Company Analysis

USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY)

NYSE: TDAY · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing · Pittsford, NY · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade3.7
◀ Past 3.5● Present 4.3▶ Future 3.2

The grade of USA TODAY Co., Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.7/10
◀ Past3.530% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future3.230% 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?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-03-13.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-03-13) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 2 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2017 to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7% a year; it rose in 3 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 32% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.0%top 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 12% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak32.4%bottom 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
2.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.2% a year. 3% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 3% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 20% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 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?

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

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 92%: owes 92¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, USA TODAY Co., Inc. earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 49 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 92 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 16% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 24% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 30% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 35% of 21 in its family; net margin 0.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 0.1% ranks in the bottom 21%; revenue growth of -7.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 17% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.30Btop 34% of its family
  • net margin0.1%bottom 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-7.9%bottom 17% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 34% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Reed, Michael (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-01-30, 12.8 years (top 37% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7 years (top 46%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 19%; 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 11 peopletop 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.0 yearstop 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.8 yearstop 37% 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?

3.2/1030% 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 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $90 million against debt of $885 million leaves -43.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.7% of revenue (bottom 26%); a gross margin of 38.7% (bottom 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-43.3%bottom 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.7%bottom 26% of its family
  • gross margin38.7%bottom 43% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
2.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 26% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -7.9% a year over the last three filed years against 7% over all 9, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew -8.3% (bottom 17%); capital spending grew 4.3% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). USA TODAY Co., Inc. reported 7 product lines in fiscal 2025: Print Circulation at $570 million (25%), Print Advertising at $475 million (21%), Digital Marketing Services at $451 million (20%), and 4 more; 1 of 7 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-14.9 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-8.3%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.3%top 42% 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
4.9/10

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

bottom 49% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

USA TODAY Co., Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.6% below the $2.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $44 million (top 32%); a net margin of 0.1% against -1.6% before (top 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.6%bottom 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+104%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.7 pointstop 47% 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 TDAY · research, not advice