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The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)

Communication Services | Broadcasting | Cincinnati, United States | NasdaqGS
2.97 USD -0.05 (-1.656%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT

The E.W. Scripps Company presents a classic value trap scenario where the market has priced out the business entirely due to deteriorating fundamentals. The company is reporting negative earnings and negative revenue growth, while the balance sheet is heavily leveraged with debt-to-equity exceeding 200%. Although the stock trades at a fraction of book value, this discount reflects the reality of a shrinking media empire rather than a margin of safety. The recent price action shows some stabilization after a brutal multi-year decline, but the lack of consecutive positive annual returns confirms that the recovery is fragile. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecasting model showing very low reliability, there is no clear directional edge for investors right now. The options market reinforces this uncertainty, with traders hedging downside risks rather than betting on a rally.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.300392
AutoARIMA0.305583
AutoETS0.305585
AutoTheta0.363288

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 29%
H-stat 7.63
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.149
Excess Kurtosis -0.49
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2020-12-13
Last Dividend Date 2020-12-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 215.283
Revenue per Share 24.15
Market Cap 271,876,256
Forward P/E -3.58
Beta 0.65
Profit Margins -4.63%
Website https://www.scripps.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $2.00 and $4.00 in December), suggesting a fear of further downside or a desire to hedge against volatility. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish conviction despite the low price.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-12-14 0.037594 0.354610
2020-09-14 0.037594 0.432152
2020-06-12 0.037594 0.580720
2020-03-13 0.037594 0.509684
2019-12-12 0.037594 0.337610
2019-09-12 0.037594 0.357910
2019-06-13 0.037594 0.332005
2019-03-14 0.037594 0.221239
2018-12-13 0.037594 0.300481
2018-09-13 0.037594 0.311333
2018-06-14 0.037594 0.363901
2018-02-28 0.037594 0.363108
2015-04-01 0.774436 4.265010
2008-08-27 0.100073 2.077568
2008-07-01 76.755775 1274.086341
2008-05-28 0.280204 0.293501
2008-02-27 0.280204 0.322953
2007-11-28 0.280204 0.316242
2007-08-29 0.280204 0.339477
2007-05-23 0.280204 0.311596
2007-02-21 0.240175 0.245099
2006-11-21 0.240175 0.244799
2006-08-23 0.240175 0.277073
2006-05-26 0.240175 0.258232
2006-02-24 0.220160 0.226244
2005-11-28 0.220160 0.237120
2005-08-29 0.220160 0.219692
2005-05-26 0.220160 0.215686
2005-02-24 0.200145 0.212720
2004-11-26 0.200145 0.213538
2004-08-27 0.200145 0.194420
2004-05-26 0.200145 0.192289
2004-02-25 0.175127 0.178589
2003-11-25 0.150109 0.161325
2003-08-27 0.150109 0.175726
2003-05-28 0.150109 0.173732
2003-02-26 0.150109 0.187923
2002-11-26 0.150109 0.194906
2002-08-28 0.150109 0.208333
2002-05-29 0.150109 0.199415
2002-02-26 0.150109 0.201748
2001-11-28 0.150109 0.238322
2001-08-29 0.150109 0.227204
2001-05-29 0.150109 0.217738
2001-02-26 0.150109 0.238284
2000-11-28 0.140102 0.241901
2000-08-29 0.140102 0.280000
2000-05-26 0.140102 0.297873
2000-02-25 0.140102 0.320917
1999-11-26 0.140102 0.296297
1999-08-27 0.140102 0.288660
1999-05-25 0.140102 0.304348
1999-02-22 0.140102 0.325109
1998-11-23 0.140102 0.273171
1998-08-25 0.140102 0.271187
1998-05-22 0.130095 0.246446
1998-02-25 0.130095 0.246446
1997-11-24 0.130095 0.318044
1996-08-23 0.130095 0.291318
1996-05-22 0.130095 0.297144
1996-02-21 0.130095 0.311378
1995-11-21 0.130095 0.337664
1995-08-23 0.130095 0.385187
1995-05-22 0.130095 0.417672
1995-02-17 0.110080 0.371308
1994-11-18 0.110080 0.368201
1994-08-22 0.110080 0.392857
1994-05-23 0.110080 0.407407
1994-02-17 0.110080 0.382609
1993-11-19 0.110080 0.387665
1993-08-23 0.110080 0.478261
1993-05-21 0.110080 0.392857
1993-02-18 0.110080 0.405530
1992-11-20 0.100073 0.386475
1992-08-21 0.100073 0.404042
1992-05-20 0.100073 0.349346
1992-02-19 0.100073 0.398011
1991-11-20 0.100073 0.500001
1991-08-21 0.100073 0.454547
1991-05-20 0.100073 0.454547
1991-02-15 0.100073 0.449439
1990-11-19 0.100073 0.666669
1990-08-21 0.100073 0.588237
1990-05-21 0.100073 0.555557
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2020-12-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.037594
lastDividendDate 2020-12-14
dividendDate 2020-12-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.11270416
Address1 Scripps Center
Address2 Suite 2800 312 Walnut Street
All Time High 109.37948
All Time Low 0.446991
Ask 3.71
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 778,660
Average Daily Volume3 Month 729,398
Average Volume 729,398
Average Volume10Days 778,660
Beta 0.652
Bid 2.24
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 9
Book Value 9.026
City Cincinnati
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.97
Current Ratio 1.575
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 3.1
Day Low 2.89
Debt To Equity 215.283
