The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) Key Metrics
SSP valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $249.3M
- Enterprise value
- $3.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- — 10-yr median 7.4
- Forward P/E
- 13.7
- PEG ratio
- 12.81
- Price / sales
- 0.1 10-yr median 0.5
- Price / book
- 3.0 10-yr median 0.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.9 10-yr median 8.4
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.72
SSP key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsSSP valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
Price / sales+186.6%
0.2
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20162025
Price / book+159.7%
0.3
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20162025
Price / free cash flow+11,210.2%
53.8
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20162025
Free cash flow yield−208.2 pts
1.9%
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20162025
SSP returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
Return on equity−19.7 pts
−7.9%
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20162025
Return on invested capital−3.8 pts
3.2%
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20162025
Return on assets−4.7 pts
−2.0%
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20162025
Free cash flow margin−11.7 pts
0.3%
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20162025
Asset turnover−10.9%
0.42
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20162025
SSP per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
Revenue per share−16.2%
$24.43
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20162025
Earnings per share
−$1.15
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20162025
Free cash flow per share−97.9%
$0.07
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20162025
Book value per share−7.6%
$14.16
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20162025
Dividends per share
$0.00
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20162025
Shares outstanding+2.3%
88.0M
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20162025
SSP financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
Debt / equity+6.8%
2.18
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20162025
Net debt+$21.1M
$2.68B
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20162025
Current ratio+26.2%
1.65
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20162025
Interest coverage−62.6%
0.7
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20162025
Debt / assets+4.8%
0.54
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20162025
SSP efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
Days sales outstanding+11 days
97 days
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20162025
Days payables outstanding−3 days
21 days
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20162025
Cash conversion cycle+14 days
76 days
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20162025
Capex / revenue−0.4 pts
2.2%
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20162025
Dividends + buybacks / FCF−0.6 pts
0.0%
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20162025
SSP valuation history
Fiscal year-endToday10-year median
SSP returns on capital
ROEROICROA
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
SSP debt vs cash
Total debtCash & short-term investments
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
SSP cash returned to shareholders
DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow
SSP price vs earnings per share
Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)
SSP key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $351.2M | $143.0M | $506.2M | $866.2M | $1.28B | $940.7M | $954.7M | $969.0M | $964.3M | $1.22B |
| Enterprise value | $3.04B | $2.81B | $3.52B | $3.86B | $4.48B | $3.34B | $2.95B | $1.55B | $1.51B | $1.47B |
| P/E ratio | — | 1.0 | — | 4.4 | 10.4 | 3.5 | — | 47.5 | — | 18.1 |
| Price / sales | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Price / book | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 53.8 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 4.1 | — | 12.0 | 73.2 | 10.3 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 6.6 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.4 | — | 6.9 | 23.6 | 8.3 |
