News vs New York Times
NWSA and NYT side by side, both in printing, publishing, and allied industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NWSA and NYT compare
News is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as New York Times ($15.8B against $11.3B).
On earnings, News is cheaper: it trades at 28.3× trailing earnings, against 29.4× for New York Times.
New York Times grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.8% versus 6.8% for News).
New York Times keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.2% compared with 6.3% at News.
Both pay dividends: News yields 0.69% and New York Times 1.2%.
New York Times scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 15 for News), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | NWSA | NYT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.8B | $11.3B |
| Share price | $29.12 | $70.17 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.8% | 25.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 19.5% | 39.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 22K | 6,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.3× (better) | 29.4× |
| P/S | 1.7× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | 1.8× (better) | 5.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.7× (better) | 19.1× |
| P/FCF | 19.4× | 18.2× (better) |
| PEG | 0.49 (better) | 1.12 |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | 5.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $26.42 | $54.44 |
| Margin of safety | −10.2% (better) | −28.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.8% | 10.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.72% | 9.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −51.4% | 22.6% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −50.2% | 23.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.0% | 28.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 51.4% |
| Operating margin | – | 16.0% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 13.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | 20.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 19.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 26.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.07 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.62 (better) | 1.58 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.18 | 10.17 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.69% | 1.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 35.6% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 24.6% |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% (better) | 1.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% (better) | 2.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.2% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 18.7% | 1.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.2M (better) | −$9.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 11.6% |
Go deeper
- NWSA stock overview
- NWSA income statement
- NWSA valuation and score
- NYT stock overview
- NYT income statement
- NYT valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.