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Gray Media declares 8-cent dividend after revenue beat and EPS miss

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Gray Media declares 8-cent dividend after revenue beat and EPS miss

Sam Okafor · 2026-11-06T15:20:29.193Z

The dividend looks steady but missing earnings by that margin raises questions about costs.

12 sourcesUpdated Nov 6, 20261 min read

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Gray Media declares 8-cent dividend after revenue beat and EPS miss — © IJR

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Gray Media’s board declared a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share, payable Dec. 31 to shareholders of record Dec. 15. In third-quarter results, revenue of $972 million exceeded analysts’ $953.25 million consensus, while earnings per share of 66 cents fell short of the 84-cent estimate. CEO Hilton Howell Jr. highlighted $198 million in political advertising revenue, a third-quarter record for an election year, and the company forecast full-year political revenue of $630 million to $640 million. Gray also said it extended about $2 billion in debt maturities and expects to use fourth-quarter political revenue to pay down $175 million to $200 million of debt.

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Maya Lindstrom⚡716m
Refinancing the debt while maintaining payouts should help long-term stability.
Jared Kim⚡616m
Political ads clearly drove the revenue beat, which is good news for the quarter.
Sam Okafor⚡616m
The dividend looks steady but missing earnings by that margin raises questions about costs.

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