| EV / sales | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | — | 4.9 | — | 6.4 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 17.8 | 8.2 | 29.6 | 8.7 |
| EV / free cash flow | 465.3 | 9.3 | 67.7 | 14.5 | 25.5 | 14.5 | — | 19.3 | 114.5 | 12.4 |
| Earnings yield | −28.7% | 102.2% | −187.2% | 22.6% | 9.6% | 28.6% | −1.9% | 2.1% | −1.4% | 5.5% |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.9% | 210.1% | 10.3% | 30.7% | 13.7% | 24.5% | −11.9% | 8.3% | 1.4% | 9.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.5% | 5.5% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.0% | 1.3% | 10.5% | 6.6% | 50.4% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $3.99 | $1.66 | $6.01 | $9.92 | $14.55 | $11.50 | $11.81 | $11.83 | $11.75 | $14.53 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $24.43 | $29.16 | $27.21 | $28.09 | $25.96 | $22.70 | $16.72 | $14.13 | $10.54 | $11.28 |
| Earnings per share | −$1.15 | $1.70 | −$11.25 | $2.24 | $1.39 | $3.29 | −$0.23 | $0.25 | −$0.16 | $0.80 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $0.60 | $4.25 | $1.32 | $3.57 | $2.69 | $3.39 | −$0.34 | $1.72 | $0.50 | $1.75 |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.07 | $3.49 | $0.62 | $3.04 | $2.00 | $2.82 | −$1.40 | $0.98 | $0.16 | $1.42 |
| Cash per share | $0.32 | $0.28 | $0.42 | $0.21 | $0.75 | $7.04 | $0.41 | $1.31 | $1.81 | $1.61 |
| Book value per share | $14.16 | $15.31 | $13.72 | $24.40 | $22.40 | $14.22 | $11.11 | $11.30 | $11.43 | $11.31 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$24.88 | −$26.56 | −$30.14 | −$29.89 | −$32.43 | −$12.41 | −$17.17 | −$4.72 | −$2.98 | −$1.66 |
| Dividends per share | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.57 | $0.55 | $0.51 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.53 | $0.76 | $0.71 | $0.52 | $0.70 | $0.57 | $1.06 | $0.74 | $0.34 | $0.33 |
| Debt per share | $30.81 | $31.22 | $36.19 | $34.43 | $37.08 | $36.37 | $25.10 | $8.41 | $8.45 | $4.70 |
| Shares outstanding | 88.0M | 86.1M | 84.3M | 87.3M | 88.0M | 81.8M | 80.8M | 81.9M | 82.1M | 83.6M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +2.3% | +2.1% | −3.5% | −0.7% | +7.5% | +1.2% | −1.3% | −0.2% | −1.9% | +8.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | −7.9% | 11.8% | −57.7% | 9.6% | 7.8% | 26.1% | −2.0% | 2.2% | −1.4% | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 3.2% | 7.0% | −12.8% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 6.9% | 2.0% | 7.5% | −0.1% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | −2.0% | 2.8% | −16.0% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 6.4% | −0.6% | 1.0% | −0.7% | 3.9% |
| Return on tangible assets | −6.4% | 9.2% | −55.3% | 11.6% | 6.7% | 10.0% | −1.4% | 2.5% | −1.4% | 10.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.3% | 12.0% | 2.3% | 10.8% | 7.7% | 12.4% | −8.4% | 6.9% | 1.5% | 12.6% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | — | 2.50 | — | 1.59 | 1.93 | 1.03 | — | 6.91 | — | 2.18 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.71B | $2.69B | $3.05B | $3.01B | $3.26B | $2.98B | $2.03B | $688.8M | $693.3M | $393.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $27.9M | $23.9M | $35.3M | $18.0M | $66.2M | $576.0M | $33.0M | $107.1M | $148.7M | $134.4M |
| Net debt | $2.68B | $2.66B | $3.01B | $2.99B | $3.20B | $2.40B | $2.00B | $581.6M | $544.6M | $258.8M |
| Debt / equity | 2.18 | 2.04 | 2.64 | 1.41 | 1.66 | 2.56 | 2.26 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.42 |
| Debt / assets | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.23 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 4.63 | — | 5.00 | 6.22 | 5.87 | 12.03 | 3.07 | 10.69 | 1.52 |
| Current ratio | 1.65 | 1.31 | 1.41 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 5.84 | 2.06 | 2.38 | 2.87 | 3.32 |
| Quick ratio | 1.65 | 1.31 | 1.41 | 2.57 | 2.43 | 2.91 | 1.74 | 3.90 | 3.39 | 5.18 |
| Interest coverage | 0.7 | 2.0 | -3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | -0.1 | 7.0 |
| Working capital | $293.8M | $147.6M | $198.3M | $158.9M | $190.4M | $1.74B | $331.9M | $273.0M | $394.7M | $241.8M |
