New York Times (NYT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The New York Times Company, together with its subsidiaries, creates, collects, and distributes news and information worldwide. The company operates through two segments, The New York Times Group and The Athletic. It offers The New York Times (The Times) through company's mobile application, website, printed newspaper, and associated content, such as podcast. The company also offers The Athletic, a sports media product; Cooking, a recipe product; Games, a puzzle games product; and Audio, an audio product. In addition, it offers a portfolio of advertising products and services to advertisers, such as luxury goods, technology, and financial companies, to promote products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display ads, audio and video, in print in the form of column-inch ads, and at live events; and Wirecutter, a product review and recommendation product. Further, the company licenses content to digital aggregators in the business, professional, academic and library markets, and third-party digital platforms; articles, graphics, and photographs, including newspapers, magazines, and websites; and for use in television, films, and books, as well as provide rights to reprint articles, and create and sell new digests. Additionally, it engages in commercial printing and distribution for third parties; and operates the NYTimes.com website. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $47.74 to $48.28
• 50-Day Range: $47.68 to $56.00
• 52-Week Range: $41.55 to $58.16
• Volume: 504,578 shs
• Average Volume: 1.75 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.98
• Dividend Yield: 1.49%
• Price Target: $54.71
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

New York Times Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

New York Times scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 41st out of 152 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

New York Times has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

New York Times has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for New York Times are expected to grow by 12.98% in the coming year, from $2.08 to $2.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 26.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 26.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 16.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

New York Times has a PEG Ratio of 1.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

New York Times has a P/B Ratio of 4.46. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.96% of the float of New York Times has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New York Times has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New York Times has recently decreased by 8.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

New York Times pays a meaningful dividend of 1.07%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

New York Times does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of New York Times is 40.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, New York Times will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.64% next year. This indicates that New York Times will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.91

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.96% of the float of New York Times has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New York Times has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New York Times has recently decreased by 8.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.12

News Sentiment

New York Times has a news sentiment score of -0.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 150 news articles for New York Times this week, compared to 102 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for NYT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added New York Times to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, New York Times insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.00% of the stock of New York Times is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.37% of the stock of New York Times is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

NYT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NYT shares performed this year?

New York Times' stock was trading at $52.05 at the start of the year. Since then, NYT stock has decreased by 8.1% and is now trading at $47.82.
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How were New York Times' earnings last quarter?

The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.06. New York Times had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.51% and a net margin of 11.36%.

Who are New York Times' major shareholders?

New York Times' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.64%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (5.91%), Farallon Capital Management LLC (4.50%) and Darsana Capital Partners LP (3.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Levien Meredith A Kopit, Arthur G Sulzberger, Roland A Caputo, Diane Brayton, R Anthony Benten, David S Perpich and William Bardeen.
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How do I buy shares of New York Times?

Shares of NYT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of New York Times own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that New York Times investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 1/23 Dividend: 1/10/2025
• Dividend Payable: 1/23/2025
• Last Earnings: 2/05/2025
• Today: 2/27/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/17 Dividend: 4/01/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/17/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/14/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Newspapers
• Sub-Industry: Publishing
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NYT
• CUSIP: 65011110
• CIK: 71691
• Web: www.nytco.com
• Phone: (212) 556-1234
• Fax: 212-556-7389
• Employees: 5,900
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $54.71
• High Stock Price Target: $66.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.99
• P/E Growth: 1.75
• Net Income: $293.83 million
• Net Margins: 11.36%
• Pretax Margin: 14.83%
• Return on Equity: 18.51%
• Return on Assets: 12.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.35
• Quick Ratio: 1.35

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.03
• Cash Flow: $2.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.19
• Book Value: $10.72 per share
• Price / Book: 4.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 163,954,000
• Free Float: 160,675,000
• Market Cap: $7.84 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01