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SALM Salem Media (SALM) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Media · Radio broadcasting stations · CIK 0001050606
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

Salem Media insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/ in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
EVP & CFO
SELL
2021-11-12 SECtraded 2021-11-09
28,750
$121.0K
n/a
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 235.2% of the 12,224 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: EVP & CFO MASYR EVAN D sold about $121.0K of SALM on Nov 9, 2021; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
EVP & CFO
SELL
2021-11-12 SECtraded 2021-11-09
48,000
$197.8K
n/a
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 392.7% of the 12,224 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: EVP & CFO MASYR EVAN D sold about $197.8K of SALM on Nov 9, 2021; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
President - Broadcast Media
SELL
2021-11-10 SECtraded 2021-11-09
30,000
$121.5K
n/a
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Nov 8, 2021.
  • The trade is 83.7% of the 35,851 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: President - Broadcast Media Santrella David P sold about $121.5K of SALM on Nov 9, 2021; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
President - Broadcast Media
SELL
2021-11-10 SECtraded 2021-11-08
40,000
$162.4K
n/a
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 111.6% of the 35,851 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: President - Broadcast Media Santrella David P sold about $162.4K of SALM on Nov 8, 2021; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
EVP, General Counsel & Secy
SELL
2021-10-25 SECtraded 2021-10-22
6,250
$35.1K
n/a
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on Oct 1, 2021.
  • The trade is 40.3% of the 15,501 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: EVP, General Counsel & Secy Henderson Christopher J sold about $35.1K of SALM on Oct 22, 2021; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
7 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
+3.4% year over year
more than 62% of Media
Margin
-1.2% net margin
more than 54% of Media
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
no short interest reported
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+28.2%12M
-53%-26%+1%+28%2025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08
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Who owns SALM: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in SALM

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

SALM planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
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Why this name is on the desk
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SALM financials

Revenue growth
+3.4%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-1.2%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$261.6M
four quarters, 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
Net margin, TTM
-17.5%
net income over revenue, 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
Free cash flow, TTM
-$9.7M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
Debt to equity
1.31x
long-term 2023-09-30 plus current 2023-09-30; equity 2023-09-30
Cash flow to debt
-0.02x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2023-09-30 plus current 2023-09-30
Return on equity
-29.5%
TTM net income over average of 2022-09-30 and 2023-09-30
Return on assets
-9.4%
TTM net income over average of 2022-09-30 and 2023-09-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
pre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
Return on capital employed
-10.3%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2022-09-30 and 2023-09-30 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
n/a
no share count filed
FCF yield
n/a
no share count filed
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-08-20. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2022-122021-122020-122020-03
Revenue$267.0M$258.2M$236.2Mn/a
Operating income$5.2M$46.2M-$7.8Mn/a
Net income-$3.2M$41.5M-$54.1Mn/a
EPS (diluted)-0.121.52-2.03n/a
Operating cash flow$7.7M$22.5M$22.9Mn/a
Cash$0$1.8M$6.3Mn/a
Long-term debt$150.4M$170.6M$213.8Mn/a
Dividends paidn/a$0$667.0K$700.0K
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

SALM Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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SALM ranks highest on growth (66th percentile) and institutional and government (38th), and lowest on profitability (29th), among Media peers.

Profitability
29
Inputs
  • Return on equity-29.5% · 23 pct, sector of 61
  • Return on assets-9.4% · 41 pct, sector of 87
  • Return on invested capitalpre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
  • Return on capital employed-10.3% · 23 pct, sector of 74
Financial health
32
Inputs
  • Debt to equity1.31x · 38 pct, sector of 66
  • Cash flow to debt-0.02x · 26 pct, sector of 70
Growth
66
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+3.4% · 62 pct, sector of 100
  • Backlog growth, YoY+18.6% · 71 pct, universe of 855
Institutional and government
38
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarterfewer than five funds report holding it
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quarters$230K · 38 pct, universe of 1,062
3 not measured: Insider conviction, Risk and compliance, US patents
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • Risk and compliance needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: needs two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs); no short interest or no free float on file; not measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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