It’s the owner of Tennis Network, Dielectric and a host of broadcast TV stations including the CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach and its flagship FOX affiliate in Baltimore. For Sinclair Inc., 2025 has proven to be a challenging year for growth on Wall Street, with its stock price down 18.2% year-to-date as of October 13.
Could the third quarter earnings report spark an uptick in share value?
Investors will get their answer after the Closing Bell for Nasdaq markets on Wednesday, November 5, when the Q3 financial results will be released.
Then, Sinclair Inc. executives will participate in a conference call for analysts and shareholders to discuss the results and pacings for Q4, with the discussion starting at 4:30pm Eastern.
At present, just one analyst reporting to Yahoo! Finance offered a per-share earnings estimate for Sinclair. It’s not good, with Sinclair forecast to report a Q3 2025 EPS of -$1.25, swinging from $1.52 a year earlier. It’s a downward adjustment from one week ago, when a -$0.75 loss per share was forecast.
Five analysts chimed in on Sinclair’s expected Q3 revenue, putting the consensus estimate at $766.78 million. That’s down from $917 million one year ago. However, the comps on revenue and EPS are highly impacted by record political revenue in 2024.
Sinclair in Q2 swung to a net loss, even as President/CEO Chris Ripley indicated “Sinclair delivered solid second quarter results, successfully navigating a challenging macro-economic environment.”
While Ripley most certainly will appear on the Q3 earnings call, Lucy Rutishauser won’t be on the call. That’s because she has formally retired from Sinclair, effective October 1. Rutishauser had been Chief Financial Officer, and her departure from Sinclair was first announced on July 7, with Narinder Sahai becoming EVP/CFO.
