Publishing industry stocks
The Publishing industry has 9 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Communication Services sector, with a combined market value of $28.5B. The New York Times Company (NYT) is the largest at $11.1B, followed by Pearson, PLC and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. The median Publishing stock trades at 13.7× trailing earnings, below the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 7.58% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is −1.40%. 4 of the 9 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.71%.
Publishing medians
| Metric | Industry | Market |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 13.7× | 18.1× |
| P/S | 0.5× | 1.9× |
| P/B | 4.4× | 1.7× |
| Price to free cash flow | 10.8× | 14.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.7× | 11.0× |
| EV/Sales | 1.7× | 2.1× |
| Earnings yield | 5.33% | 1.20% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.68% | 0.27% |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 46.2% |
| Operating margin | 4.37% | 0.00% |
| Net margin | 7.58% | 0.45% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.40% | 0.00% |
| Return on equity | 7.38% | 1.35% |
| Return on assets | 2.76% | 0.00% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.31% | 0.00% |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.40% | 7.41% |
| EPS growth (last fiscal year) | 105.6% | 13.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR | −2.38% | 8.93% |
| Net income growth, 5-year CAGR | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Debt to equity | 1.6× | 0.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.2× | 1.6× |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.4× | 0.6× |
| Market cap | $1.1B | $584.7M |
All 9 companies
Open in screener| NYT | The New York Times Company | 11.12b | 67.74 | (1.74%) | 27.99 | 13.19% | 10.76% | 1.28% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSO | Pearson, PLC | 10.70b | 18.24 | 2.13% | 18.78 | 7.58% | 1.35% | — |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.68b | 52.59 | (0.72%) | 13.70 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 2.71% |
| WLYB | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.06b | 52.53 | 1.82% | 13.68 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 2.71% |
| TDAY | USA TODAY Co., Inc. | 1.05b | 6.97 | (2.92%) | 0.00 | (1.81%) | (6.67%) | — |
| SCHL | Scholastic Corporation | 711.52m | 37.67 | (2.54%) | 24.95 | 3.60% | (2.53%) | 2.92% |
| LEE | Lee Enterprises, Incorporated | 150.03m | 6.42 | (4.61%) | 0.00 | (1.84%) | (11.12%) | — |
| EDUC | Educational Development Corporation | 9.30m | 1.04 | (4.59%) | 5.34 | 8.60% | (31.97%) | — |
| TNMG | TNL Mediagene | 2.47m | 3.15 | (3.08%) | 13.13 | 0.00% | — | — |