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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 11.2%, EPS grew 13.7% and free cash flow grew 78.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.

67.74 1.20 −1.74%
Market cap
$11.1B
P/E
28.0×
Fwd P/E
28.6×
Dividend yield
1.28%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
9.86
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
86/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 9.79
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 2 3 — 3 1 — — — —
Insider Ownership 2.62%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 11,120.00
Revenue 2,977.83
Net Income 392.83
Free Cash Flow 623.02
Net Debt (660.81)
Current Ratio 1.58 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 27.99
Fwd P/E 28.60
P/S ratio 3.69
P/B ratio 5.36
Past 5Y EPS Growth 28.35% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 15.55% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 9.51%
Next Y revenue growth 10.09% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.35%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 8.96%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 77.77%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 80.24%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 75.97%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 12.64%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.36
Annual Dividend Rate 0.87
Annual Dividend Yield 1.28%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.87
0.18
0.23
0.23
0.23
2025 0.67
0.13
0.18
0.18
0.18
2024 0.50
0.11
0.13
0.13
0.13
2023 0.42
0.09
0.11
0.11
0.11
2022 0.34
0.07
0.09
0.09
0.09
2021 0.27
0.06
0.07
0.07
0.07
2020 0.23
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.06
2019 0.19
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.05
2018 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
2017 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
2016 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 452 566 642 661
Receivables 242 250 291 236
Inventory — — — —
Other 28 71 35 58
782 936 1,028 1,023
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 117 124 136 155
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
612 614 667 648

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.99% 9.63% 6.96%
Cash Flow 12.56% 14.43% 57.12%
Earnings 18.45% 28.00% 25.53%
Book Value 9.44% 8.98% 8.46%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 712 762 — — —
’25 636 686 701 802 2,825
’24 594 625 640 727 2,586
’23 561 591 598 676 2,426
’22 537 556 548 668 2,308
’21 473 498 509 594 2,075
’20 444 404 427 509 1,784
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 92 194 — — —
’25 99 114 208 164 584
’24 53 80 126 152 411
’23 51 69 104 137 361
’22 (15) 31 69 66 151
’21 33 78 99 60 269
’20 39 80 88 91 298
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 82 184 — — —
’25 90 103 200 158 551
’24 47 73 118 144 381
’23 45 64 99 130 338
’22 (23) 20 60 57 114
’21 27 69 90 49 234
’20 24 73 80 86 263
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.54 0.57 — — —
’25 0.30 0.50 0.50 0.79 2.09
’24 0.24 0.40 0.39 0.75 1.77
’23 0.13 0.28 0.32 0.66 1.40
’22 0.03 0.37 0.22 0.43 1.04
’21 0.24 0.32 0.32 0.41 1.31
’20 0.20 0.14 0.20 0.06 0.60
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 10.60 13.00 18.15 21.34 26.13 39.73 27.59 32.48 41.55 44.83

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 14.20 20.15 28.72 36.25 52.40 58.73 48.42 49.54 58.16 71.23
People
People Employees 3,710 3,790 4,320 4,500 4,700 5,000 5,800 5,900 5,900 6,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.42 0.44 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.44 0.47
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,555 1,676 1,749 1,812 1,784 2,075 2,308 2,426 2,586 2,825
Gross margin, % 82.96 84.92 45.79 45.47 46.22 49.90 47.63 48.52 49.36 50.81
EBT 31 111 176 164 115 291 236 303 383 451
EBT margin, % 1.96 6.64 10.07 9.08 6.47 14.00 10.22 12.47 14.83 15.97
Net income 24 7 127 140 101 220 174 233 294 344
Depreciation 62 62 59 68 71 67 93 95 92 95
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 9.65 10.35 10.61 10.91 10.68 12.36 13.83 14.73 15.73 17.31
Earnings 0.18 0.03 0.76 0.84 0.60 1.31 1.04 1.41 1.79 2.11
Cash flow 0.64 0.54 0.95 1.14 1.78 1.60 0.90 2.19 2.50 3.58
Capex (0.19) (0.52) (0.47) (0.27) (0.21) (0.21) (0.22) (0.14) (0.18) (0.21)
Free cash flow 0.46 0.01 0.48 0.87 1.58 1.40 0.68 2.05 2.32 3.37
Book value 5.24 5.54 6.33 7.07 7.95 9.17 9.59 10.70 11.72 12.51
Shares, m 161 162 165 166 167 168 167 165 164 163
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 74.72 631.67 29.72 38.30 86.28 36.59 31.48 33.70 29.08 32.90
P/S 1.39 1.83 2.10 2.95 4.85 3.91 2.39 3.25 3.31 4.01
P/B 2.57 3.42 3.52 4.55 6.51 5.26 3.45 4.47 4.44 5.55
EV/Sales 1.32 1.80 2.04 2.98 4.79 3.83 2.45 3.27 3.28 3.96
EV/FCF 27.82 1,539.66 44.72 37.39 32.42 33.87 49.77 23.45 22.25 20.30
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 104 87 157 190 298 269 151 361 411 584
Capex (30) (85) (77) (45) (34) (35) (37) (23) (29) (34)
Free cash flow 74 2 80 144 263 234 114 338 381 551
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 397 334 221 279 349 394 84 170 323 361
Total debt 247 250 254 63 62 73 69 — — —
Net debt (303) (241) (359) (432) (595) (661) (347) (452) (566) (642)
Shareholders’ equity 844 897 1,043 1,174 1,328 1,541 1,600 1,763 1,927 2,041
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.26 0.20 5.85 6.53 4.55 9.03 6.82 8.86 10.58 11.78
ROIC 13.02 16.82 17.39 14.80 15.03 19.04 10.08 13.16 16.12 19.28
ROE 3.48 0.49 12.96 12.63 8.00 15.34 11.07 13.82 15.92 17.34
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

The New York Times Company vs peers in Publishing (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NYT The New York Times Company $11.1B 28.0× 28.6× +11.17% (above 0%: growing) +13.73% (above 0%: growing) +78.27% (above 0%: growing) 51.76% 15.48%
PSO Pearson, PLC $10.7B 18.8× — +7.23% (above 0%: growing) +1,083.81% (above 0%: growing) +1,102.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.91% 0.00% Compare
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.7B 13.7× 11.2× −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
WLYB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. $2.1B 13.7× — −2.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +30.28% (above 0%: growing) 73.89% 0.76% Compare
TDAY USA TODAY Co., Inc. $1.1B — (loss-making) 26.6× −8.30% (below 0%: shrinking) −88.89% (below 0%: shrinking) +1.14% (above 0%: growing) 38.83% 3.73% Compare
SCHL Scholastic Corporation $711.5M 24.9× 16.2× −3.90% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −18.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 45.53% (42.53%) Compare
LEE Lee Enterprises, Incorporated $150.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.85% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −36.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 62.43% 6.85% Compare
EDUC Educational Development Corporation $9.3M 5.3× 10.4× −11.92% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −61.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.73% (38.41%) Compare
TNMG TNL Mediagene $2.5M 13.1× — — +25.00% (above 0%: growing) −233.71% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $880.8M 13.7× 13.7× −3.90% +25.00% −8.64% 59.73% 0.76%

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The New York Times Company (NYT) key facts

  • Strength: The New York Times Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 9.24% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $344.0 million, or $2.11 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.2%.
  • The New York Times Company (NYT) is a Publishing company in the Communication Services sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NYT traded at $67.74, a market capitalization of $11.1 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 28.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 9% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The New York Times Company pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share, a yield of 1.28%, with a payout ratio of 36.3%.
  • Return on equity was 17.3% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 9.86 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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