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The E.W. Scripps Company Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | SSP
Brief overview of The E.W. Scripps Company's multiples and efficiency
This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2018 through 2024.
The valuation comparison uses P/E 1.23x (median 5.67x), EV/EBITDA 0.36x (median 1.76x), P/S 0.07x (median 0.17x). Multiples are on average 58.5% below their own medians. Shares look cheaper than their recent historical valuation.
The 1/P/E calculation produces a 81.3% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.
The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE -8.1%, ROA -2%, ROCE 14.8%. The business is not generating positive returns on invested resources. Valuation should be read cautiously until earnings recover.
The cash conversion cycle lengthened from 55 days to 73 days, or 18.1 days. More cash is tied up in operations.
Overall picture
The E.W. Scripps Company's discount may reflect genuine profitability issues rather than market inefficiency alone.
Annual Financial Ratios The E.W. Scripps Company
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E |
-1.5 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 5.4 | 14.9 | 5.7 | -55.9 | 74.4 | -103.6 | 23.9 | -17.8 | 93.7 | -1979.4 | 13.3 | -27.4 | 2.4 | -0.4 | - |
P/S |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - |
EPS |
-1.9 | 1.0 | -11.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 3.2 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -1.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -0.3 | 2.0 | -3.9 | - |
EV (Enterprise Value) |
120 M | 156 M | 344 M | 1.04 B | 1.77 B | 951 M | 3.66 B | 2.61 B | 2.4 B | 2.25 B | 2.13 B | 1.33 B | 1.14 B | 783 M | 752 M | 102 M | 72.2 M | -3.87 M |
EBITDA per Share |
3.8 | 6.62 | -7.1 | 7.07 | 6.83 | 5.04 | 2.15 | 2.43 | 0.983 | 2.24 | 0.416 | 1.6 | 1.18 | 2.53 | 0.669 | 1.34 | -3.43 | - |
EV/EBITDA |
0.4 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 16.8 | 10.6 | 23.6 | 10.0 | 54.7 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 1.3 | -0.4 | - |
PEG |
0.02 | -0.03 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.86 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 19.52 | 0.04 | 0.24 | - | - | - |
P/B |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | - | - |
P/CF |
2.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 5.5 | -9.1 | 18.8 | 103.0 | 13.6 | -103.2 | 11.9 | 72.3 | 3.8 | 163.6 | 4.7 | 1.0 | - |
ROE % |
-8.10 | 11.09 | -81.98 | 9.19 | 6.23 | 23.15 | -2.05 | 2.20 | -1.40 | 7.11 | -9.15 | 2.03 | -0.09 | 7.47 | -3.02 | 22.16 | -48.38 | - |
ROA % |
-2.01 | 2.81 | -17.52 | 3.05 | 1.84 | 5.54 | -0.52 | 0.96 | -0.62 | 3.89 | -4.91 | 1.02 | -0.05 | 3.90 | -1.60 | 15.77 | - | - |
ROCE % |
14.77 | 31.30 | -65.15 | 20.10 | 20.34 | 26.09 | 2.65 | 6.91 | 1.27 | 7.87 | -1.27 | 4.55 | 2.19 | 10.12 | -0.21 | 5.36 | -52.97 | - |
Current Ratio |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | - | - | - |
DSO |
96.5 | 85.7 | 96.4 | 87.2 | 80.0 | 80.3 | 113.6 | 90.8 | 103.6 | 74.7 | 90.0 | 57.4 | 62.6 | 51.9 | 82.8 | - | - | - |
