Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$70.88
+3.37% today
1Y Change
+26.62%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The New York Times Company (NYT) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $12.75B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $70.88 and up 26.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +9.2%, EPS growth of +17.9%, a dividend yield of 1.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +9.2%, EPS +17.9%, free cash flow +44.4% with operating margin 15.4% and ROIC 14.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 37.2 and price/sales 4.5. Stock Foundry combines NYT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
NYT is 8.63 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
NYT had 11.00 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
NYT beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
NYT
+26.62%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+8.63 pts
Relative to SPY
NYT Max Drawdown
-20.14%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for NYT and SPY.
| Year | NYT | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +1.52% | +6.71% | -5.19 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +24.60% | +11.19% | +13.40 pts | NYT |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.1B
-10.1% YoY
FY Net Income
$220.0M
+26.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$234.5M
+106.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
+9.2%
EPS Growth
+17.9%
Gross Margin
51.1%
Net Margin
12.2%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.8B | 2.6B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.1B |
| Gross Profit | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.0B |
| Operating Income | 451M | 351M | 276M | 202M | 268M |
| EBITDA | 537M | 476M | 399M | 329M | 358M |
| Net Income | 344M | 294M | 232M | 174M | 220M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 255M | 199M | 289M | 221M | 320M |
| Total Assets | 3.0B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 956M | 914M | 951M | 934M | 1.0B |
| Shareholder Equity | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.5B |
| Total Debt | 49M | 48M | 43M | 59M | 64M |
| Net Debt | -207M | -152M | -247M | -162M | -256M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
269M
+78.6% YoY
Capital Expenditures
35M
+6.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
234M
+106.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
51.1%
Operating Margin
15.4%
Net Margin
12.2%
ROE
17.5%
Debt / Equity
0.02x
Next Step
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