The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)

NASDAQ: SSP · USD

$2.42

+0.41 (+20.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	223.8M
Revenue (ttm)	2.1B
Net income (ttm)	-1.3B
EPS (ttm)	-$14.3
Shares out	92.7M
Volume	1,835,464
Beta	0.72

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.1B
Net income (ttm): -1.3B
EPS (ttm): -$14.3
Market cap: 223.8M

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/En/a

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Trailing P/En/a

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ROE-174.7

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ROIC3.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000832428
Company name	The E.W. Scripps Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	811054402
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	amc
Employees	4,600
Employees change	-400
Employees growth	-8%
Enterprise value	$2.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1878
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Broadcasting
IPO date	1988-06-29
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US8110544025
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-27
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2008-07-16
Last stock split type	Reverse
Market cap	$223.8M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$2.42
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	4833
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	SSP
U.S. state	Ohio
Website	https://www.scripps.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings yield	-590.23%
EV/EBIT	23.22x
EV/EBITDA	10.58x
EV/FCF	80.78x
EV/Sales	1.35x
FCF / EV yield	1.24%
FCF yield	15.95%
Forward EV/Sales	1.31x
Forward P/S	0.1x
Industry forward P/E	6.69x
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	14.83x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	3.44x
P/B ratio	2.18x
P/FCF ratio	6.27x
P/OCF ratio	2.61x
P/S ratio	0.1x
Price/EBITDA ratio	0.82x
Sector forward P/E	18.37x
Sector P/E	19.08x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	5.82%
EBITDA margin	12.78%
FCF margin	1.67%
Gross margin	40.36%
Operating margin	5.82%
Pretax margin	-61.65%
Profit margin	-58.02%
Profit per employee	$-278,200
Revenue per employee	$455,083
ROA	1.74%
ROA (5Y)	3.66%
ROCE	3.81%
ROE	-174.66%
ROE (5Y)	-7.35%
ROIC	3.72%
ROIC (5Y)	5.69%
SBC / revenue	0.97%
Tax / revenue	-3.64%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-85.6%
FCF growth 3Y	-42.63%
FCF growth 5Y	-32.36%
Gross profit growth	-26.1%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-13.28%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-9.79%
Gross profit growth 5Y	-6.5%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	-69.98%
OCF growth (QoQ)	287.62%
OCF growth 10Y	-2.58%
OCF growth 3Y	-28.48%
OCF growth 5Y	-22.12%
Operating income growth	-69.49%
Operating income growth (Q)	-70.42%
Operating income growth 3Y	-31.45%
Operating income growth 5Y	-24.43%
Revenue growth	-14.18%
Revenue growth (Q)	-9.2%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-5.12%
Revenue growth 10Y	9.67%
Revenue growth 3Y	-4.5%
Revenue growth 5Y	-0.9%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-49M
Depreciation and amortization	$145.6M
EBIT	$121.9M
EBITDA	$267.5M
EPS	$-14.25
FCF per share	$0.38
Financing cash flow	$-165M
Free cash flow	$35M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$14.8M
Gross profit	$844.8M
Income taxes	$-76.1M
Investing cash flow	$73.6M
Net borrowing	$-122.7M
Net cash flow	$-7.3M
Net income	$-1.3B
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$63.8M
Operating income	$121.9M
Revenue	$2.1B
Stock-based compensation	$20.2M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	0.12
Book value per share	$-3.44
Debt / EBITDA	8.97
Debt / equity	26.06
Debt / FCF	74.88
Goodwill	$929.8M
Interest coverage	0.53
Long-term assets	$3.1B
Long-term liabilities	$3.1B
Net cash (debt)	$-2.6B
Net cash / market cap	-1,188.56%
Net debt / EBITDA	9.76
Net debt / equity	25.93
Net debt / FCF	74.51
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$510.6M
Shareholders' equity	$100.7M
Tangible book value	$-2.8B
Tangible book value per share	$-30.45
Total assets	$3.6B
Total cash	$13M
Total debt	$2.6B
Total liabilities	$3.5B
WACC	7.01%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.48
Current assets	$593.5M
Current liabilities	$444M
Current ratio	1.34
Net working capital	$156M
Quick ratio	1.22
Working capital	$149.5M
Working capital turnover	14.89

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-3.03%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-17.74%
Dividend growth (3Y)	58.74%
Dividend growth (5Y)	31.95%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.05
Shareholder yield	-3.03%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-81.7%
10Y return CAGR	-15.23%
10Y total return	-80.84%
150-day SMA	$3.34
15Y price change	-71.79%
15Y return CAGR	-7.07%
15Y total return	-66.69%
1D price change	20.15%
1M price change	-12.5%
1M total return	-12.5%
1Y price change	0.63%
1Y return CAGR	0.63%
1Y total return	0.63%
20-day SMA	$2.62
200-day SMA	$3.42
20Y price change	-98.37%
20Y return CAGR	-6.48%
20Y total return	-73.82%
3M price change	-18.41%
3M total return	-18.41%
3Y price change	-53.65%
3Y return CAGR	-22.6%
3Y total return	-53.65%
50-day SMA	$2.92
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$5.39
52-week high date	2026-04-21
52-week low	$1.92
52-week low date	2026-10-27
5Y price change	-86.8%
5Y return CAGR	-33.3%
5Y total return	-86.8%
6M price change	-47.84%
6M total return	-47.84%
All-time high	$163.95
All-time high date	2004-04-16
All-time low	$0.67
All-time low date	2009-03-10
Average true range (ATR)	$0.21
Average volume	776.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.49
Beta (2Y)	0.14
Beta (5Y)	0.72
Change from 52-week high	-55.19%
Change from 52-week low	25.78%
Change from all-time high	-98.53%
Change from all-time low	260.45%
Change from open	3.43%
Day's gap	16.17%
Dollar volume	$4.4M
High price	$2.51
Low price	$2.27
Monthly RSI	42.46
Open price	$2.34
Position in 52-week range	61.22%
Premarket change	11.94%
Premarket close	$2.01
Premarket price	$2.25
Premarket volume	30.4K
Previous close	$2.01
Price vs 150-day SMA	-27.63%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-7.79%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-29.41%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-17.29%
Relative volume	2.41
RSI	42.78
Sharpe ratio	0.36
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.13
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.12
Sortino ratio	0.7
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.27
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.11
Volume	1.8M
Weekly RSI	38.34
YTD price change	-39.47%
YTD total return	-39.47%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	54.9M
Float percentage	59.28%
Shares change (QoQ)	2.59%
Shares change (YoY)	3.03%
Shares held by insiders	31.01%
Shares held by institutions	63.57%
Shares outstanding	92.7M
Short % of float	7.5%
Short % of shares	4.44%
Short ratio	6.4 days

Deeper analysis on SSP

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)

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Growth

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Performance and technicals

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