DIO |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 22.7 | 4.2 | - | - |
DPO |
23.5 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 19.0 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 24.5 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 14.9 | 59.3 | 18.1 | - | - |
Operating Cycle |
96.5 | 85.7 | 96.4 | 87.2 | 80.0 | 80.3 | 113.6 | 90.8 | 103.6 | 74.7 | 90.0 | 61.3 | 66.9 | 56.1 | 105.5 | 4.2 | - | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
73.0 | 61.2 | 73.7 | 62.6 | 55.0 | 61.3 | 102.4 | 77.6 | 88.8 | 57.3 | 65.5 | 48.0 | 56.1 | 41.1 | 46.2 | -13.9 | - | - |
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Quarterly Financial Ratios The E.W. Scripps Company
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q3 | 2025-Q2 | 2025-Q1 | 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q1 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q1 | 2022-Q4 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q1 | 2021-Q4 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q1 | 2020-Q4 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q1 | 2019-Q4 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q1 | 2018-Q4 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q1 | 2017-Q4 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q1 | 2016-Q4 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q1 | 2015-Q4 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q1 | 2014-Q4 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q1 | 2013-Q4 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q1 | 2012-Q4 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q1 | 2011-Q4 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q1 | |
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EPS |
-12.68 | -0.2 | -0.55 | -0.59 | -0.22 | 0.37 | -0.15 | -0.15 | -0.19 | -8.1 | -0.37 | - | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.11 | - | 0.54 | -0.09 | -0.07 | 1.36 | 0.7 | -0.27 | -0.15 | 0.16 | -0.27 | -0.01 | -0.08 | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.06 | -0.33 | 0.16 | -0.32 | 0.1 | -0.02 | 0.44 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.06 | -0.25 | -0.29 | -0.37 | -0.09 | 0.27 | -0.29 | -0.15 | -0.14 | 0.14 | -0.16 | 0.05 | -0.05 | 0.47 | 0.21 | 0.09 | -0.08 | 0.11 | -0.19 | -0.04 | -0.15 |
EBITDA per Share |
-12.2 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 1.29 | 0.76 | 1.87 | 1.1 | 0.97 | 1.09 | -6.91 | 0.66 | - | 1.72 | 1.56 | 1.34 | - | 1.91 | 1.76 | 1.18 | 0.32 | 1.64 | 0.35 | 0.6 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.59 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 0.18 | -0.3 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.17 | -0.11 | -0.03 | -0.02 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.15 | 0.17 | -0.14 | 0.13 | - |
ROE % |
-1148.94 | -5.81 | -1.75 | 0.99 | 3.92 | 3.92 | -46.90 | -47.90 | -45.80 | -43.47 | 4.56 | 5.44 | 8.52 | 6.58 | 4.87 | 3.74 | 24.78 | 26.72 | 24.52 | 23.15 | 3.30 | -4.19 | -2.33 | -2.08 | -0.88 | 3.69 | 4.35 | 2.12 | 0.33 | -4.63 | -4.35 | -1.56 | 1.91 | 6.08 | 6.38 | 7.11 | 0.67 | -3.40 | -8.01 | -9.51 | -4.09 | -1.61 | 1.16 | 1.17 | -0.43 | -0.41 | -0.38 | 0.49 | 4.11 | 6.58 | 8.18 | 7.47 | 3.64 | -0.67 | -2.11 | -3.02 | -2.08 | -0.43 | -1.73 |
