New York Times Company (NYT)
Communication Services · Publishing & Digital Media · NYSE
A preeminent digital-first news and subscription-based media company, known for its deep-investigative journalism and diversified portfolio of digital games, cooking, and lifestyle products.
What New York Times Company does
The New York Times Company is a diversified media organization focused on high-quality, original journalism and digital consumer products. The company generates revenue through a subscription-first model for its flagship newspaper, along with advertising and ancillary licensing and affiliate revenue streams. Its product portfolio includes news, cooking, games, audio, and product reviews.
Themes: subscription-based digital media, digital journalism, consumer media platform, generative AI litigation
Fundamentals
- Price$65.69 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$10.3B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+10.1% 2025-08-21 close $59.65 → 2026-08-21 close $65.69
- P/E26.24 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+13.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+51.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+19.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.93 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.0%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How NYT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 79 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NYT is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
53.8 #366 of 987 scored · #6 of 25 in Communication Services
Financial health 87th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 20.9%) and capital return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is long-term trend (23rd, trading below its 200-day average).
Short-term score
34.8 #1565 of 1,704 scored · #61 of 66 in Communication Services
Catalysts 49th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 10, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; setup 37th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced close to two thirds of its move over the past year — 65% of it; weakest is trend 25th: a trend forming but not yet strong (ADX below 25).
Communication Services Long-term Top 10
Left this list on 19 Aug 2026
- Left 19 Aug 2026: this list closed — Communication Services now has 23 eligible companies, below the 25-name floor.
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 5, score 56.1.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, NYT's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 32%, free-cash-flow payout 20%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout32% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout20% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How New York Times Company looks technically
New York Times Company (NYT) is trading 10.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 7 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 11 trading days ago. It is 24.6% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 10.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -10.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $71.29 | $71.29 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $72.97 | $72.97 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 16 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 7 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 7 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 23.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 40.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($63.05 to $77.35) — its "stochastic" reading is 18 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 18.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 13 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $87.10 | $87.10 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 24.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -24.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 21.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +21.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 24.6% below its highest point of the past year | 24.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $87.10 (set on 2026-04-07) | $87.10 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($54.66 to $85.86), and it has given back close to two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 65% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket", and this is inside it — for this company that is $65.58 to $66.58. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 64.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 24.6% below its all-time high | -24.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.0% above a support level at $65.04 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-11-13, most recently on 2025-11-26. Since 2024-08-21 it has 8 such levels below the current price and 6 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.44 (set on 2009-02-20) | $3.44 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1809.6% above its all-time low | +1,810% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 99% of the past ~6 months) | 99th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.12 between its high and its low — about 3.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.12 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $58.26 and $78.69 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $58.26 – $68.47 – $78.69 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.2% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (10.0% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.94× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 2.8% since the prior reading | -2.8% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +0.6% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 7.1% below the previous close 12 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 75.61 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -7.1% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 14.4 percentage points (the stock lost 12.0% while the market gained 2.3%) | -14.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 14.6 percentage points (the stock lost 11.5% while the market gained 3.1%) | -14.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 26.8 percentage points (the stock lost 15.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -26.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 10.4 percentage points (the stock gained 10.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | -10.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 11% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.8% of the share price. | -11.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $74.87 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -12.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $64.85 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 13 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NYT last closed at $65.69 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 8 prices below its last close and 6 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $65.04 | Support | 1.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-13 to 2025-11-26 |
