Company Analysis

Gray Media, Inc. (GTN)

NYSE: GTN · Television Broadcasting Stations · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.2
◀ Past 6.3● Present 4.3▶ Future 1.9

The grade of Gray Media, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past6.330% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future1.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+16% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $812 million in fiscal 2016 to $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 16% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span16.0%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.8%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.4% a year. 6% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Gray Media, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 6% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 22% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -4%: lost 4¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 79%: owes 79¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Gray Media, Inc. lost about 4 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 79 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 32% of 14 in its family; net margin -2.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of -2.7% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of -5.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 14% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.10Bbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin-2.7%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-5.6%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 36% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Laplatney, D Patrick (President and Co-CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-12-08, 2.9 years (bottom 40% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.1 years (top 33%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 15%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 13 peopletop 15% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.1 yearstop 33% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.9 yearsbottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

1.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $368 million against debt of $5.7 billion leaves -51.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.8% of revenue (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-51.5%bottom 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.8%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
0.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 8% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -5.6% a year over the last three filed years against 16% over all 10, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew -15.1% (bottom 8%); capital spending grew -37.2% a year (bottom 8%) (its annual reports). Gray Media, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Broadcasting at $3.0 billion (97%), Production Companies at $107 million (4%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-21.6 points a yearbottom 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-15.1%bottom 8% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-37.2%bottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 24% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gray Media, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 14.7% below the $3.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 18% of its family); net income of $85 million against a prior three-year average of $251 million (bottom 18%); a net margin of -2.7% against 6.8% before (bottom 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-14.7%bottom 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-134%bottom 18% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-9.5 pointsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GTN · research, not advice