ROA % |
-32.97 | -1.46 | -0.51 | 0.16 | 0.80 | -10.87 | -12.07 | -12.10 | -11.38 | -10.97 | 1.66 | 1.95 | 2.04 | 1.32 | 1.40 | 1.06 | 6.09 | 6.41 | 5.87 | 5.54 | 0.80 | -1.02 | -0.57 | -0.52 | 0.21 | 1.73 | 2.01 | 0.93 | 0.15 | -2.00 | -1.87 | -0.69 | 1.27 | 3.24 | 3.51 | 3.88 | 0.41 | -1.77 | -4.30 | -4.89 | -2.10 | -0.78 | 0.78 | 0.59 | -0.12 | -0.13 | -0.15 | 0.28 | 2.10 | 3.40 | 4.26 | 3.90 | 1.91 | -0.36 | -1.11 | -1.60 | -1.10 | -0.23 | -0.92 |
ROCE % |
-1138.73 | 12.99 | 20.99 | 22.78 | 20.57 | 22.24 | -31.25 | -35.23 | -33.91 | -33.25 | 13.84 | 13.05 | 19.13 | 19.71 | 18.95 | 15.36 | 24.57 | 18.63 | 14.80 | 11.15 | 11.77 | 5.72 | 5.60 | 3.80 | 8.25 | 10.10 | 6.86 | 6.85 | 2.76 | 0.27 | -2.18 | -2.11 | 1.16 | 8.07 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 4.56 | -0.40 | -5.11 | -6.41 | -5.31 | -2.88 | -0.82 | 1.05 | -0.44 | -0.04 | -0.30 | -0.67 | 2.74 | 6.90 | 4.63 | 5.31 | 1.82 | -2.02 | -6.74 | -5.96 | -3.49 | -0.43 | -2.04 |
DSO |
98.0 | 96.1 | 96.8 | 90.8 | 93.3 | 79.8 | 46.0 | 48.9 | 96.7 | 91.6 | 101.3 | - | 41.7 | 43.3 | 91.7 | - | 86.3 | 82.5 | 78.0 | 66.2 | 79.4 | 109.1 | 90.0 | 83.7 | 107.0 | 114.1 | 111.2 | 70.5 | 84.8 | 90.6 | 94.5 | 87.1 | 111.7 | 103.5 | 97.5 | 66.9 | 75.4 | 77.1 | 79.4 | 76.6 | 82.7 | 79.2 | 100.7 | 60.3 | 73.8 | 90.0 | 61.9 | 57.7 | 67.3 | 61.3 | 60.9 | 44.1 | 52.2 | 52.9 | 57.5 | 62.6 | 73.7 | 67.6 | - |
DIO |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.9 | 8.0 | - | 9.8 | 9.1 | 5.7 | - | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | - | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | - | 7.5 | 7.3 | - |
DPO |
21.7 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 20.5 | 23.3 | 23.8 | - | 12.7 | 13.4 | 26.7 | - | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.2 | - | 27.3 | 27.9 | 19.0 | - | 21.8 | 23.9 | 22.8 | - | 25.6 | 25.8 | 23.4 | - | 24.4 | 24.5 | 19.0 | - | 26.6 | 26.3 | 27.7 | - | 32.7 | 31.6 | 30.4 | - | 19.7 | 25.5 | 16.8 | - | 15.8 | 15.7 | 18.1 | - | 22.1 | 21.9 | 18.6 | - | 19.7 | 19.0 | - |
Operating Cycle |
- | - | 96.8 | 90.8 | 93.3 | 79.8 | - | - | 96.7 | 91.6 | 101.3 | - | 41.7 | 43.3 | 91.7 | - | 86.3 | 82.5 | 78.0 | 66.2 | 79.4 | 109.1 | 90.0 | 83.7 | 107.0 | 114.1 | 111.2 | 70.5 | 84.8 | 90.6 | 94.5 | 87.1 | 111.7 | 103.5 | 97.5 | 66.9 | 75.4 | 77.1 | 79.4 | 76.6 | 82.7 | 82.1 | 108.7 | 60.3 | 83.6 | 99.1 | 67.6 | 57.7 | 73.5 | 67.5 | 66.8 | 44.1 | 58.3 | 58.9 | 63.5 | 62.6 | 81.2 | 74.8 | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
- | - | 77.2 | 67.7 | 70.2 | 57.5 | - | - | 76.2 | 68.3 | 77.5 | - | 29.0 | 29.9 | 64.9 | - | 62.0 | 58.3 | 54.8 | 66.2 | 52.0 | 81.2 | 71.0 | 83.7 | 85.1 | 90.3 | 88.4 | 70.5 | 59.2 | 64.8 | 71.1 | 87.1 | 87.3 | 79.0 | 78.4 | 66.9 | 48.8 | 50.8 | 51.6 | 76.6 | 50.0 | 50.4 | 78.3 | 60.3 | 63.9 | 73.7 | 50.7 | 57.7 | 57.7 | 51.9 | 48.8 | 44.1 | 36.2 | 37.0 | 44.9 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 55.9 | - |
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