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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.
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| Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 | Dec '22 | Dec '21 | Dec '20 | Dec '19 | Dec '18 | Dec '17 | Dec '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
0.00 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 6.08 | 18.90 | 3.64 | 0.00 | 51.43 | 0.00 | 18.05 |
Piotroski F-Score |
3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Altman Z-Score |
0.52 | 0.67 | (0.08) | 0.82 | 0.77 | 1.21 | 0.74 | 1.35 | 1.06 | 1.76 |
P/S ratio |
0.16 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 1.09 | 1.39 |
P/FCF ratio |
7.44 | 0.44 | 9.67 | 3.12 | 2.99 | 4.06 | 0.00 | 10.89 | 41.78 | 10.10 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
0.60 | 0.78 | (0.78) | 1.31 | 1.13 | 3.18 | 1.02 | 1.98 | 1.90 | 2.49 |
Beneish M-Score |
(2.55) | (2.53) | (3.47) | (2.48) | (2.00) | (2.64) | (2.20) | (2.07) | (2.60) | (2.57) |
P/Operating CF |
7.78 | 0.93 | 7.99 | 7.21 | 14.89 | 7.96 | (24.82) | 14.34 | 119.42 | 18.60 |
P/B ratio |
0.42 | 0.16 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.29 |
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 |
1.36 | 1.07 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.86 | 1.21 | 2.10 | 1.33 | 1.71 | 1.69 |
EV/EBITDA |
8.71 | 4.75 | 9.54 | 6.26 | 7.55 | 5.47 | 16.52 | 7.38 | 16.66 | 8.05 |
EV/Operating CF |
54.95 | 7.37 | 30.25 | 11.83 | 17.91 | 8.09 | (103.33) | 10.96 | 36.77 | 10.08 |
EV/FCF |
61.79 | 8.41 | 65.47 | 13.87 | 10.59 | 9.73 | (25.05) | 17.47 | 65.54 | 12.25 |
Quick Ratio |
1.32 | 1.23 | 1.35 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 5.77 | 1.44 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 3.00 |
Current Ratio |
1.65 | 1.31 | 1.42 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 5.84 | 2.06 | 2.38 | 2.87 | 3.32 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
7.67 | 4.50 | 8.13 | 4.85 | 5.42 | 3.19 | 10.96 | 2.78 | 6.04 | 1.41 |
Debt/Assets |
51.80% | 49.56% | 53.83% | 44.66% | 47.28% | 60.38% | 53.76% | 32.34% | 32.56% | 22.65% |
Debt/Equity |
2.08 | 1.95 | 2.52 | 1.35 | 1.60 | 2.52 | 2.13 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.42 |
Asset Turnover |
0.42 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.51 |
Operating CF/Net income |
(0.32) | 4.17 | (0.11) | 2.14 | 3.23 | 1.03 | 1.49 | 6.91 | (3.12) | 2.18 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.04) | (0.29) | (0.05) | (0.28) | 1.01 | (0.44) | (1.02) | (0.89) | (0.30) | (0.47) |
Interest Coverage |
0.83 | 1.96 | (3.53) | 2.66 | 2.43 | 3.26 | 1.08 | 4.10 | (0.07) | 7.11 |
| (19.03%) | 10.67% | (81.14%) | 8.88% | 5.39% | 26.13% | (2.02%) | 2.19% | (1.39%) | 7.28% | |
| (3.22%) | 1.65% | (16.86%) | 2.22% | 1.27% | 6.40% | (0.65%) | 0.96% | (0.68%) | 3.94% | |
ROIC |
3.02% | 6.66% | (11.67%) | 5.37% | 4.99% | 7.68% | 1.96% | 6.15% | (0.08%) | 6.65% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
(23.43%) | 14.56% | (152.72%) | 23.58% | 11.33% | 12.95% | (2.62%) | 3.99% | (2.17%) | 14.39% |
Average Days of Receivables |
96.62 | 82.63 | 97.19 | 89.29 | 91.64 | 86.73 | 112.76 | 94.79 | 102.12 | 74.52 |
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 |
