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Employees: 9,500
Size USA TODAY (TDAY) is a United States Communication Services company (Publishing: Newspapers) with a market value of $965M, the 2269th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $6.57 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.9%, against +3.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 10 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 6.7% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.3%); the operating margin is 5.6% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 39.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.5× (most expensive of 6).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +17 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.4 points below its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 17.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.23B | $2.30B | $2.51B | $2.66B | $2.95B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | -6% | -10% | — |
| Gross profit | $738M | $726M | $807M | $816M | $915M |
| EBITDA | $267M | $252M | $227M | $235M | $231M |
| Net income | -$40.3M | $1.75M | -$26.4M | -$27.8M | -$78.0M |
| Free cash flow | $62.6M | $62.9M | $50.8M | $56.5M | -$4.60M |
| Capital expenditure | $51.6M | $51.5M | $49.5M | $38.1M | $45.4M |
| Total debt | $1.11B | $1.13B | $1.29B | $1.29B | $1.43B |
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| Measure | TDAY | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.0% | +0.1% | 2nd lowest of 10 |
| 6-month return | -13.9% | +3.6% | 2nd lowest of 10 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -28.7% | -9.9% | 3rd lowest of 10 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -6.7% | -1.3% | 2nd lowest of 10 |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 7.7% | 5th lowest of 10 |
| Forward P/E | 39.2× | 11.5× | most expensive of 6 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 9.8% | -1.2% | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -7.5% | +1.2% | lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +17.3 pp | -6.2 pp | most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.4 pp | -0.5 pp | 5th highest of 9 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.4× | 8.7× | 4th cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.8× | 0.8× | most indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA TODAY TDAY | United States | $965M | -14% | -7% | 6% | 39.2× | 9.8% | -7.5% |
| Daily Journal DJCO | United States | $885M | +28% | +23% | 13% | n/a | 22.0% | +11.9% |
| Alma Media ALMA.HE | Finland | $1.27B | +7% | +5% | 26% | 15.8× | 1.1% | +7.3% |
| Zhejiang Huamei 000607.SZ | China | $598M | -5% | +3% | -23% | n/a | -1.2% | -5.7% |
| Sanoma SANOMA.HE | Finland | $1.61B | -1% | -1% | 13% | 11.5× | -7.6% | +4.2% |
| RCS MediaGroup RCS.MI | Italy | $484M | -15% | -3% | 8% | 7.6× | -5.9% | +1.0% |
| TX Group AG TXGN.SW | Switzerland | $2.43B | +54% | -7% | 4% | 35.4× | 14.3% | -1.3% |
| Transcontinental TCL-A.TO | Canada | $338M | 0% | -43% | 11% | 5.0× | -12.6% | +1.3% |
| Caltagirone Editore CED.MI | Italy | $309M | +19% | -6% | -19% | n/a | -11.8% | -3.3% |
| Polaris Media POL.OL | Norway | $307M | +4% | 0% | 2% | n/a | 11.5% | +1.2% |