USA TODAY Co., Inc.
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What USA TODAY Co., Inc. does
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- Legal name
- USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001579684-26-000010
0001579684
Revenue and margins
USA TODAY Co., Inc. had $2.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 8.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β37.6% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $62.9M in fiscal 2025, 2.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
USA TODAY Co., Inc. returned $3.1M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 5% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 2.4%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably USA TODAY Co., Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $131M | $94.3M | $100M | $106M | $90.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7x | 7.6x | 4.1x | 9.2x | β |
| Debt / equity | 2.4x | 4.1x | 3.5x | 7.5x | 6.6x |
| Interest coverage | 0.8x | β0.3x | 0.8x | β0.4x | β |
| Current ratio | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Total assets | $2.8B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $2.0B | $1.8B |
| Total liabilities | $2.3B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $532M | $296M | $318M | $153M | $155M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $1.0B | $933M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 9 | 2 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β4.7% | β8.5% | β6.7% | β5.3% | β20.4% | β8.8% | β4.5% | β5.3% | β6.0% | β5.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.57 | 1.64 | 1.54 | 0.10 | β1.87 | β0.76 | β1.61 | β1.36 | β2.12 | β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $3.4B | $3.2B | $2.9B | $2.7B | $2.5B | $2.3B |
| Gross profit | β | $599M | $661M | $788M | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $972M | $964M | $891M |
| Operating income | $60.6M | $33.8M | $58.1M | β$147M | β$448M | $109M | β$33.6M | $86.3M | β$42.8M | β |
| Interest expense | $29.6M | $30.5M | $36.1M | $63.7M | $229M | $136M | $108M | $112M | $105M | $97.2M |
| Pretax income | $29.3M | β$0.4M | $20.0M | β$207M | β$706M | β$87.9M | β$76.9M | β$6.2M | β$77.7M | β$1.3M |
| Income tax | β$2.3M | $0.5M | $1.9M | β$86.0M | β$33.5M | $48.3M | $1.3M | $21.7M | β$51.3M | β$3.0M |
| Net income | $31.6M | β$0.9M | $18.2M | β$120M | β$670M | β$135M | β$78.0M | β$27.8M | β$26.4M | $1.7M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.70 | β$0.02 | $0.31 | β$1.77 | β$5.09 | β$1.00 | β$0.57 | β$0.20 | β$0.18 | $0.01 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.13B | 0.13B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.15B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $94.8M | $111M | $110M | $25.5M | $57.8M | $127M | $40.8M | $94.6M | $100M | $114M |
| Capital expenditure | $10.6M | $11.1M | $11.6M | $14.0M | $37.0M | $39.6M | $45.4M | $38.1M | $49.5M | $51.5M |
| Free cash flow | $84.2M | $99.4M | $97.9M | $11.6M | $20.8M | $87.9M | β$4.6M | $56.5M | $50.8M | $62.9M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $67.8M | $74.4M | $84.8M | $112M | $264M | $204M | $182M | $163M | $156M | $166M |
| Stock-based compensation | $2.4M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $11.3M | $26.4M | $18.4M | $16.8M | $16.6M | $12.5M | $9.1M |
| Acquisitions | $137M | $164M | $205M | $797M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $15.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Share buybacks | $0.4M | $5.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.0M | $3.2M | $6.6M | $2.6M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Dividends paid | $59.8M | $75.6M | $87.2M | $91.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $60.2M | $80.6M | $87.2M | $91.9M | $2.0M | $3.2M | $6.6M | $2.6M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $172M | $43.1M | $48.7M | $156M | $171M | $131M | $94.3M | $100M | $106M | $90.2M |
| Total debt | $377M | $371M | $458M | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.0B |
| Current assets | $370M | $263M | $298M | $779M | $637M | $577M | $508M | $444M | $426M | $389M |
| Current liabilities | $196M | $204M | $248M | $718M | $741M | $663M | $617M | $534M | $546M | $518M |
| Inventory | $18.2M | $18.7M | $25.0M | $55.1M | $35.1M | $37.7M | $45.2M | $26.8M | $20.9M | $12.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | $381M | $373M | $340M | $816M | $590M | $415M | $306M | $239M | $241M | $178M |
| Goodwill | $228M | $237M | $311M | $914M | $534M | $534M | $533M | $534M | $530M | $519M |
| Intangible assets | $351M | $403M | $486M | $1.0B | $825M | $713M | $613M | $524M | $430M | $338M |
| Total assets | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $4.0B | $3.1B | $2.8B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $2.0B | $1.8B |
| Total liabilities | $581M | $609M | $725M | $3.0B | $2.7B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.7B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $755M | $674M | $717M | $981M | $364M | $532M | $296M | $318M | $153M | $155M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | β | 44.6% | 43.3% | 42.2% | 40.3% | 40.7% | 36.8% | 36.5% | 38.4% | 38.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 2.5% | 3.8% | β7.9% | β13.2% | 3.4% | β1.1% | 3.2% | β1.7% | β |
| EBITDA margin | 10.2% | 8.1% | 9.4% | β1.9% | β5.4% | 9.8% | 5.0% | 9.3% | 4.5% | β |
| Net margin | 2.5% | β0.1% | 1.2% | β6.4% | β19.7% | β4.2% | β2.6% | β1.0% | β1.1% | 0.1% |
| FCF margin | 6.7% | 7.4% | 6.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2.7% | β0.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 6.3% | 2.7% | 4.7% | β4.7% | β18.4% | 5.1% | β1.9% | 5.1% | β2.8% | β |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 3.1% | 4.9% | β4.5% | β18.9% | 5.0% | β1.9% | 5.2% | β2.9% | β |
| Return on equity | 4.2% | β0.1% | 2.6% | β14.1% | β99.7% | β30.1% | β18.8% | β9.1% | β11.2% | 1.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | β0.1% | 1.3% | β4.4% | β18.8% | β4.5% | β3.0% | β1.2% | β1.2% | 0.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 18.0% | β2.7% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 6.9% | 13.7% | 22.4% | 82.3% | β5.8% | β8.2% | β9.6% | β5.8% | β8.3% |
| Net income growth | β | β102.9% | β | β758.6% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β102.9% | β | β671.0% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | 18.1% | β1.5% | β88.2% | 79.9% | 322.7% | β105.2% | β | β10.1% | 23.9% |
| Share count change | β | 17.0% | 10.2% | 15.9% | 94.7% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | 3.0x | 2.9x | β | β | 3.7x | 7.6x | 4.1x | 9.2x | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 1.7x | 4.7x | 2.4x | 4.1x | 3.5x | 7.5x | 6.6x |
| Interest coverage | 2.0x | 1.1x | 1.6x | β2.3x | β2.0x | 0.8x | β0.3x | 0.8x | β0.4x | β |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.8x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 2.2% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Payouts / FCF | 71.5% | 81.1% | 89.0% | 795.5% | 9.7% | 3.7% | β | 4.7% | 6.2% | 4.9% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | β1.9 | β0.8 | β1.6 | β1.4 | β2.1 | β |
| Accruals ratio | β4.7% | β8.5% | β6.7% | β5.3% | β20.4% | β8.8% | β4.5% | β5.3% | β6.0% | β5.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001579684). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.