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E.W. Scripps

NSQ:SSP · US8110544025
MediaLarge

360

9
EV / EBIT25
Price / Owner Earnings1
Owner Earnings Yield34
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales95
EV / Gross Profit31
Price/Book85
Return on Capital33
Cash Return on Capital34
Return on Equity14
EBIT Margin51
Gross Profitability33
Accruals71
Owner Earnings Margin34
Sales growth57
Profit Growth39
Long-Term EPS Growth17
Owner Earnings Growth18
Reinvestment73
Price momentum86
Debt load34
Refinancing96
Debt Payback4
Liquidity32
Analyst ratings42
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside90
Market mood53
Value Creation6/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

E.W. Scripps doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryMedia
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1987
Employees1,914
Websitescripps.com
ISINUS8110544025
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Digital MediaContent CreationVideo StreamingAd NetworkStreaming MediaVideo AdvertisingJournalismMedia and Entertainment

Description

The E.W. Scripps Company (Scripps), a diverse media enterprise, serves audiences and businesses through a portfolio of local television stations and national news and entertainment networks. All of the company’s businesses also have digital presence…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

The E.W. Scripps Company is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is expensive. You pay 72.0× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone.

The trajectory is tepid and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 6/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
87
2023202420252026

All-time high

87

Jun 2026

All-time low

34

Jan 2025

Average rank

63

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
95
95
76
74
Price/Earnings
67
91
84
89
Price/Book
85
92
79
76
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
81
61
62
59

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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