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How The E.W. Scripps Company stacks up
SSP · against 102 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
0/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #101 of 103 · scores higher than 0% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including SSP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 0?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 99% of peers. Return on assets: -33.3% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 96% of peers. Operating margin: -50.3% vs peer median 8.2%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 95% of peers. Return on invested capital: -32.2% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SSP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SSP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 95 reported | -32.2% | 1.9% | 7% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 103 reported | -50.3% | 2.8% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 99 reported | -33.3% | 1.4% | 0% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 94 reported | -174.7% | 1.4% | 2% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 103 reported | 40.4% | 40.7% | 48% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SSP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 2 | 2.5B HKD (≈$316M) | 96 | 70 | |
| 2 | 47.1B JPY (≈$320M) | 96 | 85 | |
| 4 | 20.2B JPY (≈$137M) | 94 | 69 | |
| 4 | 19.5B JPY (≈$133M) | 94 | 71 | |
| 96 | 233M EUR (≈$256M) | 4 | 37 | |
| 100 | 2.7B CNY (≈$377M) | 2 | 26 | |
| 101 | 1.1B HKD (≈$135M) | 0 | 42 | |
| 101 | 5.6B THB (≈$158M) | 0 | 45 | |
| 101 | 249M USD | 0 | 11 |
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