| $68.62 | Resistance | 4.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-02 to 2026-06-25 |
| $62.65 | Support | 4.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-07 to 2026-08-05 |
| $70.00 | Resistance | 6.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-20 to 2026-07-23 |
| $59.19 | Support | 9.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-09-15 to 2026-02-04 |
| $72.67 | Resistance | 10.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-15 to 2026-05-21 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Analyst price target recently CUT · lagging the market · Printed a doji candle | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.90 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 9 analysts
- Mean price target$77.67 range $63.00 – $90.00; median $76.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-23. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NYT
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.6462 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on digital subscription revenue growth","Litigation and regulatory risks regarding generative AI and content licensing","Exposure to multiemployer pension plan liabilities"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NYT's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) adds: 'at times, unpredictable change' to description of competitive environment
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) adds: 'AI companies, certain of which have attracted and any of which may further attract audiences, subscribers, advertisers and/or licensees' as distinct competitive threat
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) adds: detailed Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 financial comparisons (12.0% revenue increase to $712.2M, subscriber additions of 310,000, 13.08M total subscribers)
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) adds: Q1 2026 digital-only ARPU of $9.77 with 2.4% year-over-year increase
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) adds: specific mention of 'multiemployer pension plan withdrawal costs' in operating costs definition
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-05) includes: 'The Company changed the revenue caption on its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations from "Other" to "Affiliate, licensing and other" effective for the quarter ended March 31, 2025' - removed in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-05) mentions: 'our live events business' as component of Affiliate, licensing and other revenues - removed in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-05) includes: 'There was one fewer day in the first nine months of 2025 compared with the first nine months of 2024 as a result of 2024 being a leap year' - not present in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-05) provides: Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024 financial comparisons and detailed third quarter metrics - replaced with Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 metrics in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-05) includes: nine-month operating cash flow and free cash flow comparisons ($420.3M and $392.9M respectively) - not in newer filing excerpt
- Reworded:
- Competitive environment description: older 'subject to rapid change' changed to newer 'subject to rapid and, at times, unpredictable change'
- Competitive threats characterization: older 'products and tools powered by generative artificial intelligence, many of which have attracted and may continue to attract' changed to newer 'AI companies, certain of which have attracted and any of which may further attract'
- Affiliate, licensing and other revenues description: older detailed listing (licensing, Wirecutter, printing, leasing, live events, retail) changed to newer version excluding live events specifically
- CODM reference: older includes parenthetical 'who is the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM")' changed to newer style without CODM acronym definition in that location
- Notes:
- Older filing excerpt appears truncated at 'subject to risks and uncertainties caused by factors beyond our cont...' making full comparison of Industry Trends section incomplete
- Newer filing excerpt also truncated at discussion of printing/distribution costs, limiting complete section comparison
- Filings compare different reporting periods (Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 in newer; Q3 2025 vs Q3 2024 in older), so financial metrics differences reflect period changes rather than restatements
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 1 sell ($296548) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days0 buys · 4 sells ($2M) — 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-03. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NYT's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 2 matched disclosures for NYT from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
7 institutional 13F filers reported holding NYT as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 7
- Reported shares held 40,185,152
- Reported value $3,364,702,736
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 5 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NYT had 13,593,862 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for NYT because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 13,593,862
- Prior settlement (shares) 13,771,396
- Reported change -1.29%
- Days to cover (reported) 9
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- News Corp (NWSA)
- Gannett (GCI)
- Graham Holdings (GHC)
- Axel Springer SE
- Bloomberg L.P.
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Frequently asked questions
What does New York Times Company (NYT) do?
The New York Times Company is a diversified media organization focused on high-quality, original journalism and digital consumer products. The company generates revenue through a subscription-first model for its flagship newspaper, along with advertising and ancillary licensing and affiliate revenue streams. Its product portfolio includes news, cooking, games, audio, and product reviews.
What sector is New York Times Company (NYT) in?
New York Times Company (NYT) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Publishing & Digital Media. It trades on NYSE.
Does NYT pay a dividend?
Yes — New York Times Company (NYT) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.97% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are New York Times Company's (NYT) competitors?
Notable peers of New York Times Company (NYT) include News Corp, Gannett, Graham Holdings, Axel Springer SE and Bloomberg L.P.. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in NYT?
Yes — we hold 2 matched STOCK Act disclosures for NYT from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is New York Times Company (NYT) overbought or oversold right now?
New York Times Company (NYT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NYT come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.