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TDAY

USA TODAY Co., Inc.

Communication Services · Publishing

6.20$ -1.3% vs. previous close Closing price · As of: Sep 18, 2026
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Price history

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52-week range: 3.50 $ to 9.00 $ · Last price: 6.20 $ (As of: September 18, 2026)

Key figures

Key figures at a glance

Every figure we hold for this stock, grouped by topic. The question mark next to a label explains what the number means.

Basics

Market Cap ?The value of the entire company on the market: share price times total shares outstanding. 0.9$B
Shares Outstanding ?Total number of shares issued. Price times share count gives market cap. 147m
Float ?Share of stock freely tradable on the market — not locked up in the hands of founders, insiders, or major shareholders. 69.5%
Beta ?Volatility versus the overall market: 1 = moves like the market, 2 = twice as much, under 1 = calmer than the market. 1.3

Performance

Perf. 1M ?Price performance over the last month. 12.00%
Perf. 3M ?Price performance over the last 3 months. 27.40%
Perf. 6M ?Price performance over the last 6 months. 61.40%
YTD Performance (%) ?Price performance since the start of the year (Year to Date). 55.70%
52-Week-High Distance ?How far the price sits below its highest point over the last 52 weeks. 0% means the stock is at its year high. -4.1%
Perf. 1Y ?Price performance over the last 12 months. 48.01%
Perf. 3Y ?Price performance over the last 3 years. 137.59%
Perf. 5Y ?Price performance over the last 5 years. -8.14%
Perf. 10Y ?Price performance over the last 10 years. -41.22%
Perf. Since Inception ?Price performance since the first available trading day (02/04/2014) — with a complete history, that is since the IPO. 2.73%

Technical Indicators

MA 38 Days ?Moving average of the last 38 trading days: the smoothed price path. A price above it signals short-term strength. 7.10$
MA 50 Days ?Moving average of the last 50 trading days — the most widely watched medium-term trend line. 7.40$
MA 200 Days ?Moving average of the last 200 trading days — the dividing line between a long-term uptrend and downtrend. 6.90$
RSI (14) ?Relative Strength Index over 14 days, scale 0 to 100: above 70 counts as overbought, below 30 as oversold. A hint on timing, not a verdict on the company. 38.0
Volatility 30 Days ?Price swings over the last 30 trading days, annualized. The higher the value, the more the price fluctuates. 48.6%
Volatility 250 Days ?Price swings over the last 250 trading days (roughly one market year), annualized. 47.8%

Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026

Valuation

P/E ?Price-to-earnings ratio: how many years of profit does the stock cost? The lower, the cheaper the valuation. No earnings means no P/E. 32.9
Forward P/E ?P/E based on expected earnings for the next 12 months instead of past earnings — analysts' bet on the future. 25.4
PEG ?P/E divided by expected earnings growth: puts valuation in relation to growth. Around 1 is considered fair, well above that is pricey. 0.9
P/B ?Price-to-book ratio: market value relative to book equity. 6.1
P/S ?Price-to-sales ratio: market value divided by annual sales. Important for companies that aren't (yet) profitable. 0.4
EV/EBITDA ?Enterprise value including debt (EV) relative to operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) — more comparable than P/E because debt counts too. Extreme values arise when EBITDA is near zero. 6.6
Price/FCF ?Market value divided by free cash flow: how many years of freely available cash does the stock cost? More honest than P/E because cash flow is harder to dress up. 14.7

Profitability

Gross Margin ?Gross margin: what's left of sales after only direct production costs are deducted — the product's pricing power. 39.5%
EBIT Margin ?EBIT margin: operating profit as a percentage of sales — the earning power of the core business before interest and taxes. –
Net Margin ?Net margin: what's left of sales as profit after ALL costs, interest, and taxes. -1.8%
Return on Equity ?Return on equity: how much profit does the company generate per year on shareholders' equity? 19.9%
Return on Assets ?Return on assets: how much profit the company generates from its total assets (equity and debt combined). 4.8%

Balance Sheet & Safety

Equity Ratio ?Equity ratio: equity as a share of total assets. The higher, the more resilient the balance sheet. –
Debt/Equity ?Leverage ratio: financial debt divided by equity. Under 1 is generally seen as solid; negative values mean negative equity. 8.0
Altman Z″ ?Edward Altman's bankruptcy early-warning score. We use the Z″ variant, built from four balance-sheet ratios — it is designed for service companies and non-manufacturers and uses book value instead of market value. On that scale: below 1.1 = danger zone, 2.6 and up = safe zone, in between a grey area. Because the classic Altman Z is calculated differently, the two numbers are not directly comparable. The formula does not fit banks, insurers, or real-estate stocks. 1.60
Piotroski ?Balance-sheet health check by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria on profit, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency. 7+ is very solid, under 3 is a red flag. 6 out of 9

Growth

Sales Growth Last Quarter ?Sales growth in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). 0.00%
EPS Growth Last Quarter ?Growth in earnings per share in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). –
Sales Growth (Year) ?Sales growth in the last fiscal year versus the year before. -8.25%
Forward Sales Growth ?Sales growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. -1.41%
Forward EPS Growth ?Earnings-per-share growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 12.50%

Dividend

This stock currently pays no dividend.

