NEWS CORPORATION vs THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, two Commercial Printing stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where NWS and NYT diverge most: on fcf yield, NWS reads -3.1% and NYT reads 4.4%; on debt / equity, NWS reads 0.21 and NYT reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What NWS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (segment-resolved basis). What NYT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | NWS | NYT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $30.92 | $74.97 |
| Market cap | $17.2B | $12.3B |
| Sector | Commercial Printing | Commercial Printing |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 15.4 | 32.2 |
| P/B | 1.85 | 6.13 |
| P/S | 1.95 | 4.23 |
| EV/EBITDA | 35.6 | 25.0 |
| Revenue growth | +4.3% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 12.7% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 13.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 20.7% |
| FCF yield | -3.1% | 4.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.21 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 1.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.67 | 8.54 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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