Stocks · Communication Services · Publishing
USA TODAY Co. Inc. TDAY
$7.43 +5.39% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.04B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.29, down 136.9% year over year.
- The diluted share count rose 16.0% in a year.
- Net debt is 3.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 19%
- Gross marginBottom 45%
- Operating marginBottom 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 50%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
- 6-month returnTop 47%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 5%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 6%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.8% | -6.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -41.2% | -136.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 49.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 5.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 2.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -6.7% | -6.8% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -136.9% | -41.2% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Gross margin | 49.2% | 36.0% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Net margin | -1.8% | 4.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.8% | 1.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.0% | — | Bottom 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.9% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.42×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.26%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.26%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +16.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +5.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $8.05
- Target vs current price
- +8.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +833.8% | -7.6% | -20.8% | -27.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +216.6% | -0.7% | -1.2% | +6.0% | +14.1% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -23.5% | +4.6% | +2.5% | +10.6% | +23.5% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -68.0% | +27.7% | +24.1% | +22.1% | +45.3% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +509.1% | +4.4% | +12.9% | +12.3% | +3.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | -200.0% | -3.4% | +3.4% | +8.4% | +17.5% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +333.3% | -3.7% | -16.5% | -33.3% | -26.2% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +36.1% | -19.3% | -9.0% | -11.7% | -21.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.07 | -$0.01 | +833.8% | $536.3M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.09 | -$0.08 | +216.6% | $548.5M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.21 | -$0.17 | -23.5% | $585.0M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.13 | -68.0% | $560.8M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.45 | -$0.11 | +509.1% | $584.9M |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.03 | -200.0% | $571.6M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.07 | -$0.03 | +333.3% | $621.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -$0.04 | -$0.06 | +36.1% | $612.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 25.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 0.92× | — | — | Top 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.94% | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| Earnings yield | -3.97% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.8× – 221.4× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +79.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -136.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +297.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -10.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +7.1%
- RSI (14)
- 68.6
- Relative volume
- 1.15×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 48.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 30th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.66
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.17
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2021 | Oct 19, 2022 | -81.4% | 264 days | 863 days (Mar 31, 2026) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | -31.6% | 20 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 19, 2021 | May 10, 2021 | -28.0% | 35 days | 62 days (Aug 6, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -24.0% | 17 days | 5 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -20.1% | 19 days | 4 days (Dec 29, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.04B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.23B
- 52-week range
- $3.42 – $9.21
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.21B | $2.95B | $2.66B | $2.51B | $2.30B |
| Gross profit | $1.31B | $1.08B | $971.5M | $963.7M | $725.7M |
| Operating income | $109.1M | -$33.6M | $86.3M | -$42.8M | $85.9M |
| Net income | -$135.0M | -$78.0M | -$27.8M | -$26.4M | $1.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.01 | -$0.57 | -$0.20 | -$0.18 | $0.01 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $612.4M | $621.3M | $571.6M | $584.9M | $560.8M | $585.0M | $548.5M | $536.3M |
| Net income | -$19.7M | $64.3M | -$7.3M | $78.4M | -$39.2M | -$30.1M | $19.9M | $9.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.14 | $0.44 | -$0.05 | $0.55 | -$0.27 | -$0.20 | $0.12 | $0.06 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $127.5M | $40.8M | $94.6M | $100.3M | $114.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$39.6M | -$45.4M | -$38.1M | -$49.5M | -$51.5M |
| Free cash flow | $87.9M | -$4.6M | $56.5M | $50.8M | $62.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.2M | -$6.6M | -$2.6M | -$3.1M | -$3.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $86.7M
- Total assets
- $1.79B
- Total liabilities
- $1.64B
- Total debt
- $1.11B
- Net debt
- $1.03B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $153.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2019 | $0.38 | Nov 12, 2019 |
| Aug 19, 2019 | $0.38 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| May 10, 2019 | $0.38 | Jun 24, 2019 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | $0.38 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Nov 8, 2018 | $0.38 | Dec 24, 2018 |
| Aug 10, 2018 | $0.37 | Sep 24, 2018 |
| May 11, 2018 | $0.37 | Jun 25, 2018 |
| Mar 13, 2018 | $0.37 | Mar 26, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 27,136,550
- Days to cover
- 13.48
- Change vs previous report
- +6.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.