Company Analysis

New York Times Co. (NYT)

NYSE: NYT · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.8
◀ Past 5.9● Present 7.6▶ Future 6.8

The grade of New York Times Co.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present7.640% of the headline
▶ Future6.830% 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?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-01-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

New York Times Co.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2018-01-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

New York Times Co.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.8%top 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.6%top 17% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.4% a year. 41% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, New York Times Co.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 41% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-26 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 48% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 31% 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?

7.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 32%: owes 32¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, New York Times Co. earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 32 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitytop 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 21 in its family; net margin 12.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

New York Times Co.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of 12.2% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.82Btop 24% of its family
  • net margin12.2%top 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.0%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

New York Times Co.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kopit, Levien Meredith A. (PRESIDENT & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-02-25, 5.7 years (top 50% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.1 years (top 32%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 9%; 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 charge3 in three years among 17 peopletop 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.1 yearstop 32% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.7 yearstop 50% 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?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 21% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

New York Times Co.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $255 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 8.5% of its assets as net cash, top 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.5% of revenue (top 7%); research spending of 9.4% of revenue (top 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets8.5%top 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.5%top 7% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.4%top 36% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

New York Times Co.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7% a year over the last three filed years against 6.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 9.2% (top 26%); research spending grew 9% a year (top 7%); capital spending grew -2.8% a year (bottom 33%) (its annual reports). New York Times Co. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Subscription at $2.0 billion (69%), Advertising at $566 million (20%), Affiliate Licensing and Other Products and Services at $308 million (11%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.1 points a yeartop 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.2%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.0%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.8%bottom 33% 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
5.4/10

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

top 46% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

New York Times Co.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.2% above the $2.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $344 million against a prior three-year average of $233 million (top 47%); a net margin of 12.2% against 9.5% before (top 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.2%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+47%top 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.7 pointstop 27% 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

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