Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing E.W. Scripps Co (SSP)’s Performance

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E.W. Scripps Co (NASDAQ: SSP) closed the day trading at $2.04 down -8.11% from the previous closing price of $2.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. SSP stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.251 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.02.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of SSP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.49 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 0.59. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.31 and its Current Ratio is at 1.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.05 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.03.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Wells Fargo on November 09, 2022, Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight and sets its target price to $11 from $20 previously.

The Benchmark Company reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on November 11, 2019, while the target price for the stock was revised from $25 to $24.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SSP now has a Market Capitalization of 178588128 and an Enterprise Value of 3274551040. As of this moment, E.W.’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 2.06, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.19. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.305 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.612.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for SSP is 1.07, which has changed by -0.34824282 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.059571505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SSP has reached a high of $4.65, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.87%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, SSP traded about 1.26M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SSP traded about 1096780 shares per day. A total of 74.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 71.45M. Insiders hold about 18.38% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 61.78% stake in the company. Shares short for SSP as of 1743379200 were 3157356 with a Short Ratio of 2.51, compared to 1740700800 on 2077804. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3157356 and a Short% of Float of 8.1199996.

Dividends & Splits

Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.44. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for SSP, which recently paid a dividend on 2020-12-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1607904000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-04-01 when the company split stock in a 1127:1000 ratio.

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