EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP)
Communication Services · Broadcasting · NASDAQ
A diversified media company operating local television stations and national entertainment networks, with a strategic focus on over-the-air broadcasting and emerging digital streaming and data delivery technologies.
What EW SCRIPPS CLASS A does
The E.W. Scripps Company is a media and broadcasting company founded in 1878 that operates a portfolio of more than 60 local television stations across 40+ markets with programming agreements from ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. Beyond local broadcasting, Scripps operates national news and entertainment networks including Scripps News, Court TV, ION, Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery, ION Plus, and Laff, all available over-the-air and on free streaming platforms. The company also produces the Scripps National Spelling Bee and manufactures Tablo, a television viewing device enabling households to watch and record free over-the-air and streaming channels without a subscription. In 2025, Scripps formed a joint venture (EdgeBeam Wireless) with Gray Media, Nexstar, and Sinclair to deliver data services using the ATSC 3.0 transmission standard.
Themes: local broadcasting, national entertainment networks, streaming media, ATSC 3.0 data delivery, sports media rights
Fundamentals
- Price$3.27 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$307M as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+38.5% 2025-08-21 close $2.36 → 2026-08-21 close $3.27
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-4.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+40.8% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-7.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.07 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-13.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.65 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-07 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How SSP compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 121 covered Communication Services peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 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.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which SSP reported a dividend payment is FY2023, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2023 ratio would not describe SSP today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2023) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How EW SCRIPPS CLASS A looks technically
EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) is trading 7.7% 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 26 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 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago. It is 39.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 7.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -7.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $3.05 | $3.05 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $3.54 | $3.54 |
| 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 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 26 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 26 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 21.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 53.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($2.65 to $3.84) — its "stochastic" reading is 52 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 slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 52.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 11 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $5.39 | $5.39 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 39.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -39.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 115.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +115.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 39.3% below its highest point of the past year | 39.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 46 trading days ago | 46 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $106.96 (set on 2007-01-23) | $106.96 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($1.54 to $5.16), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 52% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $2.81 to $2.92. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 52.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 96.9% below its all-time high | -96.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $3.26 — a price it turned at four times since 2026-02-05, most recently on 2026-07-02. Since 2024-08-21 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.447 (set on 2009-03-10) | $0.447 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 631.6% above its all-time low | +631.6% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 43rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2319 between its high and its low — about 7.1% 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 | $0.2319 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $2.68 and $3.60 — 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 | $2.68 – $3.14 – $3.60 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 7.1% in a typical session — more volatile than most 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 | 7.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (7.7% 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 | 1.2 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 | 1.24× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 20.4% since the prior reading | -20.4% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.40 toward sell |
Candlestick patterns
2
| 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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| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.3% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.7% gap down opened on 2026-08-11 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 8 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -5.49% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.0 percentage points (the stock gained 0.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | -2.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 9.4 percentage points (the stock lost 6.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | -9.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 22.9 percentage points (the stock lost 11.9% while the market gained 11.1%) | -22.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 18.0 percentage points (the stock gained 38.5% while the market gained 20.5%) | +18.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 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, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside 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 zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 24.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 9% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $3.58 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -8.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-07 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $3.33 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 11 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
SSP last closed at $3.27 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $3.26 | Support | 0.2% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-02-05 to 2026-07-02 |
| $3.16 | Support | 3.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-10 to 2026-05-20 |
| $3.68 | Resistance | 12.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-24 to 2026-06-04 |
| $3.83 | Resistance | 17.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-16 to 2026-08-07 |
| $2.65 | Support | 18.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-30 to 2026-08-07 |
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 · Broke out to a new 20-day high · Analyst price target recently CUT · lagging the market | 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 ratingHold (3.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$4.93 range $3.00 – $8.00; median $3.80
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-24. 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 SSP
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.02 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-24
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)
["High levels of debt and interest expense could strain financial flexibility.","Dependency on advertising and retransmission revenue in a shifting media landscape.","Intense competition from streaming services and other digital media alternatives."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of SSP's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Notes:
- The two MD&A sections provided are substantively identical. Both filings contain the same boilerplate language redirecting to the Index to Financial Information for Items 2, 3, and 4, and identical Legal Proceedings disclosure under Item 1 of Part II.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing includes Annual Meeting of Shareholders section (filed 2026-05-08) with voting results for director elections and shareholder proposals held on May 4, 2026
- Newer filing includes employment agreement and cash award agreement exhibits for Adam P. Symson effective February 24, 2026 (filed 2026-05-08)
- Newer filing reports restricted cash of $11,305 thousand as of March 31, 2026 (filed 2026-05-08)
- Newer filing reports gains from sale of business of $30,009 thousand for three months ended March 31, 2026 (filed 2026-05-08)
- Removed:
- Older filing includes Asset Purchase Agreements for sale of television stations dated July 7, 2025 as exhibits (filed 2025-11-07)
- Older filing contains nine-month comparative data in Statements of Operations (filed 2025-11-07)
- Older filing contains nine-month comparative data in Statements of Comprehensive Income (filed 2025-11-07)
- Older filing contains nine-month comparative data in Statements of Cash Flows (filed 2025-11-07)
- Reworded:
- Item 1A reference changed from '2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K' (filed 2025-11-07) to '2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K' (filed 2026-05-08)
- Quarter reference changed from 'September 30, 2025' (filed 2025-11-07) to 'March 31, 2026' (filed 2026-05-08) throughout Item 2, Item 3, and Item 5
- Reference to accrued income taxes changed to 'Accrued taxes' in balance sheet (filed 2026-05-08)
- Interest expense decreased from $59,219 thousand (three months ended September 30, 2025, filed 2025-11-07) to $56,958 thousand (three months ended March 31, 2026, filed 2026-05-08)
- Loss on extinguishment of debt and other financing transaction costs reported in older filing (filed 2025-11-07) are not present in comparable three-month period of newer filing (filed 2026-05-08)
- Notes:
- The filings cover different reporting periods (Q3 2025 vs. Q1 2026) and different fiscal year comparisons, limiting direct comparability
- Newer filing presents only three-month data while older filing presents both three-month and nine-month data, making certain line items not directly comparable
- Balance sheet dates differ materially (March 31, 2026 vs. September 30, 2025), affecting asset and liability comparisons
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)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days2 buys ($262275) · 4 sells ($1M) — 2 buying, 1 selling insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-20. As of 2026-08-25.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about SSP'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.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding SSP as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 6,710,662
- Reported value $24,963,664
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 1 increased, 4 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)
SSP had 4,139,510 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 SSP because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,139,510
- Prior settlement (shares) 4,005,584
- Reported change 3.34%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.7
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
- Gray Media (GTN)
- Nexstar Media Group (NXST)
- Sinclair Inc. (SBGI)
- Paramount Global (PARA)
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
- TEGNA (TGNA)
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
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Frequently asked questions
What does EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) do?
The E.W. Scripps Company is a media and broadcasting company founded in 1878 that operates a portfolio of more than 60 local television stations across 40+ markets with programming agreements from ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. Beyond local broadcasting, Scripps operates national news and entertainment networks including Scripps News, Court TV, ION, Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery, ION Plus, and Laff, all available over-the-air and on free streaming platforms.
What sector is EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) in?
EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Broadcasting. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does SSP pay a dividend?
No — EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) does not currently pay a dividend (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are EW SCRIPPS CLASS A's (SSP) competitors?
Notable peers of EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) include Gray Media, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Inc., Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) overbought or oversold right now?
EW SCRIPPS CLASS A (SSP) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, 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 SSP 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.