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E.w. Scripps Co. SSP

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$2.2B
▼ 14.3% YoY
$-100.9M
▼ 169.0% YoY
$6.5M
▼ 97.8% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

The E.W. Scripps Company serves audiences and businesses through a portfolio of more than 60 local television stations in more than 40 markets and national news and entertainment networks. As of December 31, 2025, it had approximately 4,600 employees, including full-time and part-time employees. Its Local Media segment includes local television stations and their related digital operations. Its Scripps Networks segment includes national news outlets Scripps News and Court TV as well as entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery, ION Plus and Laff. The E.W. Scripps Company was founded in 1878.

Written from the business description in The E.W. Scripps Company's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 2.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 2.2 · Net income -0.1
1.0B2.0B-0.4B-0.8B
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−4.3%
+3.0%
+12.6%
+7.0%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +3.0% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−5 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 8.6% · Net -4.7%
5%10%15%-20%-40%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -7.9%
10%20%-20%-40%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin40.7%
Operating margin8.6%
Net margin-4.7%
EBITDAUSD 334.8M

Each USD of equity lost 8 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

·
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 6.5
150M300M-40M-80M
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2021 · Dividends · · Net buybacks 0.0
25.0M50.0M-3.0M-6.0MDividendsNet buybacks
2010201220142016201820202021
Dividends paid·
Net buybacks·
Share of profit·
Consecutive raises·

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.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
SSP, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B2.22.52.32.52.31.91.41.20.90.90.70.50.40.90.70.80.7
Operating income $B0.20.4−0.80.40.40.30.10.1−0.00.1−0.00.0−0.00.1−0.00.0−0.2
EBITDA $B0.30.6−0.60.60.60.40.20.20.10.20.00.10.00.10.00.1−0.2
Income tax $B−0.00.1−0.00.10.10.10.00.0−0.00.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.0−0.00.0−0.0
Net income $B−0.10.1−0.90.20.10.3−0.00.0−0.00.1−0.10.0−0.00.0−0.00.1−0.2
Free cash flow $B0.00.30.10.30.20.2−0.10.10.00.1−0.00.10.00.10.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $−1.871.01−11.841.620.813.21−0.230.24−0.160.80−1.060.18−0.010.69−0.272.03−3.89
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌0.200.200.200.000.001.030.000.000.000.00◌◌
Payout %—————◌◌◌−00−810−0————
ROE %−7.911.8−57.7◌◌◌◌◌−1.16.4−10.42.0−0.17.6−2.825.5−48.4

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Compare

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 3 failures · 3 divergences in 66 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 11 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. 3 of those reconciliations are divergences — the figures exist but don't fit the formula this check expects; that isn't the same as an error. 12 checks were skipped: cost of revenue is not tagged before 2019. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency3 failures3 divergent
ActivityTelevision Broadcasting Stations
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inOhio
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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