New York Times (NYT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The New York Times Company is a media organization best known for publishing The New York Times, a global newspaper and digital news platform. Its coverage spans politics, business, technology, culture, science, health, sports and other subjects, and is distributed through print editions, NYTimes.com, mobile applications and other digital products.

The company generates revenue primarily from digital and print subscriptions, advertising, licensing and related commercial activities. Its subscription products include The New York Times, Games, Cooking and Wirecutter, while The Athletic provides digital sports journalism. The company also operates audio and other media offerings, including podcasts and narrative journalism.

Founded in 1851, The New York Times has expanded from a New York-based newspaper into an international digital media business serving readers in the United States and around the world. In 2022, the company acquired The Athletic, broadening its sports coverage and subscription offerings. Meredith Kopit Levien serves as president and chief executive officer, while A.G. Sulzberger is publisher of The New York Times.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $71.15 to $73.37
• 50-Day Range: $63.53 to $77.78
• 52-Week Range: $54.10 to $87.10
• Volume: 2.61 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: 30.12
• Dividend Yield: 1.27%
• Price Target: $84.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

New York Times Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

New York Times scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 88th out of 244 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

New York Times has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

New York Times has a consensus price target of $84.20, representing about 16.5% upside from its current price of $72.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

New York Times has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.51%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for New York Times are expected to grow by 9.51% in the coming year, from $2.84 to $3.11 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 30.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.86.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 30.12, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 23.16.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

New York Times has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

New York Times has a P/B Ratio of 5.73. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.94% of the float of New York Times has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

New York Times has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.51.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New York Times has recently increased by 9.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

New York Times pays a meaningful dividend of 1.31%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

New York Times has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of New York Times is 38.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, New York Times will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.58% next year. This indicates that New York Times will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.09

News Sentiment

New York Times has a news sentiment score of -0.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 169 news articles for New York Times this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for NYT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -56% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added New York Times to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, New York Times insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.90% of the stock of New York Times is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.37% of the stock of New York Times is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/23 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/23 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/23/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Publishing
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NYT
• CIK: 71691
• Web: www.nytco.com
• Phone: (212) 556-1234
• Fax: 212-556-7389
• Employees: 6,000
• Year Founded: 1851

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for New York Times: $84.20
• High Price Target: $95.00
• Low Price Target: $63.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 30.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.45
• P/E Growth: 1.85
• Net Income: $343.98 million
• Net Margins: 13.19%
• Pretax Margin: 16.76%
• Return on Equity: 22.64%
• Return on Assets: 15.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.58
• Quick Ratio: 1.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.13
• Cash Flow: $3.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.20
• Book Value: $12.61 per share
• Price / Book: 5.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 161,280,000
• Free Float: 158,220,000
• Market Cap: $11.66 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.92