Quality & Screener

Stage ?Weinstein phases 1 through 4: 1 = basing, 2 = uptrend (the only buy phase), 3 = topping, 4 = downtrend. Measured against the 30-week line. 2
RS Rating ?Relative strength from 1 to 99: an RS of 95 means the stock has outperformed 95% of all stocks. 88
EPS Rating ?Earnings growth rating from 1 to 99 versus all stocks — high values mean above-average earnings growth. 50
Fundamental Rating ?Our own Fundamental Rating: 0 to 100 points with an A+ to F grade. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. It scores growth, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet safety — every stock percentile-ranked against all others. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below. C (50 out of 100)

Comparison

Industry comparison

The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.

Industry: Publishing

Industry comparison
Company Market cap ($B) P/E EV/EBITDA Gross Margin % EBIT Margin % Sales Growth (Year) % Perf. 1Y %
USA TODAY Co., Inc. TDAY 0.9 32.9 6.6 39.5 – -8.3 48.0
New York Times Company NYT 11.4 31.4 18.5 51.0 13.1 9.2 21.0
John Wiley & Sons WLY 2.5 – 9.9 74.6 24.7 -0.1 24.1
John Wiley & Sons B WLYB 2.4 11.2 9.9 74.6 24.7 -0.1 14.4
Scholastic Corporation SCHL 0.6 15.5 5.0 56.4 – 2.3 31.6
Lee Enterprises Incorporated LEE 0.2 – 14.4 60.7 – -8.0 34.8
Median of companies shown 1.6 23.4 9.9 58.6 24.7 -0.1 27.9

Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →

Fiscal years

Annual Figures

Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.

Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M

Revenue Operating income Net income

2016 · Revenue: 1,255 $M 2016 · Operating income: 61 $M 2016 · Net income: 32 $M 2017 · Revenue: 1,342 $M 2017 · Operating income: 35 $M 2017 · Net income: -1 $M 2018 · Revenue: 1,526 $M 2018 · Operating income: 58 $M 2018 · Net income: 18 $M 2019 · Revenue: 1,868 $M 2019 · Operating income: 70 $M 2019 · Net income: -120 $M 2020 · Revenue: 3,406 $M 2020 · Operating income: -448 $M 2020 · Net income: -670 $M 2021 · Revenue: 3,208 $M 2021 · Operating income: 109 $M 2021 · Net income: -135 $M 2022 · Revenue: 2,945 $M 2022 · Operating income: -34 $M 2022 · Net income: -78 $M 2023 · Revenue: 2,664 $M 2023 · Operating income: 86 $M 2023 · Net income: -28 $M 2024 · Revenue: 2,509 $M 2024 · Operating income: -43 $M 2024 · Net income: -26 $M 2025 · Revenue: 2,302 $M 2025 · Operating income: 86 $M 2025 · Net income: 2 $M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annual Figures
Fiscal Year Revenue ($M) EBIT ($M) Net Income ($M) EPS ($) Operating Cash Flow ($M) Equity ($M) Total Assets ($M)
2016 1,255 61 32 0.70 98 755 1,336
2017 1,342 35 -1 -0.02 111 674 1,284
2018 1,526 58 18 0.31 110 717 1,444
2019 1,868 70 -120 -1.77 26 981 4,020
2020 3,406 -448 -670 -5.09 58 364 3,109
2021 3,208 109 -135 -1.00 127 532 2,828
2022 2,945 -34 -78 -0.57 41 296 2,394
2023 2,664 86 -28 -0.20 95 318 2,181
2024 2,509 -43 -26 -0.18 100 153 2,040
2025 2,302 86 2 0.01 114 155 1,837

Quarters

Quarterly Figures

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Revenue & Profit

Cash Flow

Balance Sheet

Margins

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Sales Per Quarter ($M)
2024: Q4 · 621.3 $M Q4 2025: Q1 · 571.6 $M Q1 2025: Q2 · 584.9 $M Q2 2025: Q3 · 560.8 $M Q3 2025: Q4 · 585.0 $M Q4 2026: Q1 · 548.5 $M Q1 2026: Q2 · 536.3 $M Q2

Source: fundamental data

Quarterly Figures
Quarter EPS (Earnings Per Share) EPS YoY (%) Sales ($M) Sales YoY (%) Net Margin (%) OCF ($M) FCF ($M)
2024: Q4 0.45 – 621 -7.20 10.40 9 -4
2025: Q1 -0.05 – 572 -10.10 -1.30 23 10
2025: Q2 0.42 366.70 585 -8.60 13.40 33 18
2025: Q3 -0.27 – 561 -8.40 -7.00 15 5
2025: Q4 -0.20 -145.30 585 -5.80 -5.10 43 31
2026: Q1 0.12 – 549 -4.00 3.60 19 6
2026: Q2 0.06 -85.70 536 -8.30 1.70 35 20

What Do These Terms Mean?

