EW Scripps Co. (The) (SSP)
NASDAQCommunication ServicesBroadcastingSnapshot 2026-11-05
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NASDAQCommunication ServicesBroadcastingSnapshot 2026-11-05
QuarterlyIQ Insights · SSP
How strong the business is — where it ranks within its sector on capital efficiency and cash generation, and how well management has been executing.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Recent company events : • Scripps continues to make progress on its company transformation plan and expense reductions, targeting $125-$150 million of enterprise EBITDA growth by 2028 through cost sa…
Stated in 2 of 2 supplied quarters. Management reported: “The company now expects to have implemented about $100 million in annual run-rate savings by year end.” “Costs and expenses for segments, shared services and corporate were $441 million, down from $457 million in the year-ago quarter, reflecting tight expense controls and savings achieved through our enterprise-wide transformation plan.” Operating income was $-1.158 billion in 2026-Q2.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 1 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Communication Services names rated weak grew net income 53% of the time over the next year (vs 52% for the rest of the cohort, n=1899).
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“Recent company events : • Scripps continues to make progress on its company transformation plan and expense reductions, targeting $125-$150 million of enterprise EBITDA growth by 2028 through cost sa…”
“In February, Scripps announced it had launched a transformation plan that targets annualized enterprise EBITDA growth of $125-$150 million by 2028 through cost savings and revenue growth initiatives.”
Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has raised its expectations for full-year 2026 midterm Local Media political advertising revenue to about $275 million, which is about 40% above its 2022 midterm electio…
Stated in 1 of 2 supplied quarters. Management reported: “Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has raised its expectations for full-year 2026 midterm Local Media political advertising revenue to about $275 million, which is about 40% above its 2022 midterm election revenue.” “• Local Media political advertising revenue was a second-quarter record at $28 million.”
“The company now expects 2026 full-year local political revenue of between $225-$250 million.”
• Scripps Sports has formed several new partnerships, including signing its first NBA team, the Detroit Pistons, for a multi-year distribution agreement.
Stated in 2 of 2 supplied quarters. Management reported: “• Scripps Sports has formed several new partnerships, including signing its first NBA team, the Detroit Pistons, for a multi-year distribution agreement.” “• A fifth NHL team, the Nashville Predators, and Scripps Sports announced a landmark multi-year media rights agreement in early April that begins with the 2026–27 NHL season.”
“• Scripps Sports has formed several new partnerships, including signing its first NBA team, the Detroit Pistons, for a multi-year distribution agreement.”
“• A fifth NHL team, the Nashville Predators, and Scripps Sports announced a landmark multi-year media rights agreement in early April that begins with the 2026–27 NHL season.”
• The company has completed a number of local station transactions, including acquiring a second Big 4 station in Lexington, Kentucky, and swapping stations with Gray Media across five mid-sized and…
Stated in 2 of 2 supplied quarters. Management reported: “• The company has completed a number of local station transactions, including acquiring a second Big 4 station in Lexington, Kentucky, and swapping stations with Gray Media across five mid-sized and small markets, expanding Scripps’ presence in the Mountain West.” “These transactions support two company strategies: to pay down debt and to improve the operating performance of its local stations.”
“• The company has completed a number of local station transactions, including acquiring a second Big 4 station in Lexington, Kentucky, and swapping stations with Gray Media across five mid-sized and…”
“These transactions support two company strategies: to pay down debt and to improve the operating performance of its local stations.”
Execute enterprise-wide transformation plan to achieve $125-$150 million annualized EBITDA growth by 2028 through cost savings and revenue initiatives.
Over the trailing year it converted -0.42x of net income into operating cash flow.
Not enough signal yet.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, the broad stock market, long-term interest rates, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, Fed net liquidity (low R² over the window).
19 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Communication Services names rated neutral grew net income 52% of the time over the next year (vs 53% for the rest of the cohort, n=2398).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-11-05.