The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 14.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with near-perfect ethical score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 40%. The street (3 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $5.
CuriosityStream Inc.
CURI · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $161M · 42 employees
CuriosityStream Inc., a media and entertainment company, provides factual content through multiple channels.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 93.6At the last full screen
2026-09-07
Screened 2026-09-07 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 2.71 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 5.42, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical passes the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against today's price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
CuriosityStream Inc. holds its Markdown at $2.71. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 5 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 5 days |
| Price at the screen | $2.71 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · 8.74 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 93.6 |
| Beta | 1.79 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 2.10% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 2.1% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 14.70% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 14.7% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 0.00% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.00% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads OPPORTUNITY: it trades at roughly a 100% discount to our $5.42 fair value, weak competitive moat, 22.30% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-07 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 100.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +85% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-07 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsFactual Streaming Trading at a Quiet Discount
Picture a small factual channel buried in the corner of the big streamers' living room. CuriosityStream sits there offering science and history programming that bigger players largely ignore, yet the shares trade at a 40% discount to our fair value with a forward multiple of just 10.7 times.
That gap looks interesting because the business clears our ethical screen and carries no debt burden worth mentioning. Revenue is flat and margins remain negative, but the low valuation already prices in a long period of stagnation rather than any heroic recovery.
Competition from larger platforms keeps the moat weak and losses could linger if subscriber additions stay muted. The median analyst target sits higher, yet execution risk in a crowded market is real. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 8.7xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| EPS, trailing | -0.01 |
| EPS, forward | 0.31 |
| Revenue growth | +22.3%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 0.0%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 0.1%a modest return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 18.70% |
| Dividend yield | 10.22% |
| Debt to equity | 0.09minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 0.78below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 1.79much more volatile than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.07% |
| 52-week range | 2.30 - 5.51 |
| Moat | WEAK |
| Market cap | $161M |
| Employees | 42 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to TradeCURI trades on Nasdaq. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 7.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with near-perfect ethical score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 40%. The street (3 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $5.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with near-perfect ethical score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 40%. The street (3 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $5.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with near-perfect ethical score (94). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with near-perfect ethical score (94). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | STINCHCOMB CLINTON LARRY | Chief Executive Officer | 600,000 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | HUBERMAN JONATHAN S | Director | 43,750 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | KEELEY PATRICK J | Director | 43,750 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | BLANK MATTHEW C | Director | 37,000 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | NIKZAD MICHAEL | Director | 38,500 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | SARAVIA ELIZABETH | Director | 38,500 | · | |
| 2026-02-04 | HENDRICKS ANDREW | Director | 38,500 | · | |
| 2026-01-02 | HAYDEN PHILLIP BRADY | Chief Financial Officer | 17,474 | $65,662 | |
| 2025-12-15 | HAYDEN PHILLIP BRADY | Chief Financial Officer | 2,000 | $9,180 | |
| 2025-12-10 | CUDAHY THERESA ELLEN | Chief Operating Officer | 5,768 | $28,702 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | John Boozman | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2026-05-13 | John Boozman | Republican | sell | 1K–15K |
| 2026-05-01 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | sell | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $2.93 | -7.4% | $0.09 | $955 | -4.5% |
| 2 months | $3.08 | -11.8% | $0.09 | $910 | -9.0% |
| 3 months | $3.12 | -12.9% | $0.09 | $899 | -10.1% |
| 6 months | $4.57 | -40.6% | $0.17 | $630 | -37.0% |
| 1 year | $4.63 | -41.3% | $0.43 | $679 | -32.1% |
| 2 years | $0.83 | +227.8% | $0.60 | $3,997 | +299.7% |
| 3 years | $0.66 | +312.8% | $0.62 | $5,070 | +407.0% |
| 5 years | $12.56 | -78.4% | $0.62 | $266 | -73.4% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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