Dividend Date 1,608,768,000
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,247,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,247,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,184,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Ebitda 301,633,984
Ebitda Margins 0.14074999
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.902
Enterprise To Revenue 1.534
Enterprise Value 3,288,445,184
Eps Current Year 0.01
Eps Forward -0.83
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.85
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,607,904,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.4104
Fifty Day Average Change -0.4403999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.12913439
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 11.270416
Fifty Two Week High 5.39
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.4199998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4489796
Fifty Two Week Low 1.518797
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.451203
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.955495
Fifty Two Week Range 1.518797 - 5.39
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 583,680,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 9.44
Float Shares 53,853,467
Forward Eps -0.83
Forward P E -3.5783134
Free Cashflow 87,960,872
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 4,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.40825
Gross Profits 874,902,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.31181
Held Percent Institutions 0.68834996
Implied Shares Outstanding 91,540,824
Industry Broadcasting
Industry Disp Broadcasting
Industry Key broadcasting
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98686&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,607,904,000
Last Dividend Value 0.037594
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,765,152,000
Last Split Factor 133:100
Long Business Summary The E.W. Scripps Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media enterprise through a portfolio of local television stations, national news, and entertainment networks in the United States. It operates through Local Media and Scripps Networks segments. The Local Media segment engages in the operation of broadcast television stations and related digital activities; production of over-the-air news, information, sports, and entertainment content through broadcast, digital, mobile, social, and over-the-top platforms; and running of network programming, local sporting events, syndicated programming and original programming; and provision of core and political advertising services. Its Scripps Networks segment operates national news outlets Scripps News and Court TV, as well as entertainment brands under the ION, Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery, ION Plus, and Laff names through over-the-air broadcast, cable/satellite, connected TV, and/or digital distribution. The company also operates the Scripps National Spelling Bee, an educational program. It serves its audiences and businesses through cable and satellite service providers. The E.W. Scripps Company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Long Name The E.W. Scripps Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 271,876,256
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20119
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -163,598,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 271,876,246
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 3.07
Operating Cashflow 59,915,000
Operating Margins 0.04676
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio -6.51
Phone 513 977 3000
Previous Close 3.02
Price Eps Current Year 297.0
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.3290494
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.12686358
Profit Margins -0.046290003
Quick Ratio 1.447
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.05
Regular Market Change Percent -1.65563
Regular Market Day High 3.1
Regular Market Day Low 2.89
Regular Market Day Range 2.89 - 3.1
Regular Market Open 3.07
Regular Market Previous Close 3.02
Regular Market Price 2.97
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 694,796
Return On Assets 0.01918
Return On Equity -0.07735
Revenue Growth -0.014
Revenue Per Share 24.15
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 79,608,102
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0464
Shares Short 4,249,660
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,987,778
Short Name E.W. Scripps Company (The)
Short Percent Of Float 0.1003
Short Ratio 4.91
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol SSP
Target High Price 10.0
Target Low Price 3.0
Target Mean Price 6.425
Target Median Price 6.35
Total Cash 83,726,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.915
Total Debt 2,681,136,128
Total Revenue 2,143,059,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.85
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.3736875
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.40368748
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.119657636
Type Disp Equity
Volume 694,796
Website https://www.scripps.com
Zip 45,202