Ranked #287 of 509 · scores higher than 44% of peers · safety percentile 44
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
50 peers with a safety percentile of 40–49, including NYT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 44 among Communication Services companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 75% of peers. Beta: 0.92 vs peer median 0.65
●Debt / equity is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 1.58× vs peer median 1.38×
Risk is relative to the sector, not a bankruptcy probability. Banks and brokers carry high leverage by design, and share buybacks can shrink equity and current assets, which raises debt/equity on paper.
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
Debt / equityLower is better · 468 reported
Not reported
0.40×
—
—
33%
BetaLower is better · 497 reported
0.92
0.61
25%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 498 reported
1.58×
1.37×
56%
33%
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