EPS (Earnings Per Share):
Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
YoY (Year over Year):
Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
Sales:
All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
Net Margin:
What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
FCF (Free Cash Flow):
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.

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Screening

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This stock currently matches 13 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.

Quality & Balance Sheet

Breakout & Setup

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Outlook

Analysts & Price Target

Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.

Consensus –
Analyst Ratings –
Price Target (average) 8.70$
Distance to price 40.3% The price target sits 40.3% above the current price.

Estimates by Fiscal Year

Estimates by Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EPS Estimate ($) EPS Range ($) Revenue Estimate ($M) Expected Growth Analysts
12/31/2026 0.29 0.23 – 0.39 2,182 495.6% 5
12/31/2027 0.27 0.25 – 0.30 2,138 -4.2% 4

Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.

Valuation

What is priced in?

Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.

Today’s market value implies roughly 3.6% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).

What is priced in?
Free cash flow (last twelve months) $61.6M
Market cap $909.0M
Free cash flow in year ten $87.4M
Terminal value as a share of market value 50.6%

For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow grew by 24.8% per year.

It shows which assumption is built into today’s price, not whether that assumption will hold. Every assumption can be changed with the sliders; the figures move with them.

A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.

AI classification

AI Rating

Not yet rated — we only show a category once an SEC-backed file with at least two cited passages is available.

How the Rating Is Built

Growth

Growth Score

Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.

3 of 10 Weak growth
  • Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years -7.9%
  • More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year -1.4%
  • Share count grows by less than 3% a year 2.2%
  • Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") -5.5%
  • Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 31.5%
  • Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 28.2%
  • Net debt below twice EBITDA 4.0 x EBITDA
  • Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 362 m
  • Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 6.5%
  • Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 9.0%

A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail

Quality check

AAQS

3/10

The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).

  • Sales growth 10Y > 5% 7.0%
  • Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% -3.6%
  • EBIT growth 10Y > 5% 3.8%
  • Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 376.3%
  • Net debt < 4x EBIT 12.1x
  • EBIT positive, 10Y straight 7
  • Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
  • Return on equity > 15% –
  • ROCE > 15% 6.5%
  • Expected return > 10% 409.2%

View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien

Source: fundamental data

Insiders

Insider Transactions

Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.

Insider Transactions
Date Person Role Type Shares Price Value
Aug 6, 2026 Gosser Trisha CFO Other 3,326 8.00 26,608
Aug 6, 2026 Gosser Trisha CFO Other 10,393 – –
Aug 6, 2026 Gallagher Cindy CAO Other 2,731 8.00 21,848
Aug 6, 2026 Gallagher Cindy CAO Other 9,070 – –
Aug 6, 2026 Reed Michael Chief Executive Officer Other 57,880 8.00 463,040
Aug 6, 2026 Reed Michael Chief Executive Officer Other 113,379 – –
Aug 5, 2026 Gosser Trisha CFO Other 9,465 8.66 81,967
Aug 5, 2026 Gosser Trisha CFO Other 29,576 – –
Aug 5, 2026 Gallagher Cindy CAO Other 2,888 8.66 25,010
Aug 5, 2026 Gallagher Cindy CAO Other 9,592 – –

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The company

About the Company

USA TODAY Co. , Inc.

Employees
9,500
Headquarters
Pittsford, NY
Address
175 Sully's Trail, 14534-4560 Pittsford, United States
Phone
703 854 6000
IPO Date
02/04/2014
ISIN
US36472T1097

Management

Management
Name Title Birth Year
Michael E. Reed Chairman, CEO & President 1966
Trisha M. Gosser CFO, Senior VP- Finance & Investor Relations –
Cindy Gallagher Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer 1980
Joseph Miranda Chief Technology & Data Officer –
Matthew Esposito Head of Investor Relations –
Polly Grunfeld Sack Esq. Chief Legal Officer 1960
Lark-Marie Anton Chief Communications and Brand Officer –
Jay Fogarty Senior Vice President of Corporate Development 1967
Samantha Howland Chief People Officer –
Jason Taylor Chief Revenue Officer –

Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.

Filings

Company Filings (8-K)

An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • 09/15/2026 USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY): Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers; Regulation FD Disclosure; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗
  • 08/06/2026 USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗

Data as of: September 18, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.

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