MARKETS / NASDAQ / SSP
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THE E.w. Scripps Company SSP

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$2.2B
▼ 14.3% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
-7.9%
Net margin · FY25
-4.7%
Dividend coverage
16.0×
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Result
USD 2.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.81.62.43.22.2-0.12009201220152018202120242025
0.81.62.43.22.2-0.12016201920222025

The company lost 5 cents on every revenue dollar this year.

Per share
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.40.81.22009201220152018202120242025
0.40.81.22016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 16.0 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
-7.9%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
81624-7.9%2009201220152018202120242025
81624-7.9%2016201920222025
Operating margin8.6%
Net margin-4.7%
Return on assets-2.0%

Each USD of equity lost 8 cents this year.

Returned to shareholders
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacks
Share of profit
Consecutive raises

Growth
+3.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−4.3%
+3.0%
+12.6%
+7.0%
Dividend / share
−27.9%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 5.0B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 5.0B
EquityUSD 1.2B
CashUSD 27.9M
Gross debtUSD 2.6B
Net debtUSD 2.6B
Current ratio1.65×

Net debt stands at 206% of equity.

History
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Revenue $B
2.2
2.5
2.3
2.5
2.3
1.9
1.4
1.2
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.7
Operating income $B
0.2
0.4
−0.8
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
−0.0
0.1
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.1
−0.0
0.0
−0.2
EBITDA $B
0.3
0.6
−0.6
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
−0.2
Income tax $B
−0.0
0.1
−0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
Net income $B
−0.1
0.1
−0.9
0.2
0.1
0.3
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.1
−0.1
0.0
−0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.1
−0.2
EPS, diluted $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.00
0.00
1.03
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
·
·
6
−89
83
−0
0
−81
0
−0
·
·
·
·
ROE %
−7.9
11.8
−57.7
9.2
·
·
−2.0
2.1
−1.6
7.3
−10.4
2.0
−0.1
7.6
−2.8
22.2
·
Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
44 of 49
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 2 failures and 3 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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