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USA TODAY Co., Inc.
TDAY
$1.5B
Mkt Cap
$8.40
+0.72%
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a current P/E ratio of 840.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 23.8. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 1.4%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a market capitalization of $1.2B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.25%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) appears expensive. The current P/E of 840.0 is 3436% above its historical median of 23.8. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -24.7%.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) operates in the Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing industry, within the Communication Services sector.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) reported annual revenue of $2.3 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
USA TODAY Co. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. Our mission is to inspire, inform, and connect audiences. As a media and digital marketing solutions company we are focused on sustainable growth. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and our network of local properties, in the United States (the "U.S."), and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom (the "U.K."), we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses. We deliver trusted unbiased journalism when and where consumers want it. LocaliQ, our digital marketing solutions brand, supports small and medium-sized businesses ("SMBs") with innovative digital marketing products and solutions. In November 2025, we changed our corporate name from Gannett Co., Inc. to USA TODAY Co., Inc.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.7B | 2.9B | 3.2B |
| Net Income | 29M | 1.7M | -26M | -28M | -78M | -135M |
| EPS | $0.20 | $0.01 | $-0.18 | $-0.20 | $-0.57 | $-1.00 |
| Free Cash Flow | 60M | 63M | 51M | 56M | -4.6M | 88M |
| ROIC | 1.5% | 2.3% | -2.1% | 6.0% | -5.0% | 5.8% |
| Gross Margin | - | 38.7% | 38.4% | 36.5% | 36.8% | 40.7% |
| Debt/Equity | 6.81 | 7.31 | 8.41 | 4.07 | 4.82 | 2.88 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | 23M | 26M | -43M | 86M | -34M | 109M |
| Operating Margin | 1.0% | 1.1% | -1.7% | 3.2% | -1.1% | 3.4% |
| ROE | 20.4% | 1.1% | -11.2% | -9.1% | -18.8% | -30.1% |
| Shares Outstanding | 147M | 175M | 146M | 139M | 137M | 135M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 652M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 3.4B | 3.2B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.3B |
| Gross Margin | 85.1% | 87.4% | 85.2% | 44.6% | 43.3% | 42.2% | 40.3% | 40.7% | 36.8% | 36.5% | 38.4% | 38.7% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 212M | 406M | 416M | 447M | 503M | 602M | 1000M | 902M | 852M | 723M | 704M | 640M | 619M |
| EBIT | 26M | 103M | 61M | 34M | 58M | -147M | -448M | 109M | -34M | 86M | -43M | 26M | 23M |
| Op. Margin | 4.0% | 8.6% | 4.8% | 2.5% | 3.8% | -7.9% | -13.2% | 3.4% | -1.1% | 3.2% | -1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Net Income | -3.2M | 68M | 32M | -915K | 18M | -120M | -670M | -135M | -78M | -28M | -26M | 1.7M | 29M |
| Net Margin | -0.5% | 5.7% | 2.5% | -0.1% | 1.2% | -6.4% | -19.7% | -4.2% | -2.6% | -1.0% | -1.1% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| Non-Recurring | 1.3M | 59M | 4.8M | 36M | 21M | 110M | 514M | 36M | 96M | 66M | 111M | 51M | 24M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 4.7% | 13.7% | 6.8% | 3.5% | 5.0% | -6.4% | -30.1% | 5.8% | -5.0% | 6.0% | -2.1% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| ROE | -0.7% | 12.0% | 4.5% | -0.1% | 2.6% | -14.1% | -99.7% | -30.1% | -18.8% | -9.1% | -11.2% | 1.1% | 20.4% |
| ROA | -0.4% | 6.7% | 2.5% | -0.1% | 1.3% | -4.4% | -18.8% | -4.5% | -3.0% | -1.2% | -1.2% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 41M | 115M | 95M | 111M | 110M | 26M | 58M | 127M | 41M | 95M | 100M | 114M | 110M |
| Free Cash Flow | 36M | 105M | 84M | 99M | 98M | 12M | 21M | 88M | -4.6M | 56M | 51M | 63M | 60M |
| Owner Earnings | -63K | 46M | 25M | 33M | 22M | -98M | -232M | -95M | -158M | -85M | -68M | -61M | -52M |
| CapEx | 5.0M | 10M | 11M | 11M | 12M | 14M | 37M | 40M | 45M | 38M | 50M | 51M | 51M |
| Maint. CapEx | 41M | 68M | 68M | 74M | 85M | 112M | 264M | 204M | 182M | 163M | 156M | 166M | 154M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 41M | 68M | 68M | 74M | 85M | 112M | 264M | 204M | 182M | 163M | 156M | 166M | 154M |
| CapEx/OCF | 12.1% | 8.8% | 10.8% | 10.0% | 10.6% | 54.7% | 64.0% | 31.0% | 111.3% | 40.3% | 49.4% | 45.0% | 46.1% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 18M | 57M | 60M | 76M | 87M | 92M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.0% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 7.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 417K | 5.0M | 0 | 0 | 2.0M | 3.2M | 6.6M | 2.6M | 3.1M | 3.1M | 3.0M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | 0.1% | 0.8% | N/A | N/A | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 59K | 1.3M | 2.4M | 3.1M | 3.2M | 11M | 26M | 18M | 17M | 17M | 13M | 9.1M | 8.3M |
