For long-term investors who have held on to iHeartMedia stock for at least five years, the pain persists. However, for those who acquired shares in the Nasdaq-traded media company over the last year — or perhaps five months ago — the growth is perhaps among the most understated stories of 2025 for an industry desperate for a tale of success.
With the closing bell on Monday, “IHRT” finished at $3.11, reflecting a 2.6% gain from the September 19 closing price.
How significant is this? That valuation reflects a year-to-date high, and some 89% growth for iHeartMedia shares over the last 365 days. It also is more than triple the closing price of IHRT seen on April 21, which was just $1; the previous day’s session saw a closing price slightly under the all-important dollar threshold.
Growth in iHeartMedia shares has been steady since late April, but since September 10 has been on a growth spurt, rising by nearly one dollar in the last 12 days.
While this is certainly good news for a beleaguered industry in which publicly traded radio station ownership groups largely posted bleak Q2 2025 earnings reports, iHeartMedia shares are nevertheless down by 62% from five years ago.
And, they are off a peak of $27.36 per share seen in late June 2021.
