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E.W. Scripps Company (The)

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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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 8.21

Total sells 1.12

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	30	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 39.95%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 262.26

Revenue 2,093.38

Net Income (1,214.50)

Free Cash Flow 36.21

Net Debt 2,469.54

Current Ratio 1.34

Debt/Equity 24.77

P/E ratio 0.00

Fwd P/E 4.58

P/S ratio 0.12

P/B ratio 0.00

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth (575.40%)

Next Y EPS Growth 89.87%

Next Y revenue growth 1.32%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/S against its own 10 years 16.18%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 16.51%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 85.25%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate —

Annual Dividend Yield —

	total	individual payouts
2025	Powerpack
2024	Powerpack
2023	Powerpack
2022	Powerpack
2021	Powerpack
2020	0.15	0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
2019	0.15	0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
2018	0.15	0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
2017	Powerpack

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	35	24	28	24
Receivables	611	568	569	526
Inventory	—	—	—	—
Other	30	38	150	43
	676	630	747	593

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	76	101	63	66
ST’ Debt	16	16	9	—
Other	201	166	173	157
	478	482	454	444

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	12.64%	2.97%	(4.29%)
Cash Flow	19.60%	(28.15%)	(44.55%)
Earnings	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Book Value	3.30%	1.39%	(16.38%)

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	517	490	—	—	—
’25	524	540	526	560	2,151
’24	561	574	646	728	2,510
’23	528	583	567	616	2,293
’22	566	594	612	681	2,453
’21	541	565	555	622	2,284
’20	414	359	493	591	1,857

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	4	14	—	—	—
’25	(3)	(11)	22	45	53
’24	45	26	141	153	366
’23	15	10	24	62	112
’22	37	69	90	115	311
’21	50	40	66	80	237
’20	14	61	86	118	277

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	1	(3)	—	—	—
’25	(6)	16	7	31	48
’24	23	3	128	167	321
’23	7	(8)	6	47	52
’22	25	54	82	105	266
’21	46	241	49	65	401
’20	(3)	49	74	110	231

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(0.20)	(12.68)	—	—	—
’25	(0.22)	(0.59)	(0.55)	(0.51)	(1.87)
’24	(0.15)	(0.15)	0.37	0.92	1.01
’23	(0.37)	(8.10)	(0.19)	(3.17)	(11.84)
’22	0.10	0.32	0.38	0.84	1.62
’21	(0.07)	(0.09)	0.50	0.43	0.81
’20	(0.15)	(0.27)	0.69	2.89	3.21

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	9.14	10.44	8.04	8.54	4.03	10.75	7.44	3.65	1.26	1.02	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	14.74	18.16	13.86	17.60	12.73	18.63	17.75	12.13	7.03	4.98
People
People	Employees	4,100	4,100	3,950	5,900	5,400	5,600	5,700	5,200	5,000	4,600
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.21	0.21	0.29	0.23	0.34	0.41	0.43	0.44	0.50	0.47
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	874	877	1,157	1,351	1,857	2,284	2,453	2,293	2,510	2,151
	Gross margin, %	60.38	73.93	52.61	48.07	49.95	51.56	49.71	44.03	47.37	40.74
	EBT	93	(32)	93	1	209	187	276	(968)	210	(120)
	EBT margin, %	10.66	(3.66)	8.01	0.07	11.25	8.19	11.27	(42.20)	8.37	(5.56)
	Net income	67	(15)	20	(18)	269	123	196	(948)	146	(101)
	Depreciation	55	92	61	84	107	162	160	1,107	155	151
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	10.49	10.69	14.22	16.72	22.81	27.74	29.48	27.21	29.27	24.43
	Earnings	0.80	(0.16)	0.24	(0.23)	3.21	0.81	1.62	(11.84)	1.01	(1.87)
	Cash flow	1.76	0.50	1.73	(0.34)	3.41	2.88	3.74	1.32	4.27	0.60
	Capex	(0.31)	(0.34)	(0.67)	(1.06)	(0.58)	1.99	(0.55)	(0.71)	(0.52)	(0.06)
	Free cash flow	1.45	0.16	1.06	(1.40)	2.83	4.87	3.20	0.62	3.74	0.54
	Book value	11.35	11.43	11.38	11.11	14.29	23.93	25.60	13.72	15.37	14.16
	Shares, m	83	82	81	81	81	82	83	84	86	88
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	18.05	0.00	51.43	0.00	3.64	18.90	6.08	0.00	1.68	0.00
	P/S	1.39	1.09	0.83	0.71	0.50	0.52	0.34	0.22	0.06	0.16
	P/B	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/FCF	12.25	65.54	17.47	(25.05)	9.73	10.59	13.87	65.47	8.41	61.79
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	146	41	141	(27)	277	237	311	112	366	53
	Capex	(26)	(28)	(54)	(86)	(47)	164	(45)	(60)	(45)	(5)
	Free cash flow	121	13	87	(113)	231	401	266	52	321	48
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	242	395	273	332	1,736	190	159	198	148	294
	Total debt	393	693	689	1,915	2,934	3,148	2,872	2,912	2,576	2,594
	Net debt	259	545	582	1,882	1,308	3,048	2,854	2,877	2,552	2,566
	Shareholders’ equity	946	937	926	898	1,163	1,970	2,131	1,156	1,318	1,246
Returns, %
Returns, %	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
	ROE	7.28	(1.39)	2.19	(2.02)	26.13	5.39	8.88	(81.14)	10.67	(19.03)

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
NMAX Newsmax Inc.	$1.2B	167×	— (loss-making)	+16.53% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+94.72% (above 0%: growing)	43.12%	2.41%	Compare
FUBO fuboTV Inc.	$919.4M	— (loss-making)	9.5×	+37.99% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+83.25% (above 0%: growing)	7.28%	(1.80%)	Compare
SBGI Sinclair, Inc.	$918.4M	16.5×	7.1×	+7.14% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−56.19% (below 0%: shrinking)	47.98%	5.95%	Compare
GTN.A Gray Media Inc.	$671.6M	— (loss-making)	2.2×	+8.68% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+2,750.00% (above 0%: growing)	29.56%	16.21%	Compare
GTN Gray Media Inc.	$468.7M	— (loss-making)	2.2×	+8.68% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+2,750.00% (above 0%: growing)	29.56%	16.21%	Compare
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc.	$323.0M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	+4.67% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+448.77% (above 0%: growing)	59.01%	3.63%	Compare
SSP E.W. Scripps Company (The)	$262.3M	— (loss-making)	4.6×	−9.20% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−117.88% (below 0%: shrinking)	40.03%	(236.04%)
CURI CuriosityStream Inc.	$160.8M	261×	27.8×	+22.26% (above 0%: growing)	+1,002.94% (above 0%: growing)	−249.16% (below 0%: shrinking)	72.84%	39.49%	Compare
SGA Saga Communications, Inc.	$51.9M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−6.47% (below 0%: shrinking)	−16.67% (below 0%: shrinking)	−97.81% (below 0%: shrinking)	11.23%	2.36%	Compare
Median of peers	$570.1M	167×	7.1×	+8.68%	—	+88.99%	36.34%	4.79%

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E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP) key facts

Concern: E.W. Scripps Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.2 billion, down 14.3% from fiscal 2024.
E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP) is a Broadcasting company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
As of October 16, 2026, SSP traded at $2.69, a market capitalization of $262.3 million.
Return on equity was −19.0% and debt-to-equity 24.77.
Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.52 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.