26.18% | 24.15% | 26.81% | 25.40% | 26.06% | 26.80% | 33.29% | 32.53% | 41.93% | 39.29% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.74 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.57 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.90% | 0.72% | 1.12% | 0.79% | 1.14% | 0.96% | 1.09% | 0.91% | 1.81% | 1.24% |
Graham Net Nets |
(8.58) | (22.84) | (7.17) | (4.41) | (3.33) | (1.71) | (2.12) | (0.76) | (0.61) | (0.36) |
Graham Number |
0.00 | 15.30 | 0.00 | 27.60 | 18.12 | 31.87 | 0.00 | 7.67 | 0.00 | 14.38 |
Earnings Yield |
(46.87%) | 59.64% | (199.83%) | 16.45% | 5.29% | 27.48% | (1.95%) | 1.94% | (1.29%) | 5.54% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
13.44% | 225.16% | 10.34% | 32.01% | 33.46% | 24.62% | (11.86%) | 9.18% | 2.39% | 9.90% |
Revenue per Share |
24.43 | 29.27 | 27.21 | 29.48 | 27.74 | 22.81 | 16.72 | 14.22 | 10.69 | 10.49 |
Operating CF per Share |
0.60 | 4.27 | 1.32 | 3.74 | 2.88 | 3.41 | (0.34) | 1.73 | 0.50 | 1.76 |
Capex per Share |
(0.06) | (0.52) | (0.71) | (0.55) | 1.99 | (0.58) | (1.06) | (0.67) | (0.34) | (0.31) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
0.54 | 3.74 | 0.62 | 3.20 | 4.87 | 2.83 | (1.40) | 1.06 | 0.16 | 1.45 |
Cash per Share |
0.32 | 0.28 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 1.22 | 19.97 | 0.41 | 1.32 | 1.81 | 1.61 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
14.16 | 15.37 | 13.72 | 25.60 | 23.93 | 14.29 | 11.11 | 11.38 | 11.43 | 11.35 |
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 |
14.16 | 15.37 | 13.72 | 25.60 | 23.93 | 14.29 | 11.11 | 11.38 | 11.43 | 11.35 |
Free Cash Flow |
47.65 | 320.89 | 52.00 | 266.00 | 400.82 | 230.56 | (113.25) | 86.59 | 13.18 | 120.58 |
Working Capital |
293.82 | 147.62 | 198.27 | 158.94 | 190.40 | 1,735.73 | 331.89 | 272.96 | 394.75 | 241.76 |
Capital Expenditures |
(5.45) | (44.79) | (59.61) | (45.42) | 163.82 | (46.83) | (85.80) | (54.32) | (27.68) | (25.91) |
Net Current Asset Value |
(3,015.12) | (3,250.55) | (3,577.84) | (3,656.24) | (3,985.60) | (1,601.94) | (2,020.00) | (732.88) | (586.53) | (444.08) |
EV/EBIT |
15.86 | 6.53 | 0.00 | 8.60 | 10.59 | 7.39 | 32.47 | 10.40 | 0.00 | 11.52 |
Capex to Sales |
0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | (0.07) | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Price to Operating Income |
1.91 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 1.94 | 2.99 | 3.09 | 10.93 | 6.48 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.37 | 0.34 | 2.43 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.24 |
Cash ROIC |
1.23% | 8.19% | 1.27% | 5.30% | 7.68% | 4.03% | (3.98%) | 5.03% | 0.74% | 8.18% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
3.78 | 4.26 | 3.79 | 4.18 | 4.50 | 4.33 | 3.76 | 4.24 | 4.14 | 4.93 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
15.53 | 14.92 | 16.13 | 14.81 | 14.55 | 19.25 | 25.36 | 21.70 | 11.54 | 14.56 |
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 |
18.16 | 27.82 | 21.72 | 24.47 | 27.69 | 26.75 | 14.79 | 17.91 | 37.76 | 16.83 |
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 |
568.75 | 589.37 | 605.32 | 586.70 | 507.34 | 429.44 | 359.04 | 272.97 | 211.95 | 177.53 |
Average Payables |
82.04 | 88.53 | 79.55 | 83.32 | 76.04 | 48.29 | 27.68 | 25.28 | 19.81 | 23.79 |
Average Assets |
5,103.60 | 5,304.35 | 5,920.56 | 6,544.66 | 5,758.85 | 4,210.62 | 2,845.96 | 2,129.80 | 1,932.73 | 1,708.38 |
Average Common Equity |
864.05 | 821.40 | 1,230.11 | 1,639.54 | 1,361.88 | 1,030.60 | 912.05 | 931.83 | 941.71 | 923.46 |
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