E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.19 EPS

E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSPGet Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.19), Zacks reports. E.W. Scripps had a negative net margin of 8.55% and a positive return on equity of 8.27%. The company had revenue of $646.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $634.01 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.15) EPS.

E.W. Scripps Stock Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ:SSP traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $2.34. 288,862 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 890,624. E.W. Scripps has a one year low of $1.68 and a one year high of $9.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.24, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $2.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $2.75. The company has a market cap of $201.52 million, a PE ratio of -0.79 and a beta of 1.66.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Benchmark lowered their target price on E.W. Scripps from $11.00 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. StockNews.com raised E.W. Scripps from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday.

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The E.W. Scripps Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media enterprise through a portfolio of local television stations, national news, and entertainment networks in the United States. It operates through Local Media, Scripps Networks, and Other segments. The Local Media segment operates broadcast television stations, which produce news, information, sports, and entertainment content, as well as its related digital operations; runs network, syndicated, and original programming, and local sporting events; and provides core and political advertising services.

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