E.W. SCRIPPS Co SSP

Communication services SIC 4833 - Television Broadcasting Stations NAICS Information › Broadcasting and Content Providers › Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations › Television Broadcasting Stations derived Nasdaq

Founded in 1878, The E.W. Scripps Company motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way." Our vision statement is We Create Connection. We serve audiences and businesses through a portfolio of more than 60 local television stations in more than 40 markets and national news and entertainment networks. Our local stations have programming agreements with ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through national news outlets Scripps News and Court TV and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery, ION Plus and Laff. All of our local stations and national entertainment networks reach consumers over the air, and we have continued to expand our television networks and local brands on free streaming platforms. We also serve as the longtime steward of one of the nation's largest, most successful and longest-running educational programs, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Additionally, we provide a television viewing device called Tablo that allows households to watch and record dozens of free, over-the-air and streaming channels anywhere in their home without a subscription. For a full listing of our brands, visit http://www.scripps.com.

Last close 2.16 2026-10-23
Market cap $198.9M estimated share count
52-week range 2.02 - 5.39

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.1x
P/E—
P/FCF30.5x
EV/EBITDA8.3x
Dividend yield—
Diluted EPS-1.87

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $2.15B$2.51B$2.29B$2.45B$2.28B$1.86B$1.35B$1.16B$845.8M$874.5M
SG&A $563.0M$606.2M$614.8M$623.2M$595.1M$497.7M$449.9M———
Total operating expenses $1.97B$2.10B$3.05B$2.02B$1.88B$1.55B$1.26B———
Operating income $184.0M$412.5M-$753.2M$428.3M$400.7M$303.5M$87.4M$148.5M$4.1M$128.2M
Interest expense $221.0M$210.3M$213.5M$161.1M$165.2M$93.0M$80.6M$36.2M$26.6M$18.0M
Pre-tax income -$119.5M$210.0M-$967.5M$276.5M$187.1M$209.0M$1.0M$92.7M-$29.1M$93.2M
Income tax $18.6M$63.8M$19.7M$80.6M$71.2M$55.5M$2.9M$22.8M$18.9M$33.3M
Net income -$100.9M$146.2M-$947.8M$195.9M$122.7M$269.3M-$18.4M$19.7M-$14.6M$67.2M
EPS, basic -1.871.01-11.841.710.873.23-0.230.25-0.160.80
EPS, diluted -1.871.01-11.841.620.813.21-0.230.24-0.160.80
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 88.0M86.1M84.3M87.3M88.0M81.8M80.8M81.9M82.1M83.6M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $27.9M$23.9M$35.3M$18.0M$100.5M$1.63B$33.0M$107.1M$148.7M$134.4M
Receivables $569.3M$568.2M$610.5M$600.1M$572.5M$429.0M$387.8M$281.3M$245.4M$178.5M
Total current assets $747.4M$630.0M$676.1M$643.9M$702.3M$2.09B$643.9M$471.0M$605.5M$345.9M
Property, plant and equipment ————$456.9M$343.9M$370.4M$237.9M$210.0M$225.4M
Goodwill $1.92B$1.97B$1.97B$2.92B$2.91B$1.20B$1.22B$786.8M$708.8M$575.8M
Other intangibles $1.52B$1.64B$1.73B$1.82B$1.91B$975.4M$1.06B$479.0M$426.0M$412.6M
Total assets $5.01B$5.20B$5.41B$6.43B$6.66B$4.86B$3.56B$2.13B$2.13B$1.74B
Accounts payable $63.4M$100.7M$76.4M$82.7M$83.9M$68.1M$28.4M$26.9M$23.6M$16.0M
Short-term debt $8.9M$15.6M$15.6M$18.6M$18.6M$10.6M$10.6M$3.0M$5.7M$6.6M
Total current liabilities $453.6M$482.4M$477.8M$485.0M$511.9M$358.5M$312.0M$198.1M$210.8M$104.1M
Long-term debt $2.59B$2.56B$2.90B$2.85B$3.13B$2.92B$1.90B$685.8M$687.6M$386.6M
Retained earnings -$576.9M-$476.0M-$622.2M$350.7M$205.1M$131.8M-$121.0M-$86.2M-$90.1M-$94.1M
Total equity $1.25B$1.32B$1.16B$2.13B$1.97B$1.16B$897.9M$926.2M$937.5M$945.9M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $53.1M$365.7M$111.6M$311.4M$237.0M$277.4M-$27.5M$140.9M$40.9M$146.5M
Depreciation and amortisation $150.8M$155.2M$155.1M$160.4M$161.9M$107.2M$84.3M$60.7M$52.9M$55.2M
Capital expenditure $46.6M$65.3M$59.6M$45.8M$60.7M$44.9M$60.9M$47.1M$17.4M$25.9M
Investing cash flow -$12.1M-$26.5M-$60.6M-$66.4M-$2.46B$317.4M-$1.26B-$127.5M-$299.1M-$73.4M
Financing cash flow -$36.9M-$350.6M-$33.7M-$327.5M$693.5M$998.2M$1.22B-$55.0M$275.2M-$53.3M
Dividends paid —————$16.6M$16.4M$16.4M$0$0
Buybacks ————$0$0$584.0K$32.3M$17.9M$44.4M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0000832428-26-000010.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -1B 0 1B 2B 3B Revenue, FY2016: 874.5M Net income, FY2016: 67.2M Revenue, FY2017: 845.8M Net income, FY2017: -14.6M Revenue, FY2018: 1.2B Net income, FY2018: 19.7M Revenue, FY2019: 1.4B Net income, FY2019: -18.4M Revenue, FY2020: 1.9B Net income, FY2020: 269.3M Revenue, FY2021: 2.3B Net income, FY2021: 122.7M Revenue, FY2022: 2.5B Net income, FY2022: 195.9M Revenue, FY2023: 2.3B Net income, FY2023: -947.8M Revenue, FY2024: 2.5B Net income, FY2024: 146.2M Revenue, FY2025: 2.2B Net income, FY2025: -100.9M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $874.5M $845.8M $1.16B $1.35B $1.86B $2.28B $2.45B $2.29B $2.51B $2.15B
Gross profit — — — — — — — — — —
Net income $67.2M -$14.6M $19.7M -$18.4M $269.3M $122.7M $195.9M -$947.8M $146.2M -$100.9M

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Acquisition or disposal completed A purchase or sale of a significant business or asset has closed. Item 2.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
  • New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
  • Acquisition or disposal completed Item 2.01
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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