The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)

Last Closing Price: 2.35 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

The E.W. Scripps Company serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, print and digital media brands. It also runs an expanding collection of local and national digital journalism and information businesses including online multi-source video news provider Newsy. Scripps also produces television programming, runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and serves as the long-time steward of one of the nation's longest-running and most successful educational programs, Scripps National Spelling Bee. Scripps is focused on the stories of tomorrow. Scripps is one of the nation's largest independent TV station owners. Scripps also runs an expanding collection of local and national digital journalism and information businesses, including multi-platform satire and humor brand Cracked, podcast industry leader Midroll Media and over-the-top video news service Newsy.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.51B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $87.60M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 19.58
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 2.33
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.08
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 0.23
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 0.82
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 7.61%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 5.71%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 17.81%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 2.87%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.36
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.36
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.84
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) --
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $10.29
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $-0.18
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.08
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $0.92
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Communication Services
Industry Broadcasting
Common Shares Outstanding 87.71M
Free Float 84.53M
Market Capitalization $206.12M
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.75M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.01
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 3.62%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 67.81%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.00%