Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$2.75
+3.77% today
1Y Change
+19.14%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $590.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $2.75 and up 19.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -14.3%, EPS growth of -285.1%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -14.3%, EPS -285.1%, free cash flow -97.8% with operating margin 7.5% and ROIC 3.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SSP price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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SSP
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
SSP Max Drawdown
-50.60%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.3B
-6.9% YoY
FY Net Income
$122.7M
-37.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$175.8M
-33.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
-14.3%
EPS Growth
-285.1%
Gross Margin
33.7%
Net Margin
-4.7%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.2B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.3B |
| Gross Profit | 725M | 1.2B | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Operating Income | 162M | 412M | -753M | 428M | 401M |
| EBITDA | -49M | 576M | -599M | 598M | 514M |
| Net Income | -101M | 146M | -948M | 196M | 123M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 28M | 24M | 35M | 18M | 66M |
| Total Assets | 5.0B | 5.2B | 5.4B | 6.4B | 6.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.8B | 3.9B | 4.3B | 4.3B | 4.7B |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 2.1B | 2.0B |
| Total Debt | 2.7B | 2.7B | 3.0B | 3.0B | 3.3B |
| Net Debt | 2.7B | 2.7B | 3.0B | 3.0B | 3.2B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
237M
-23.9% YoY
Capital Expenditures
61M
-33.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
176M
-33.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
33.7%
Operating Margin
7.5%
Net Margin
-4.7%
ROE
-7.9%
Debt / Equity
2.19x
Next Step
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