The New York Times Company

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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 invested capital

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The New York Times Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 19.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.1% (fiscal 2022) to 19.3% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Publishing industry median of 0.00% and in line with the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 19.3% 3.16
FY2024 16.1% 2.96
FY2023 13.2% 3.08
FY2022 10.1% (8.96)
FY2021 19.0% 4.01
FY2020 15.0% 0.23
FY2019 14.8% (2.59)
FY2018 17.4% 0.57
FY2017 16.8% 3.80
FY2016 13.0% (0.19)

Against its own ten years

Low 10.1% High 19.3%
Ten-year median 15.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 7.85%
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. compare 7.85%
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated compare 3.31%
SCHL Scholastic Corporation compare 1.31%
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. compare 0.00%
NYT The New York Times Company 0.00%
PSO Pearson, PLC compare 0.00%
TNMG TNL Mediagene compare 0.00%
EDUC Educational Development Corporation compare −10.7%
Publishing industry median 0.00%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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