The New York Times Company

NYT Communication Services Publishing

The New York Times Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 9.24% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.66%
EPS
+20.7%
Free cash flow
−14.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

65.17 1.33 −2.00%
Market cap
$10.6B
P/E
25.8×
Fwd P/E
27.1×
Dividend yield
1.33%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
9.86
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
86/100

The New York Times Company (NYT) Operating margin

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The New York Times Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.2%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.24% (fiscal 2016) to 15.3% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Publishing industry median of 2.51% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.94%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.3% 1.70
FY2024 13.6% 2.19
FY2023 11.4% 2.64
FY2022 8.75% (4.17)
FY2021 12.9% 3.04
FY2020 9.88% 0.19
FY2019 9.69% (1.19)
FY2018 10.9% 0.34
FY2017 10.5% 3.30
FY2016 7.24% (1.41)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 15.9% 0.39
Jun 2026 15.5% 2.76
Mar 2026 12.7% (7.42)
Dec 2025 20.1% 5.19
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.24% High 15.3%
Ten-year median 10.5%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
NYT The New York Times Company 16.2%
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 14.9%
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 14.9%
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated compare 4.05%
SCHL Scholastic Corporation compare 0.97%
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. compare 0.00%
PSO Pearson, PLC compare 0.00%
EDUC Educational Development Corporation compare −33.2%
TNMG TNL Mediagene compare —
Publishing industry median 2.51%
Communication Services sector median 0.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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