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 $26.0B. The New York Times Company (NYT) is the largest at $10.2B, 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: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is −1.48%. 6 of the 9 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 3.09%.
Publishing medians
| Metric | Industry | Market |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 13.2× | 17.9× |
| P/S | 0.5× | 2.0× |
| P/B | 4.0× | 1.8× |
| Price to free cash flow | 12.4× | 14.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.1× | 11.0× |
| EV/Sales | 1.6× | 2.2× |
| Earnings yield | 6.03% | 1.18% |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.02% | 0.48% |
| Gross margin | 58.1% | 46.3% |
| Operating margin | 4.37% | 0.00% |
| Net margin | 7.58% | 0.55% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.40% | 0.00% |
| Return on equity | 6.68% | 1.76% |
| Return on assets | 3.08% | 0.00% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.31% | 0.00% |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.48% | 7.41% |
| Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR | −2.38% | 8.85% |
| Net income growth, 5-year CAGR | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Debt to equity | 1.6× | 0.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.2× | 1.6× |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.4× | 0.6× |
| Dividend yield | 3.09% | 2.75% |
| Payout ratio | 0.4× | 0.0× |
| Market cap | $947.0M | $612.7M |
All 9 companies
Open in screener| NYT | The New York Times Company | 10.17b | 63.83 | 1.24% | 26.38 | 13.19% | 10.76% | 1.14% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSO | Pearson, PLC | 9.60b | 16.13 | 0.62% | 16.59 | 7.58% | 1.35% | 2.43% |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.46b | 47.55 | (2.18%) | 12.38 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 4.15% |
| WLYB | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2.06b | 47.77 | (1.63%) | 12.44 | 11.90% | (0.27%) | 3.75% |
| TDAY | USA TODAY Co., Inc. | 946.98m | 6.42 | (0.47%) | 0.00 | (1.81%) | (6.67%) | — |
| SCHL | Scholastic Corporation | 595.13m | 32.35 | (7.12%) | 13.20 | 3.58% | (2.68%) | 2.11% |
| LEE | Lee Enterprises, Incorporated | 152.25m | 6.79 | 0.00% | 0.00 | (1.84%) | (11.12%) | — |
| EDUC | Educational Development Corporation | 11.08m | 1.30 | 0.00% | 5.65 | 9.75% | (34.31%) | 12.05% |
| TNMG | TNL Mediagene | 3.74m | 4.39 | (12.38%) | 18.29 | 0.00% | — | — |