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

Company Overview

The New York Times Company is a publicly traded media organization best known for publishing The New York Times newspaper and operating the NYTimes.com digital platform. The company produces daily print and digital journalism covering national and international news, opinion pieces, feature stories, and multimedia content. Alongside its flagship newspaper, the firm offers a range of subscription-based services, including Times Cooking, NYT Games, podcasts and newsletters, designed to engage a broad audience of readers and advertisers.

Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, The New York Times has built a reputation for in-depth reporting and investigative journalism. Headquartered in New York City, the company maintains bureaus around the world to support its global news coverage. Meredith Kopit Levien, who became chief executive officer in 2020, leads the organization’s strategic initiatives, with a focus on evolving the business model in an increasingly digital media landscape.

In recent years, the company has expanded its portfolio through acquisitions such as Wirecutter, a product review site, and The Athletic, a subscription-based sports news service. Revenue is driven primarily by digital and print subscriptions, advertising, and licensing content to third parties. The company continues to invest in technology and product development to enhance user experience, grow its subscriber base and broaden its global reach.

Serving readers worldwide, The New York Times leverages its long-standing brand and journalistic standards to deliver news and information across multiple platforms. The company’s ongoing digital transformation emphasizes quality reporting, audience engagement and the development of new products to meet changing consumer preferences in the news industry.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $73.62 to $75.00
• 50-Day Range: $74.19 to $85.91
• 52-Week Range: $51.03 to $87.10
• Volume: 1.32 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.13 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.16
• Dividend Yield: 1.23%
• Price Target: $80.78
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

New York Times Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

New York Times scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 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/Downside

The consensus price target for New York Times is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

New York Times has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for New York Times are expected to grow by 10.69% in the coming year, from $2.90 to $3.21 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 32.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of New York Times is 32.16, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.72.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

New York Times has a PEG Ratio of 1.57. 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 6.06. 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

6.52% 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 5.01.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in New York Times has recently increased by 25.95%, 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 1.23%, 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 39.48%. 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 28.66% next year. This indicates that New York Times will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 75 news articles for New York Times this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 8 people have searched for NYT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -11% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added New York Times to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, New York Times insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,087,990.00 in 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 4/16 Dividend: 4/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/16 Dividend: 4/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/16/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: PUBLSHG - NEWSPRS
• 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: $80.78
• High Price Target: $95.00
• Low Price Target: $62.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.84
• P/E Growth: 1.57
• Net Income: $343.98 million
• Net Margins: 13.18%
• Pretax Margin: 16.74%
• Return on Equity: 22.02%
• Return on Assets: 15.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.60
• Quick Ratio: 1.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.29
• Cash Flow: $3.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.25
• Book Value: $12.36 per share
• Price / Book: 6.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 161,860,000
• Free Float: 158,788,000
• Market Cap: $12.13 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98