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After finishing at $57.49 in the prior trading day, New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT) closed at $57.61%, Up $0.21%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.28 million shares were traded. NYT stock price reached its highest trading level at $58.3 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $57.12.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of NYT by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.39 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.63. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.48 and its Current Ratio is at 1.48. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
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 this company, Deutsche Bank on October 09, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $65.
On March 12, 2024, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $52.
Argus Upgraded its Hold to Buy on March 04, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $51.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 03 ’25 when Perpich David S. sold 4,000 shares for $56.18 per share. The transaction valued at 224,720 led to the insider holds 27,569 shares of the business.
KOPIT LEVIEN MEREDITH A. sold 19,260 shares of NYT for $1,094,353 on Jun 02 ’25. The PRESIDENT & CEO now owns 123,337 shares after completing the transaction at $56.82 per share. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Brayton Diane, who serves as the EVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $56.48 each. As a result, the insider received 564,830 and left with 32,879 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NYT now has a Market Capitalization of 9380002816 and an Enterprise Value of 8839747584. As of this moment, New’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.15. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.49 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.85. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.321 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.584.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NYT is 1.14, which has changed by 0.055901766 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17279088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NYT has reached a high of $62.24, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $44.83. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.14%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.76M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2886040 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 162.24M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 159.43M. Insiders hold about 2.22% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.46% stake in the company. Shares short for NYT as of 1752537600 were 9416152 with a Short Ratio of 5.36, compared to 1749772800 on 8331767. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9416152 and a Short% of Float of 6.2.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, NYT’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.62, compared to 0.62 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010784484The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.83. The current Payout Ratio is 29.34% for NYT, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-09 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-09. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-07-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 6.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.84, with high estimates of $0.87 and low estimates of $0.82.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.4 and $2.17 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.3. EPS for the following year is $2.49, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $2.61 and $2.35.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $692.01M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $696.7M to a low estimate of $689M. As of the current estimate, New York Times Co’s year-ago sales were $640.18MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $778.36M. There is a high estimate of $781.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $776M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NYT’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.8B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.79B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.79B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.59BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.97B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.99B and the low estimate is $2.93B.
