The Arena Group Authorizes Share Repurchase Program
"Our operational performance continues to improve, and the business is delivering the outcomes we targeted,' said Paul Edmondson, Chief Executive Officer of The Arena Group. 'Yet we believe these improvements have not been fully reflected in our current share price, especially when compared with our peers in the Russell 2000® Index. We believe that this makes the share repurchase program our best investment. This program reflects our confidence in the future of the Company."
Per Siblis Research, the trailing price-to-earnings ratio of companies traded in the Russell 2000® Index exceeds 30x. The Arena Group's shares currently trade at less than 11x earnings based on management's previously issued second quarter guidance. If our stock traded at the same ratio as other companies on the Russell 2000® Index, it could trade at prices around $18 instead of our current price of around $6.
The Company may repurchase shares from time to time through open-market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, including under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, subject to market conditions, share price and other factors. The program may be suspended, modified or terminated at any time at the Board of Directors' discretion.
The share repurchase program will be funded through operating cash flow.
About The Arena Group
The Arena Group (NYSE American: AREN) is an innovative technology platform and media company with a proven cutting-edge playbook that transforms media brands. Our unified technology platform empowers creators and publishers with tools to publish and monetize their content, while also leveraging quality journalism of anchor brands like TheStreet, Parade, Men's Journal, Athlon Sports, Surfer, Powder and more to build their businesses. The company aggregates content across a diverse portfolio of brands, reaching over 100 million users monthly. Visit us at thearenagroup.net and discover how we are revolutionizing the world of digital media.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Press Release of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the 'Company,' 'we,' 'our,' and 'us') contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act'). Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and include, without limitation, statements concerning our business strategy, future revenues and income from continuing operations, cost reductions, market growth, capital requirements, product introductions, expansion plans and the adequacy of our funding, our future stock price, and our ability to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern (as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025 (the '2024 10-K') and in our other SEC filings and publicly available documents). Other statements contained in this Press Release that are not historical facts are also forward-looking statements. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as 'may,' 'will,' 'could,' 'should,' 'expects,' 'anticipates,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'seeks,' 'estimates,' and other stylistic variants denoting forward-looking statements.
We caution investors that any forward-looking statements presented in this Press Release, or that we may make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on information currently available, as well as our beliefs and assumptions. The actual outcome related to forward-looking statements will be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control or ability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance, and some will inevitably prove to be incorrect. As a result, our actual future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those differences may be material. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements, which are based only on known results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends. We detail other risks in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'), including in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in the 2024 10-K and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on May 15, 2025 (the 'Q1 10-Q'). The discussion in this Press Release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 in the 2024 10-K and in the Q1 10-Q.
This Press Release and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Press Release except as may be required by law.
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