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E.W. SCRIPPS Co (SSP)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for E.W. SCRIPPS Co. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About E.W. SCRIPPS Co

E.W. Scripps Company operates a portfolio of over 60 local television stations across more than 40 markets in the United States, offering programming from major networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. The company provides free over-the-air news, sports, entertainment, and syndicated content to local communities through broadcast and digital platforms. It also owns national news and entertainment networks such as Scripps News, Court TV, and ION, and offers a television viewing device called Tablo for accessing free over-the-air and streaming channels.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.15B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-14.3%
Net income
$-100.9M
Diluted EPS
$-1.87
Gross margin
Operating margin
8.6%
Net margin
-4.7%
FCF margin
0.3%
ROE
-8.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$302.1M
Long-term debt / equity
2.07×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at E.W. SCRIPPS

  • Revenue fell 14.3% to $2.2B in FY2025, slower than the 9.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 8.6% in FY2025, -9.0 pp against 17.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $490M, down 9.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $7M in FY2025, 0.3% of revenue.
  • Net income turned to a $101M loss in FY2025, from a $146M profit in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where E.W. SCRIPPS’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin8.6%
70th percentile of 185
Net margin-4.7%
36th percentile of 191
FCF margin0.3%
33rd percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)-14.3%
10th percentile of 209
ROE-8.1%
34th percentile of 165
Long-term debt / equity2.07×
76th percentile of 101
Short interest5.06d
68th percentile of 216

E.W. SCRIPPS’s revenue growth of -14.3% ranks in the 10th percentile of the 209 Communication Services companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 7 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$5.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.3M1.2MReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$963,985348.0KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$750,212270.8KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$400,628144.6KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$192,67069.6KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$51,90418.7KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$34,21512.4KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-20
filed 2026-05-22
McCabe Molly E10% ownerSell11.2K$3.29$37K
2026-05-19
filed 2026-05-22
McCabe Molly E10% ownerSell112.3K$3.40$382K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-22
McCabe Molly E10% ownerSell143.0K$3.48$497K
2026-05-15
filed 2026-05-22
McCabe Molly E10% ownerSell60.2K$3.35$202K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-15
Granado Geraldine Scripps10% ownerBuy72.8K$3.54$258K
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-14
Brickner Samantha J.10% ownerBuy1.3K$3.53$4K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.2M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+0.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.06
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
823.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-144.2M+0.7%5.06
2026-07-314.1M+3.3%7.70
2026-07-154.0M-5.7%5.75
2026-06-304.2M+13.8%3.80
2026-06-153.7M+25.0%6.04
2026-05-293.0M+8.4%5.25
2026-05-152.8M+0.5%3.47
2026-04-302.7M-4.7%5.22

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.15B$2.51B$2.29B$2.45B$2.28B
Gross profit
Operating income$184.0M$412.5M$-753.2M$428.3M$400.7M
Net income$-100.9M$146.2M$-947.8M$195.9M$122.7M
Diluted EPS$-1.87$1.01$-11.84$1.62$0.81

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$27.9M$23.9M$35.3M$18.0M$66.2M
Current assets$747.4M$630.0M$676.1M$643.9M$702.3M
Total assets$5.01B$5.20B$5.41B$6.43B$6.66B
Current liabilities$453.6M$482.4M$477.8M$485.0M$511.9M
Long-term debt$2.59B$2.56B$2.90B$2.85B$3.13B
Total liabilities$3.76B$3.88B$4.25B$4.30B$4.69B
Total equity$1.25B$1.32B$1.16B$2.13B$1.97B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$53.1M$365.7M$111.6M$311.4M$237.0M
Capital expenditure$46.6M$65.3M$59.6M$45.8M$60.7M
Free cash flow$6.5M$300.4M$52.0M$265.6M$176.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$490.4M-9.2%$-1.15B$-12.68
Q1 FY2026$516.9M-1.4%$-1.8M
Q4 FY2025$560.3M-23.1%$-28.5M$-0.32
Q3 FY2025$525.9M-18.6%$-33.0M$-0.55
Q2 FY2025$540.1M-5.8%$-36.0M$-0.59
Q1 FY2025$524.4M-6.6%$-3.5M
Q4 FY2024$728.4M18.3%$95.4M$1.09
Q3 FY2024$646.3M14.1%$47.8M$0.37

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryTelevision Broadcasting Stations
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK832428

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-07
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-05-08
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8-K2026-08-07
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8-K2026-05-15
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8-K2026-05-08
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8-K2026-05-06
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.