SSP · XBRL financial data
The E.W. SCRIPPS Company financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 9 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (SSP's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 1,857 | 2,284 | 2,453 | 2,293 | 2,510 | 2,151 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 498 | 595 | 623 | 615 | 606 | 563 |
| Operating income (loss) | 303 | 401 | 428 | (753) | 412 | 184 |
| Interest expense | 93 | 165 | 161 | 214 | 210 | 221 |
| Other income (expense) | 3 | (15) | (2) | (1) | 7 | (24) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 55 | 71 | 81 | (20) | 64 | (19) |
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | (948) | 146 | (101) |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 3.23 | 0.87 | 1.71 | (11.84) | 1.01 | (1.87) |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 3.21 | 0.81 | 1.62 | (11.84) | 1.01 | (1.87) |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 88 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 82 | 88 | 87 | 84 | 86 | 88 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (SSP's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 576 | 66 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 28 |
| Accounts receivable | 429 | 573 | 600 | 611 | 568 | 569 |
| Total current assets | 2,094 | 702 | 644 | 676 | 630 | 747 |
| Property and equipment, net | 344 | 457 | — | — | — | — |
| Right-of-use asset | 51 | 125 | 118 | 99 | 90 | 96 |
| Goodwill | 1,203 | 2,913 | 2,921 | 1,969 | 1,969 | 1,918 |
| Total assets | 4,859 | 6,658 | 6,431 | 5,410 | 5,199 | 5,009 |
| Accounts payable | 68 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 101 | 63 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 11 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 9 |
| Total current liabilities | 358 | 512 | 485 | 478 | 482 | 454 |
| Long-term debt | 2,923 | 3,129 | 2,854 | 2,897 | 2,561 | 2,586 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 42 | 114 | 107 | 88 | 79 | 86 |
| Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | 132 | 205 | 351 | (622) | (476) | (577) |
| Total stockholders' equity | 1,163 | 1,970 | 2,131 | 1,156 | 1,318 | 1,246 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 4,859 | 6,658 | 6,431 | 5,410 | 5,199 | 5,009 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (SSP's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | (948) | 146 | (101) |
| Depreciation and amortization | 107 | 162 | 160 | 155 | 155 | 151 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 277 | 237 | 311 | 112 | 366 | 53 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 45 | 61 | 46 | 60 | 65 | 47 |
| Net cash from investing activities | 317 | (2,456) | (66) | (61) | (27) | (12) |
| Share repurchases | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Proceeds from long-term debt | 1,050 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,635 |
| Repayments of long-term debt | 11 | 581 | 278 | 300 | 16 | 1,957 |
| Net cash from financing activities | 998 | 693 | (327) | (34) | (351) | (37) |
| Net change in cash | 1,593 | (1,526) | (82) | 17 | (11) | 4 |
Compare with peers
SIC 4833 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 4833 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.W. Scripps | 13 | 490 | 14* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Entravision Communications | 81 | 228 | 24* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| iHeartMedia | 174 | 977 | 65* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Townsquare Media | 4.6 | 111 | 5.1* | not reported | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Gray Media | 176 | 839 | 123* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Sinclair | 604 | 840 | 66* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Versant Media Group | 1,051 | 1,594 | 346* | not reported | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Saga Communications | 18 | not reported | (1.7)* | 6.4M | 16.5 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
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