DIS vs NMAX vs SSP Stock Comparison

Walt Disney, Newsmax and E.W. Scripps Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DIS Walt Disney Co
$110.24 +3.9% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$190.35B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.86B
Div. yield
1.36%
Film and Television Communication Services
6 wins
NMAX Newsmax Inc.
$7.96 -26.7% 1M -22.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.02B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$198.07M
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win
SSP E.W. SCRIPPS Co
$2.01 -27.2% 1M +11.7% 1Y
Market cap
$162.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.09B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Walt Disney leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Walt Disney 6, E.W. Scripps 2, Newsmax 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDISNMAXSSPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $190.35B $1.02B $162.28M DIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.3x -12.9x -0.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.9x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% +8.3% -14.2% NMAX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.7% -40.1% -61.1% DIS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -18.0% — -31.0% DIS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.2x — -2.7x SSP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.36% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.9% -22.3% +11.7% SSP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.3%/yr — -32.2%/yr DIS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.2% 77.7% 86.4% DIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 32/100 20/100 DIS

Percentile Scorecard

DISNMAXSSP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDISNMAXSSP
Valuation 41 #73 of 123 2 #52 of 53 48 #28 of 53
Growth 60 #43 of 107 51 #22 of 44 2 #43 of 44
Profitability 39 #65 of 105 12 #37 of 42 15 #36 of 42
Financial Health 63 #49 of 131 63 #23 of 61 13 #53 of 61
Shareholder Returns 81 #15 of 74 – –
Overall 57 32 20
  • DIS ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • NMAX ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • SSP ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDISNMAXSSPSPY
1 month +3.9%-26.7%-27.2% -0.2%
3 months +11.5%-0.1%-34.7% +3.9%
6 months +8.6%+32.7%-56.6% +8.2%
Year to date -3.1%+3.0%-49.6% +12.9%
1 year -1.9%-22.3%+11.7% +12.3%
3 years +39.0%—-48.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +11.6%—-20.0% +23.3%
5 years -35.0%—-85.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -8.3%—-32.2% +10.9%
10 years +17.3%—-79.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year +1.6%—-14.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDISNMAXSSPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.2%77.7%86.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%79.5%73.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.621.640.91 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.07-0.290.14 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.2%-97.8%-94.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.5%-30.4%-61.0% -1.2%
52-week high $116.65$11.43$5.16 $779.14
52-week low $92.42$5.16$1.54 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDISNMAXSSP
P/E now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 16.8x -12.9xmedian 18.4x -0.1xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.1x 5.2xmedian 0.6x 0.1xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.6xmedian 9.7x -12.2xmedian 10.5x -2.9xmedian 10.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 9.2x —median 9.0x 4.6xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.6x 9.0xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.38median 0.29 —median 0.44 0.01median 0.44

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDISNMAXSSP
Revenue $98.86B $198.07M $2.09B
Gross profit $43.29B $78.29M $844.84M
Operating income -$40.54B -$86.98M -$1.05B
Net income $9.24B -$79.40M -$1.21B
Free cash flow $8.29B – $35.03M
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $-0.61 $-13.90
Cash & equivalents $5.19B $25.88M $13.05M
Total debt $46.04B – $10.28B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 129.29M 92.09M
Enterprise value $174.92B $928.58M -$17.08M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDISNMAXSSP
P/E 22.3x -12.9x -0.1x
P/FCF 23.0x – 4.6x
P/Operating cash flow 11.2x – 1.9x
P/S 1.9x 5.2x 0.1x
P/B 1.6x 9.0x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 9.0x -0.1x
EV/EBITDA -6.6x -12.2x -2.9x
EV/EBIT -5.7x -11.5x -2.5x
EV/Revenue 2.3x 5.0x 1.3x
EV/FCF 27.9x – 75.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.6x – 31.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.38 – 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDISNMAXSSP
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% 8.3% -14.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.0% – -4.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -6.5% -4.1% -26.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.6% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.3% 14.9% -352.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% – -46.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -26.4% 27.2% -1,271%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 46.3% – -29.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.9% 27.7% -2,953%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 58.8% – -24.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.3% – -70.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.8% – -28.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -28.2% – -85.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.8% – -42.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDISNMAXSSP
Gross margin 43.8% 39.5% 40.4%
EBITDA margin -35.4% -41.2% -43.3%
Operating margin -41.0% -43.9% -50.3%
Pretax margin 12.9% -40.1% -61.7%
Net margin 8.7% -40.1% -61.1%
FCF margin 8.4% – 1.7%
Operating cash flow margin 17.2% – 4.0%
Return on equity 8.0% -72.4% -180.4%
Return on assets 4.5% -33.8% -28.4%
Return on invested capital -18.0% – -31.0%
Return on capital employed -23.9% -57.8% -27.4%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x – -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDISNMAXSSP
Debt / assets 22.5% – 68.4%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 24.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.2x – -2.7x
Debt / FCF 5.6x – 71.2x
Liabilities / assets 42.9% 50.9% 97.2%
Equity / assets 57.1% 49.1% 2.8%
Interest coverage – -4,632x -4.6x
Current ratio 0.7x 2.4x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.8x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.51 3.48 -0.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDISNMAXSSP
Dividend yield 1.4% – –
Net buyback yield 4.3% – –
Shareholder yield 5.7% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 109.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDISNMAXSSP
Forward P/E 14.9xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $-0.01FY2026 $-11.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after -2.6% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $95.51BFY2026 $203.04MFY2026 $2.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026 -3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.2% +24.6% -1.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDISNMAXSSP
Held by institutions 75.9% 28.5% 67.7%
Institutions holding 2,942 233 150
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +13.5% +2.4%
Institutions buying 1,211 110 67
Institutions selling 1,369 37 49
Buyers to sellers 0.88 2.97 1.37

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DISNMAXSSP
DIS 1.00 0.27 0.21
NMAX 0.27 1.00 0.23
SSP 0.21 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DIS, NMAX and SSP?

Walt Disney (DIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Walt Disney (DIS) $190.35B, Newsmax (NMAX) $1.02B, E.W. Scripps (SSP) $162.28M.

Which company is growing faster?

Newsmax (NMAX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Walt Disney (DIS) +4.6%, Newsmax (NMAX) +8.3%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -14.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Walt Disney (DIS) has the highest net margin (Walt Disney (DIS) 8.7%, Newsmax (NMAX) -40.1%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -61.1%). On return on invested capital, Walt Disney (DIS) leads (Walt Disney (DIS) -18.0%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -31.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year E.W. Scripps (SSP) returned the most: Walt Disney (DIS) -1.9%, Newsmax (NMAX) -22.3%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) +11.7%. Over five years, Walt Disney (DIS) compounded fastest (Walt Disney (DIS) -8.3%/yr, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -32.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Walt Disney (DIS) 1.36%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) 0.00%. Newsmax (NMAX) and E.W. Scripps (SSP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Walt Disney (DIS) has been the steadiest (Walt Disney (DIS) 27.2%, Newsmax (NMAX) 77.7%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) 86.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DIS, NMAX and SSP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Walt Disney (DIS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.