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E.W. Scripps stock: growth
SSPE.W. Scripps reported $2.15B in revenue for fiscal 2025, down 14.3% on the prior year.
Revenue (Annual rate)
−0.8%
per year from 2006 to 2025, per share −3.3%
Earnings (Annual rate)
no data
Free cash flow (Annual rate)
−20%
per year from 2006 to 2025, per share −22%
Growth per year by period
What reaches shareholders is growth per share: buybacks lift it, new shares dilute it.
| since 2020 | since 2015 | since 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.0% | 11.6% | −0.8% |
| Revenue per share | 1.4% | 10.2% | −3.3% |
| Earnings | no data | no data | no data |
| Earnings per share | no data | no data | no data |
| Free cash flow | −51.0% | no data | −20.0% |
| Free cash flow per share | −51.7% | no data | −22.0% |
Fiscal years at a glance
How revenue and earnings grow
- Revenue
- Earnings
- Free cash flow
Figures as a table
| Year | Revenue | Earnings | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $2.5B | $353.22M | $451.84M |
| 2007 | $2.52B | −$1.62M | $467.62M |
| 2008 | $1B | −$476.59M | $225.18M |
| 2009 | $802.36M | −$209.61M | $38.91M |
| 2010 | $776.89M | $130.51M | $46.88M |
| 2011 | $728.66M | −$15.54M | $2.6M |
| 2012 | $903.46M | $40.19M | $142.37M |
| 2013 | $816.87M | −$474K | $12.98M |
| 2014 | $869.07M | $10.53M | $83.05M |
| 2015 | $715.66M | −$82.48M | −$14.24M |
| 2016 | $943.05M | $67.24M | $118.55M |
| 2017 | $864.83M | −$13.11M | $13.18M |
| 2018 | $1.16B | $20.38M | $80.43M |
| 2019 | $1.35B | −$18.38M | −$113.25M |
| 2020 | $1.86B | $269.33M | $230.56M |
| 2021 | $2.28B | $122.71M | $175.83M |
| 2022 | $2.45B | $195.9M | $265.63M |
| 2023 | $2.29B | −$947.78M | $51.98M |
| 2024 | $2.51B | $146.22M | $300.42M |
| 2025 | $2.15B | −$100.88M | $6.52M |
Revenue by segment
How The E.W. Scripps Company makes its money and how that has shifted. Names are as the company reports them.
- Core Advertising Revenue62%
- Distribution Revenue35%
- Political Advertising Revenue1%
- Other2%
“Other” combines smaller and former segments with revenue the company does not assign to a segment. Names as reported, with abbreviations spelled out for the largest companies.
Figures as a table
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Share 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Advertising Revenue | $1.55B | $1.44B | $1.33B | $1.33B | 62% |
| Distribution Revenue | $660.32M | $779.22M | $784.57M | $758.68M | 35.3% |
| Political Advertising Revenue | $208.11M | $33.46M | $362.52M | $21.87M | 1% |
| Other | $35.51M | $35.7M | $32.49M | $37.54M | 1.7% |
| Total revenue | $2.45B | $2.29B | $2.51B | $2.15B | 100% |
Data status and sources
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Weak, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 27 Feb 2026)
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
- Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
- Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.