E.W. SCRIPPS Co · Television Broadcasting Stations

SSP

Moderate riskNext report: Around Nov 6 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with shrinking sales.

Watch out for

Losing money
High debt: 2.08x equity
Revenue down 14.3% from the year before

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 2.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (65 bought, 65 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$2.06-4.2% that day

Company value: $190M; Share price times all shares
Price vs sales: 0.09x; No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Cash vs value: 7%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 1368%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From SSP's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$490.4M-9.2% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $2.1B, down 14% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 3.0% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of SSP. Starting points are the company's recent numbers (it isn't profitable yet, so the margin starts at a 10% guess).

Sales growth-10% a yearRecently: -14% a yearProfit margin10%Last 12 months: -58.0%P/E at the end15xMany steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.2B

Profit in 5 years$124M

Price these guesses point to$20.13+877% vs $2.06 todayAbout +58% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 15x P/E, sales could shrink about 43% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Word of mouth

Updated daily

People looking up the company, yesterday: 1.7x normal; 370 views vs about 222 on a usual day

Forum talk counts mentions of SSP in popular online stock forums, a slice of the internet rather than all of it. Company lookups show interest in the company itself, which can come from news that isn't about the stock. Attention isn't quality.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-7.9%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.2.08x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-4.7%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$6.5M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+0.8% in 3 years

Revenue: $2.2B; -14.3% vs prior year
5-year growth: +3.0%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $2.6B; 2.08x equity
Current ratio: 1.65x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.