The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) is a Broadcasting company in the Communication Services sector, currently trading at $4.37. It has a SharesGrow Score of 36/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of SSP = $700.77 (+15935.9% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is SSP = $4 (-10.8% upside).
Valuation: SSP trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -3.4 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.01.
Financials: revenue is $2.2B, -3.8%/yr average growth. Net income is $101M (loss), growing at -212.5%/yr. Net profit margin is -4.7% (negative). Gross margin is 33.7% (+9.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $2.7B against $1.2B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 2.19, leveraged). Current ratio is 1.65 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 54.5%. Total assets: $5.0B.
Analyst outlook: 2 / 8 analysts rate SSP as buy (25%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 75/100 (Pass), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 50/100 (Partial), Health 33/100 (Fail), Moat 54/100 (Partial), Future 16/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
