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The New York Times $NYT

🫧 Edgar looked up THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY ($NYT). Last filing: 8-K (5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers), 2026-09-09. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $2.8B (FY2025). Experience: revenue up 9.2% on the year, up 8.0% a year over 4 years; operating margin 15.3%, up from 13.6%. Soundness: equity 68.1% of assets, return on equity 16.9%, payout 32.1% of profit, dividend per share up 7 years running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $2.4B and $3.6B next year (method v3, set from 4,599 SEC company-years; on a year the method never saw, 83% landed inside). A range, not a forecast. Against peers (10 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 15.3% against a 10.5% median; growth 9.2% against 0.3%.

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 10.5%15.3%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 0.3%9.2%Equity of assetsPeer median 29.3%68.1%Return on equityPeer median 13.4%16.9%Payout of profit32.1%Gold tick: the median of 9–11 peers with $50M+ revenue in newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing
Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit32.1% paid out67.9% keptHanded back per share$0.72up 7 years runningGrowth its own profit can fund11.4%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed9.2%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2025-12-31
Revenue$2.8B
Revenue, on the year9.2%
Revenue, a year over the record8.0%
Operating margin15.3%
Operating margin, prior year13.6%
Net margin12.2%
Research and development$264M · 9.4% of revenue
Free cash flow$551M
Cash$255M
Total debt
Equity of assets68.1%
Return on equity16.9%
Payout of profit32.1%
Dividend per share$0.72 · up 7 years running
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 10 filers with $50M+ revenue in newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing.

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