| Invested capital | $3.93B | $3.98B | $4.17B | $5.12B | $5.17B | $3.56B | $2.89B | $1.51B | $1.48B | $1.20B |
| Tangible asset value | −$2.19B | −$2.29B | −$2.54B | −$2.61B | −$2.85B | −$1.02B | −$1.39B | −$386.8M | −$244.4M | −$138.7M |
| Net current asset value | −$3.02B | −$3.25B | −$3.58B | −$3.66B | −$3.99B | −$1.60B | −$2.02B | −$732.9M | −$586.5M | −$436.5M |
| Graham number | — | $24.19 | — | $35.09 | $26.51 | $32.45 | — | $7.95 | — | $14.30 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$37.58 | −$39.86 | −$44.63 | −$47.31 | −$50.71 | −$27.67 | −$28.05 | −$12.47 | −$11.14 | −$7.30 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $48.0M | $48.0M | $45.1M | $16.6M | $16.4M | $16.4M | $16.4M | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | $1.9M | $5.0M | $8.9M | $600.0M | $2.9M | $584,000 | $32.3M | $17.9M | $44.4M |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | 0.0% | — | 24.5% | 36.7% | 6.2% | — | 80.4% | — | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.6% | 101.9% | 21.4% | 366.9% | 8.4% | — | 60.6% | 260.2% | 37.5% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 6.3% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 87.7% | 17.8% | 53.4% | 14.7% | 25.8% | 16.9% | — | 42.9% | 67.7% | 19.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | — | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 26.2% | 24.2% | 26.8% | 25.4% | 26.1% | 26.8% | 33.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 96.5 | 85.7 | 96.4 | 87.3 | 81.1 | 84.4 | 97.0 | 86.1 | 89.5 | 68.7 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | -85.3 | -168.5 | 84.3 | 226.0 | -51.8 | -108.3 | -71.7 | -90.9 |
| Days payables outstanding | 21.0 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 19.0 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 11.7 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 75.5 | 61.2 | -11.6 | -105.9 | 140.3 | 291.4 | 30.8 | -35.5 | 8.4 | -33.8 |
| Receivables turnover | 3.78 | 4.26 | 3.79 | 4.18 | 4.50 | 4.33 | 3.76 | 4.24 | 4.08 | 5.31 |
| Payables turnover | 17.37 | 14.92 | 16.13 | 14.81 | 14.55 | 19.25 | 25.36 | 27.33 | 38.87 | 31.20 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | — | — | 1.62 | — | — | — | — |
| Asset turnover | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| Average receivables | $568.8M | $589.4M | $605.3M | $586.7M | $507.3M | $429.4M | $359.0M | $273.0M | $212.0M | $177.5M |
| Average payables | $82.0M | $88.5M | $79.5M | $83.3M | $76.0M | $48.3M | $27.7M | $25.3M | $19.8M | $23.8M |
| Average inventory | — | — | −$300.0M | −$569.6M | $255.5M | $575.6M | −$99.7M | −$205.0M | −$151.2M | −$184.8M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 68.6% | 69.3% | 68.3% | 73.7% | 72.4% | 44.8% | 64.2% | 61.6% | 55.5% | 62.8% |
Computed from SSP's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
SSP valuation and financial ratios
E.W. Scripps earned a return on equity of −7.9% and a return on invested capital of 3.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.7 billion of debt and $27.9 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.7 billion. The share count rose 5.2% from 83.6M to 88.0M over 9 years.
See the SSP income statement, the SSP chart for price history, or the SSP stock overview for the latest quote and news.
SSP key metrics FAQ
What is E.W. Scripps's return on equity?
E.W. Scripps's return on equity (ROE) was −7.9% in fiscal 2025: net income of -$100.9 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.3 billion.
What is E.W. Scripps's ROIC?
E.W. Scripps's return on invested capital was 3.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does E.W. Scripps have?
E.W. Scripps had total debt of $2.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.18.
Does E.W. Scripps pay a dividend?
E.W. Scripps did not pay a dividend in fiscal 2025.
What is E.W. Scripps's free cash flow yield?
E.W. Scripps generated $6.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 1.9% on its market value at year-end ($351.2 million).
What is E.W. Scripps's current ratio?
E.W. Scripps's current ratio was 1.65 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.65 times current liabilities.