Newsmax Inc. (NMAX) vs E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP)

Newsmax Inc. and E.W. Scripps Company (The) are both Broadcasting companies. Newsmax Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $266.0M — 5.4× the size. E.W. Scripps Company (The) has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Newsmax Inc. trades at 208×. Newsmax Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.1% against −14.2%. Newsmax Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.15% vs −61.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −25.6%). Across the 16 metrics below, Newsmax Inc. leads on 11 and E.W. Scripps Company (The) on 5.

Valuation

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
P/E 208.24 n/m —
P/S 6.87 0.12 0.14
P/B 12.34 n/m 0.86
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.10 6.42
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.96 8.64
EV/Sales 6.24 1.31 1.31
Earnings yield 0.48% (505.07%) (16.05%)
Free cash flow yield (5.13%) 14.08% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
Gross margin 39.64% 40.36% 40.36%
Operating margin (7.40%) (50.29%) (12.31%)
Net margin (3.15%) (61.13%) (8.55%)
Free cash flow margin (35.23%) 1.73% (0.22%)
Return on equity (5.82%) (462.40%) (5.70%)
Return on assets (2.62%) (29.31%) (5.59%)
Return on invested capital 0.00% (25.60%) (0.41%)

Growth

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.13% (14.18%) (11.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 45.38% (285.15%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 2.97% 1.91%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
Debt to equity 0.00 24.77 0.46
Current ratio 2.39 1.34 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA 1.40 7.67 3.66

Dividend

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
Dividend yield — 1.03% 4.14%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric NMAX SSP Broadcasting median
Market cap 1.43b 265.96m 185.13m

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