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
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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/Operating CF
10.08 36.77 10.96 (103.33) 8.09 17.91 11.83 30.25 7.37 54.95
EV/FCF
12.25 65.54 17.47 (25.05) 9.73 10.59 13.87 65.47 8.41 61.79
Quick Ratio
3.00 1.87 2.06 1.44 5.77 1.32 1.27 1.35 1.23 1.32
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/Assets
22.65% 32.56% 32.34% 53.76% 60.38% 47.28% 44.66% 53.83% 49.56% 51.80%
Debt/Equity
0.42 0.74 0.74 2.13 2.52 1.60 1.35 2.52 1.95 2.08
Asset Turnover
0.51 0.45 0.54 0.47 0.44 0.40 0.37 0.39 0.47 0.42
Operating CF/Net income
2.18 (3.12) 6.91 1.49 1.03 3.23 2.14 (0.11) 4.17 (0.32)
Capex/Depreciation
(0.47) (0.30) (0.89) (1.02) (0.44) 1.01 (0.28) (0.05) (0.29) (0.04)
Interest Coverage
7.11 (0.07) 4.10 1.08 3.26 2.43 2.66 (3.53) 1.96 0.83
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
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
39.29% 41.93% 32.53% 33.29% 26.80% 26.06% 25.40% 26.81% 24.15% 26.18%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.57 0.60 0.65 0.67 0.48 0.80 0.80 0.77 0.77 0.74
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
1.24% 1.81% 0.91% 1.09% 0.96% 1.14% 0.79% 1.12% 0.72% 0.90%
Graham Net Nets
(0.36) (0.61) (0.76) (2.12) (1.71) (3.33) (4.41) (7.17) (22.84) (8.58)
Graham Number
14.38 0.00 7.67 0.00 31.87 18.12 27.60 0.00 15.30 0.00
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%
Revenue per Share
10.49 10.69 14.22 16.72 22.81 27.74 29.48 27.21 29.27 24.43
Operating CF per Share
1.76 0.50 1.73 (0.34) 3.41 2.88 3.74 1.32 4.27 0.60
Capex per Share
(0.31) (0.34) (0.67) (1.06) (0.58) 1.99 (0.55) (0.71) (0.52) (0.06)
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
Cash per Share
1.61 1.81 1.32 0.41 19.97 1.22 0.22 0.42 0.28 0.32
Shareholders Equity per Share
11.35 11.43 11.38 11.11 14.29 23.93 25.60 13.72 15.37 14.16
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Working Capital
241.76 394.75 272.96 331.89 1,735.73 190.40 158.94 198.27 147.62 293.82
Capital Expenditures
(25.91) (27.68) (54.32) (85.80) (46.83) 163.82 (45.42) (59.61) (44.79) (5.45)
Net Current Asset Value
(444.08) (586.53) (732.88) (2,020.00) (1,601.94) (3,985.60) (3,656.24) (3,577.84) (3,250.55) (3,015.12)
EV/EBIT
11.52 0.00 10.40 32.47 7.39 10.59 8.60 0.00 6.53 15.86
Capex to Sales
0.03 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.03 (0.07) 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.00
Price to Operating Income
9.50 0.00 6.48 10.93 3.09 2.99 1.94 0.00 0.35 1.91
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.24 0.44 0.26 0.23 0.31 0.35 0.35 2.43 0.34 0.37
Cash ROIC
8.18% 0.74% 5.03% (3.98%) 4.03% 7.68% 5.30% 1.27% 8.19% 1.23%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
4.93 4.14 4.24 3.76 4.33 4.50 4.18 3.79 4.26 3.78
Accounts Payable Turnover
14.56 11.54 21.70 25.36 19.25 14.55 14.81 16.13 14.92 15.53
Inventory Turnover
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Days of Payables
16.83 37.76 17.91 14.79 26.75 27.69 24.47 21.72 27.82 18.16
Days of Inventory on Hand
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Average Receivables
177.53 211.95 272.97 359.04 429.44 507.34 586.70 605.32 589.37 568.75
Average Payables
23.79 19.81 25.28 27.68 48.29 76.04 83.32 79.55 88.53 82.04
Average Assets
1,708.38 1,932.73 2,129.80 2,845.96 4,210.62 5,758.85 6,544.66 5,920.56 5,304.35 5,103.60
Average Common Equity
923.46 941.71 931.83 912.05 1,030.60 1,361.88 1,639.54 1,230.11 821.40 864.05

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