CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI)
Communication Services · Streaming media and content distribution · NASDAQ
Premium factual entertainment streaming platform offering documentaries, courses, and educational content across science, history, nature, and lifestyle to both direct subscribers and content-licensing partners.
What CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A does
CuriosityStream is a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and content licensing company providing premium factual entertainment programming including documentaries, educational courses, and talks. The company monetizes its approximately 14,000-program library through direct-to-consumer subscriptions, partner distribution agreements, content licensing deals, and a bundled course platform called Curiosity University. Revenue streams include subscription and license fees from the Direct Business, content licensing arrangements, bundled distribution to SVOD and linear affiliates, and other revenue from advertising and sponsorships.
Themes: streaming / SVOD, factual entertainment, edutainment / e-learning, media and content production
Fundamentals
- Price$2.76 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$164M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-33.3% 2025-08-21 close $4.14 → 2026-08-21 close $2.76
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-11.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+57.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-18.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+32.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.76 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-12 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +10.4%; pays a dividend.
How CURI compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, CURI's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (free-cash-flow payout 170%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payout170% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A looks technically
CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) is trading 17.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 162 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago. It is 49.9% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 17.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -17.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $2.67 | $2.67 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $3.34 | $3.34 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 4.31. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 162 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 162 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with buyers in control | 26.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 48.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($2.51 to $4.31) — its "stochastic" reading is 14 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 13.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $5.51 | $5.51 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 49.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -49.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 20.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +20.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 49.9% below its highest point of the past year | 49.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $22.71 (set on 2021-02-22) | $22.71 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($2.35 to $5.41), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 13% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $4.24 to $4.34. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 13.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 87.8% below its all-time high | -87.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 7.7% below a resistance level at $2.97 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-10-17, most recently on 2026-07-01. Since 2024-08-21 it has 1 such level below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +7.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.45 (set on 2024-02-23) | $0.45 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 513.3% above its all-time low | +513.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 95% of the past ~6 months) | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2581 between its high and its low — about 9.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.2581 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $2.04 and $3.54 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $2.04 – $2.79 – $3.54 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 9.4% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 9.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (17.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.58× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | 0.0% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 7.0% below the previous close 4 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 3.55 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -7.0% |
| Gap filled | a 3.4% gap down opened on 2026-08-18 has been "filled" 2 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 2 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 4.2 percentage points (the stock gained 6.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | +4.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 3.9 percentage points (the stock gained 7.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | +3.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 26.1 percentage points (the stock lost 15.1% while the market gained 11.1%) | -26.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 53.8 percentage points (the stock lost 33.3% while the market gained 20.5%) | -53.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.6% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 15% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $3.26 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 155 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -15.4% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
CURI last closed at $2.76 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 1 price below its last close and 5 above; the nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2.97 | Resistance | 7.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-10-17 to 2026-07-01 |
| $3.04 | Resistance | 10.0% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-30 to 2026-03-12 |
| $2.29 | Support | 17.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-23 to 2026-05-15 |
| $3.52 | Resistance | 27.5% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-11-11 to 2026-04-17 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $4.31.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · lagging the market · Left an unfilled gap (5%+ in the last week) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.67 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$5.33 range $5.00 – $6.00; median $5.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CURI
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.03 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-19
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of net losses and accumulated deficit","Dependency on maintaining and acquiring content rights","Highly competitive streaming market environment"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
2 open-market purchases and 2 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days2 buys ($330130) · 2 sells ($163040) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days3 buys ($410170) · 2 sells ($163040) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: mixed (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-12. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CURI's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CURI as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 5,122,640
- Reported value $15,163,017
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CURI had 2,567,312 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CURI had 4.33% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 8.14 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,567,312
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.33%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,606,771
- Reported change -1.51%
- Days to cover (reported) 8.14
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Netflix (NFLX)
- Walt Disney (DIS)
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
- Paramount Global (PARA)
- Amazon Prime Video (AMZN)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) do?
CuriosityStream is a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and content licensing company providing premium factual entertainment programming including documentaries, educational courses, and talks. The company monetizes its approximately 14,000-program library through direct-to-consumer subscriptions, partner distribution agreements, content licensing deals, and a bundled course platform called Curiosity University.
What sector is CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) in?
CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Streaming media and content distribution. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does CURI pay a dividend?
Yes — CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 10.40% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A's (CURI) competitors?
Notable peers of CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) include Netflix, Walt Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global and Amazon Prime Video. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) overbought or oversold right now?
CURIOSITYSTREAM INC CLASS A (CURI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CURI come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.