stockrowPublishing 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 $27.4B. The New York Times Company (NYT) is the largest at $10.6B, followed by Pearson, PLC and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. The median Publishing stock trades at 13.2× trailing earnings, below the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 7.58% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is −1.40%. 4 of the 9 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.62%.
Publishing medians
| Metric | Industry | Market |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 13.2× | 17.9× |
| P/S | 0.4× | 1.9× |
| P/B | 4.2× | 1.7× |
| Price to free cash flow | 10.0× | 14.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5× | 10.9× |
| EV/Sales | 1.7× | 2.1× |
| Earnings yield | 5.55% | 1.55% |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.64% | 0.93% |
| Gross margin | 58.3% | 45.1% |
| Operating margin | 2.51% | 0.00% |
| Net margin | 7.58% | 1.06% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.39% | 0.00% |
| Return on equity | 7.38% | 0.51% |
| Return on assets | 2.76% | 0.00% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.40% | 7.58% |
| EPS growth (last fiscal year) | 105.6% | 14.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR | −2.38% | 8.99% |
| 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 | $891.2M | $676.4M |
All 9 companies
Open in screener| NYT | The New York Times Company | 10.58b | 65.17 | (2.00%) | 25.83 | 13.41% | 10.78% | 1.33% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSO | Pearson, PLC | 10.49b | 17.51 | (1.30%) | 18.03 | 7.58% | 1.35% | — |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.56b | 50.45 | (3.54%) | 13.14 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 2.82% |
| WLYB | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.06b | 50.82 | 0.00% | 13.23 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 2.80% |
| TDAY | USA TODAY Co., Inc. | 898.52m | 6.12 | 0.82% | — | (0.26%) | (6.39%) | — |
| SCHL | Scholastic Corporation | 678.57m | 36.89 | (3.91%) | 24.43 | 3.60% | (2.53%) | 2.44% |
| LEE | Lee Enterprises, Incorporated | 156.04m | 7.07 | 7.28% | — | (1.84%) | (11.12%) | — |
| EDUC | Educational Development Corporation | 8.35m | 0.98 | (6.67%) | 5.16 | 8.60% | (31.97%) | — |
| TNMG | TNL Mediagene | 2.17m | 2.97 | (7.19%) | 12.38 | 0.00% | — | — |