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) Return on assets

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The New York Times Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.8%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.20% (fiscal 2017) to 11.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Publishing industry median of 2.76% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 11.8% 1.20
FY2024 10.6% 1.72
FY2023 8.86% 2.04
FY2022 6.82% (2.21)
FY2021 9.03% 4.48
FY2020 4.55% (1.98)
FY2019 6.53% 0.68
FY2018 5.85% 5.65
FY2017 0.20% (1.06)
FY2016 1.26% (1.28)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.20% High 11.8%
Ten-year median 6.53%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NYT The New York Times Company 13.8%
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 7.01%
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 7.01%
SCHL Scholastic Corporation compare 3.08%
EDUC Educational Development Corporation compare 2.76%
PSO Pearson, PLC compare 0.00%
TNMG TNL Mediagene compare 0.00%
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. compare −0.31%
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated compare −1.52%
Publishing industry median 2.76%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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