Focus Media was born in 2003, the first elevator media in the world, the founder Jiang Nanchun. 2005 became the first Chinese advertising media stocks listed on the NASDAQ in the U.S. and was selected as the NASDAQ 100 index in 2007. Focus Media Elevator TV has more than 90 directly-managed cities, including 120 franchised cities, and as of June 30, 2016, there were 190,000 elevator TVs and digital posters in office buildings, which accurately reach more than 200 million white-collar, gold-collar, and businesspeople every day, occupying more than 95% of China's elevator TV market. Focus Media elevator posters cover 46 directly-managed cities nationwide, with more than 1.21 million owned plates as of June 30, 2016[3], covering more than 150 million community people, with a market share of more than 70%. Focus Media Jingvision Cinema covers more than 270 cities, more than 1,200 main theaters and more than 8,000 movie screens, with a market share of 55%. Focus Media Final Vision Outlets covers more than 150 cities, more than 1,800 major outlets, about 60,000 in-store TV screens, with a market share of 98%.
Focus Media (002027) released its 2019 first quarter report on April 24th. The report shows that Focus Media's revenue reached 2.61 billion yuan in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year decline of 11.78%. In the first quarter of this year, Focus Media's net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies amounted to 340 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 71.81%; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after extraordinary gains and losses amounted to 115 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 89.17%.
In terms of the recent stock performance of Focus, it is not recommended to get in for the time being. (Personal opinion)