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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.

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
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 (above 2: weak)
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%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 89.87% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 1.32%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.3×, against a ten-year median of 1.5×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.1× in 2025 to 2.3× in 2021.
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
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 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.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

E.W. Scripps Company (The) vs peers in Broadcasting (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
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.

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