Net Buyback Yield -2.0% -3.4% -4.2% -6.8% -1.0% -0.1% -0.10%
Total Shareholder Return -2.0% -3.4% -4.2% -6.7% -0.9% -0.1% -0.10%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.998
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.002
EBIT Margin -0.38 -1.01 -0.70 -0.53 -0.43 -0.03 -0.032
Asset Turnover 0.16 0.35 0.59 0.00 0.78 0.83 0.830
Equity Multiplier 1.57 2.43 2.20 2.26 1.77 2.23 2.227
Per Share
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $-0.38 $-0.72 $-0.75 $-0.77 $-0.66 $-0.05 $-0.05
Book Value/Share $3.95 $0.83 $0.82 $821259.78 $0.83 $0.88 $0.88
Tangible Book/Share $3.95 $0.83 $0.82 $821259.78 $0.83 $0.88 $0.88
Revenue/Share $1.01 $0.71 $1.07 $1.47 $1.52 $1.57 $1.58
FCF/Share $-0.35 $-0.31 $-0.54 $-0.52 $-0.58 $-0.40 $-0.40
OCF/Share $-0.35 $-0.30 $-0.52 $-0.50 $-0.56 $-0.37 $-0.38
Cash/Share $4.82 $1.54 $1.17 $158237.13 $1.00 $1.15 $1.15
EBITDA/Share $-0.35 $-0.70 $-0.72 $-0.72 $-0.61 $-0.01 $-0.01
Debt/Share $0.16 $0.05 $0.04 $72447.38 $0.06 $0.09 $0.09
Net Debt/Share $-4.66 $-1.49 $-1.13 $-85789.75 $-0.94 $-1.06 $-1.06
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Altman Z-Score — — — — — — 4.892
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 8.089
Piotroski F-Score 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Beneish M-Score — — — — -2.35 -1.20 -1.196
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -6.128
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only -4.77%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $0.65
Credit
Metric Trend Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 Q4'25 Q1'26 Q2'26 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only BBB+
Credit Score 64.02 64.18 65.63 38.19 43.24 64.70 64.703
Credit Grade snapshot only 8
Credit Trend snapshot only 0.521
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 225.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 68
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 58

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