The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) is capitalised at $305.81M on the latest close. The company sits in the Communication Services sector, in the Broadcasting industry. Headcount on file is 4,600.

SSP last closed at $3.30 on September 4, 2026. That is −$0.03 (−0.90%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $1.52 to $5.39. The latest close sits 117.28% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $2.15B. That is −14.31% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $2.51B. The same year closed with a net loss of $100.88M. Profit margin runs at −58.02%. That is 54.9 percentage points below the Broadcasting median of −3.15%. Trailing earnings per share are −14.1.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $2.45B in 2022 to $2.15B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 2 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The record shows negative trailing earnings, so no price-to-earnings ratio is published. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads −6.51. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 0.15 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 0.3 times the Broadcasting median of 0.56. 17 Broadcasting companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned +45.81%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at −12.41%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.69. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 71.48%.

Growth & Income

The record shows no dividend for SSP.

2026 is still running; the price is −17.29% year to date. Across the complete calendar years on file, 2025 returned +140.12% and 2024 returned −72.34%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 4 finished higher.