E.W. Scripps Company (The)

SSP Communication Services Broadcasting

E.W. Scripps Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, down 14.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 9.20%, EPS fell 2,049.2%, free cash flow fell 117.9% and total debt fell 4.95%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

2.69 0.14 −4.95%
Market cap
$262.3M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
4.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
0.52
Beneish M
−2.55
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
18.05 0.00 51.43 0.00 3.64 18.90 6.08 0.00 1.68 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
8 4 7 1 6 5 5 4 7 3
Altman Z-Score
1.76 1.06 1.35 0.74 1.21 0.77 0.82 (0.08) 0.67 0.52
P/S ratio
1.39 1.09 0.83 0.71 0.50 0.52 0.34 0.22 0.06 0.16
P/FCF ratio
10.10 41.78 10.89 0.00 4.06 2.99 3.12 9.67 0.44 7.44
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.49 1.90 1.98 1.02 3.18 1.13 1.31 (0.78) 0.78 0.60
Beneish M-Score
(2.57) (2.60) (2.07) (2.20) (2.64) (2.00) (2.48) (3.47) (2.53) (2.55)
P/Operating CF
18.60 119.42 14.34 (24.82) 7.96 14.89 7.21 7.99 0.93 7.78
P/B ratio
1.29 1.02 1.04 1.06 0.80 0.77 0.48 0.67 0.16 0.42
EV/Sales
1.69 1.71 1.33 2.10 1.21 1.86 1.50 1.47 1.07 1.36
EV/EBITDA
8.05 16.66 7.38 16.52 5.47 7.55 6.26 9.54 4.75 8.71
EV/FCF
12.25 65.54 17.47 (25.05) 9.73 10.59 13.87 65.47 8.41 61.79
Current Ratio
3.32 2.87 2.38 2.06 5.84 1.37 1.33 1.42 1.31 1.65
Net Debt/EBITDA
1.41 6.04 2.78 10.96 3.19 5.42 4.85 8.13 4.50 7.67
Debt/Equity
0.42 0.74 0.74 2.13 2.52 1.60 1.35 2.52 1.95 2.08
ROE
7.28% (1.39%) 2.19% (2.02%) 26.13% 5.39% 8.88% (81.14%) 10.67% (19.03%)
ROA
3.94% (0.68%) 0.96% (0.65%) 6.40% 1.27% 2.22% (16.86%) 1.65% (3.22%)
ROIC
6.65% (0.08%) 6.15% 1.96% 7.68% 4.99% 5.37% (11.67%) 6.66% 3.02%
Return on Tangible Assets
14.39% (2.17%) 3.99% (2.62%) 12.95% 11.33% 23.58% (152.72%) 14.56% (23.43%)
Average Days of Receivables
74.52 102.12 94.79 112.76 86.73 91.64 89.29 97.19 82.63 96.62
Earnings Yield
5.54% (1.29%) 1.94% (1.95%) 27.48% 5.29% 16.45% (199.83%) 59.64% (46.87%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
9.90% 2.39% 9.18% (11.86%) 24.62% 33.46% 32.01% 10.34% 225.16% 13.44%
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.45 0.16 1.06 (1.40) 2.83 4.87 3.20 0.62 3.74 0.54
Book value per Share
11.35 11.43 11.38 11.11 14.29 23.93 25.60 13.72 15.37 14.16
Free Cash Flow
120.58 13.18 86.59 (113.25) 230.56 400.82 266.00 52.00 320.89 47.65
EV/EBIT
11.52 0.00 10.40 32.47 7.39 10.59 8.60 0.00 6.53 15.86
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