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How The New York Times Company stacks up
NYT · against 71 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Valuation
38/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #58 of 72 · scores higher than 20% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score8 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including NYT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield, which is weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 66% of peers. EBITDA yield: 5.5% vs peer median 8.6%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 5.7% vs peer median 7.4%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 3.6% vs peer median 2.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NYT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NYT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 70 reported | 3.6% | 5.1% | 33% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 72 reported | 5.5% | 10.3% | 21% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 38 reported | 5.8% | 8.2% | 30% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 68 reported | 18.9% | 39.4% | 22% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NYT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 165.2B HKD (≈$21.1B) | 97 | 58 | |
| 1 | 118.3B HKD (≈$15.1B) | 97 | 70 | |
| 3 | 10.3B USD | 95 | 65 | |
| 4 | 14.8B USD | 92 | 50 | |
| 4 | 8.4B USD | 92 | 77 | |
| 53 | 16.3B USD | 41 | 45 | |
| 55 | 928.8B JPY (≈$6.3B) | 40 | 53 | |
| 56 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 39 | 79 | |
| 56 | 18.5B USD | 39 | 81 | |
| 58 | 10.8B USD | 38 | 59 | |
| 59 | 9.6B AUD (≈$6.3B) | 36 | 59 | |
| 60 | 501.5B INR (≈$6.0B) | 35 | 38 | |
| 61 | 21.7B AUD (≈$14.4B) | 34 | 65 | |
| 62 | 11.5B USD | 33 | 55 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score