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USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for USA TODAY Co., Inc. 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 USA TODAY Co., Inc.

USA TODAY Co. is a media and digital marketing solutions company operating in the United States and the United Kingdom. It provides journalism, local content, and digital experiences through its USA TODAY Media segment, which includes the national USA TODAY publication and a network of local media brands. The company also offers digital marketing products and services to small and medium-sized businesses through its LocaliQ segment.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.30B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-8.3%
Net income
$1.7M
Diluted EPS
$0.01
Gross margin
38.7%
Operating margin
Net margin
0.1%
FCF margin
2.7%
ROE
1.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
634.0×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$930.8M
Long-term debt / equity
5.72×
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 USA TODAY

  • Revenue fell 8.3% to $2.3B in FY2025, after a 5.8% decline the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $536M, down 8.3% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $63M in FY2025, 2.7% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $2M in FY2025, from a $26M loss 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 USA TODAY’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).

Gross margin38.7%
38th percentile of 105
Net margin0.1%
50th percentile of 191
FCF margin2.7%
40th percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)-8.3%
18th percentile of 209
ROE1.1%
52nd percentile of 165
P/E634.0×
99th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity5.72×
92nd percentile of 101
Short interest6.21d
76th percentile of 216

USA TODAY’s P/E of 634.0 ranks in the 99th percentile of the 95 peers with a meaningful P/E. USA TODAY’s long-term debt to equity of 5.72 ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 101 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 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
1 trimmed, 2 exited
Combined position
$65.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$38.3M4.5MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$11.3M1.3MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.8M1.0MAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$7.1M833.6KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$367,10342.9KAdded

No longer held by: Citadel Advisors (as of Q2 2026), Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026)

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
2026-02-06
filed 2026-07-16
Louis John JeffryDirectorSell13.5K$5.85$79K

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
20.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+6.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.21
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
3.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1420.8M+6.3%6.21
2026-07-3119.5M+0.7%12.56
2026-07-1519.4M+9.5%15.14
2026-06-3017.7M+6.1%10.46
2026-06-1516.7M-4.5%10.15
2026-05-2917.5M-2.0%11.87
2026-05-1517.9M+2.5%9.57
2026-04-3017.4M-2.4%10.96

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$2.30B$2.51B$2.66B$2.95B$3.21B
Gross profit$891.4M$963.7M$971.5M$1.08B$1.31B
Operating income$-42.8M$86.3M$-33.6M$109.1M
Net income$1.7M$-26.4M$-27.8M$-78.0M$-135.0M
Diluted EPS$0.01$-0.18$-0.20$-0.57$-1.00

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)

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$114.4M$100.3M$94.6M$40.8M$127.5M
Capital expenditure$51.5M$49.5M$38.1M$45.4M$39.6M
Free cash flow$62.9M$50.8M$56.5M$-4.6M$87.9M

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$536.3M-8.3%$9.1M$0.06
Q1 FY2026$548.5M-4.0%$19.9M$0.12
Q4 FY2025$585.0M-5.8%$-30.1M$-0.20
Q3 FY2025$560.8M-8.4%$-39.2M$-0.27
Q2 FY2025$584.9M-8.6%$78.4M$0.42
Q1 FY2025$571.6M-10.1%$-7.3M$-0.05
Q4 FY2024$621.3M-7.2%$64.3M$0.45
Q3 FY2024$612.4M-6.2%$-19.7M$-0.14

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

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2013
SEC CIK1579684

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-26
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-04-30
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10-Q2025-10-30
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-06-01
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8-K2026-05-12
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8-K2026-04-30
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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.