| Debt Repayment | 159M | 3.1M | 3.5M | 14M | 3.1M | 481M | 2.3M | 21M | 1.7M | 0 | 248M | 15M | 15M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 95M | 207M | 181M | 317M | 392M | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 881M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 124M | 147M | 172M | 43M | 49M | 156M | 171M | 131M | 94M | 100M | 106M | 90M | 85M |
| Long-Term Debt | 217M | 350M | 339M | 357M | 428M | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 981M | 1.0B | 885M | 896M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 2.01 | 5.27 | 2.88 | 4.82 | 4.07 | 8.41 | 7.31 | 6.81 |
| Interest Coverage | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | -2.3 | -2.0 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Equity | 484M | 647M | 755M | 674M | 717M | 981M | 364M | 532M | 296M | 318M | 153M | 155M | 142M |
| Total Assets | 818M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 4.0B | 3.1B | 2.8B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Total Liabilities | 333M | 550M | 581M | 609M | 725M | 3.0B | 2.7B | 2.3B | 2.1B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Intangibles | 157M | 304M | 351M | 403M | 486M | 1.0B | 825M | 713M | 613M | 524M | 430M | 338M | 322M |
| Retained Earnings | 4.0M | 45M | 16M | -2.8M | 3.8M | -116M | -786M | -921M | -999M | -1.0B | -1.1B | -1.1B | -1.0B |
| Working Capital | 145M | 156M | 174M | 60M | 50M | 61M | -105M | -85M | -109M | -89M | -120M | -129M | -105M |
| Current Assets | 240M | 332M | 370M | 263M | 298M | 779M | 637M | 577M | 508M | 444M | 426M | 389M | 395M |
| Current Liabilities | 95M | 176M | 196M | 204M | 248M | 718M | 741M | 663M | 617M | 534M | 546M | 518M | 499M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -0.05 | 0.77 | 0.35 | -0.01 | 0.16 | -0.89 | -5.09 | -1.00 | -0.57 | -0.20 | -0.18 | 0.01 | 0.20 |
| Owner EPS | -0.00 | 0.52 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.18 | -0.72 | -1.76 | -0.70 | -1.15 | -0.61 | -0.47 | -0.35 | -0.36 |
| Book Value | 7.55 | 7.32 | 8.35 | 7.37 | 6.11 | 7.25 | 2.76 | 3.94 | 2.16 | 2.29 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.97 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 0.65 | 1.30 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 0.93 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.94 | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 1.25 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.27 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 64.1M | 88.4M | 90.4M | 91.5M | 117.4M | 135.4M | 131.7M | 135.0M | 136.8M | 139.0M | 146.4M | 174.9M | 146.7M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | 8.4 | 15.9 | N/A | 31.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 542.0 | 42.2 |
| P/FCF | 25.7 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 72.6 | 17.7 | 8.1 | N/A | 6.0 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 20.7 |
| EV/EBIT | 16.7 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 26.0 | 16.0 | N/A | N/A | 14.8 | N/A | 12.5 | N/A | 18.1 | 91.6 |
| Price/Book | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 8.7 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| FCF Yield | 7.8% | 18.5% | 16.7% | 16.5% | 17.0% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 12.3% | -1.8% | 16.7% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 4.8% |
| Market Cap | 467M | 567M | 504M | 602M | 575M | 420M | 369M | 715M | 261M | 339M | 729M | 948M | 1.2B |
| Avg. Price | 9.50 | 12.21 | 11.07 | 10.85 | 13.16 | 8.94 | 2.47 | 5.34 | 3.33 | 2.33 | 3.95 | 4.06 | 8.40 |
| Year-End Price | 14.58 | 12.83 | 11.14 | 13.16 | 9.79 | 6.20 | 2.80 | 5.30 | 1.91 | 2.44 | 4.98 | 5.42 | 8.40 |
USA TODAY Co., Inc. passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. trades at 840.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 23.8x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 23.4x vs a median of 12.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 1.4% with a gross margin of 38.2%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -4.7%.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a net profit margin of 0.1%. This is a modest margin.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) generated $63 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.31. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.01 in its most recent fiscal year.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a return on equity (ROE) of 1.1%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a 5-year average gross margin of 38.2%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 13 years of financial data for USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) has a book value per share of $0.89, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.