NYT vs PBI vs ZBRA Stock Comparison

New York Times, Pitney Bowes and Zebra Technologies Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NYT New York Times Co
$65.57 +2.3% 1M +13.8% 1Y
Market cap
$11.01B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.05B
Div. yield
0.01%
Publishing Communication Services
2 wins
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc /De/
$15.62 -5.7% 1M +64.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.15B
P/E
11.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.86B
Div. yield
0.03%
Office Equipment Industrials
7 wins
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp
$321.64 -16.6% 1M +20.8% 1Y
Market cap
$15.43B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.14B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pitney Bowes leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Pitney Bowes 7, Zebra Technologies 3, New York Times 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNYTPBIZBRALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.01B $2.15B $15.43B ZBRA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 11.4x 25.6x PBI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.2x 8.8x 14.2x PBI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.8% -3.5% +16.9% ZBRA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.4% 10.1% 9.8% NYT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.3% 11.9% PBI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.9x 2.1x ZBRA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.03% 0.00% PBI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.8% +64.8% +20.8% PBI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.5%/yr +16.2%/yr -12.0%/yr PBI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.1% 32.8% 46.4% NYT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 78/100 66/100 PBI

Percentile Scorecard

NYTPBIZBRA

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

AxisNYTPBIZBRA
Valuation 31 #37 of 53 97 #4 of 114 66 #39 of 112
Growth 93 #4 of 44 91 #10 of 98 68 #35 of 108
Profitability 98 #2 of 43 95 #6 of 95 84 #18 of 104
Financial Health 90 #7 of 61 19 #102 of 126 18 #95 of 116
Shareholder Returns 79 #7 of 29 90 #8 of 71 95 #5 of 83
Overall 78 78 66
  • NYT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • PBI ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • ZBRA ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNYTPBIZBRASPY
1 month +2.3%-5.7%-16.6% -5.9%
3 months +1.2%-13.0%-11.7% -4.6%
6 months -18.2%+0.3%+40.7% +0.2%
Year to date -5.5%+47.8%+32.5% +7.5%
1 year +13.8%+64.8%+20.8% +8.2%
3 years +58.3%+293.5%+56.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +16.5%+57.9%+16.0% +19.0%
5 years +30.8%+111.7%-47.1% +56.5%
5 years, per year +5.5%+16.2%-12.0% +9.4%
10 years +498.8%+9.7%+410.8% +251.5%
10 years, per year +19.6%+0.9%+17.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureNYTPBIZBRASPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.1%32.8%46.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.3%31.0%40.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.110.651.55 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.431.980.45 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.6%-70.9%-67.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.6%-15.7%-17.7% -5.9%
52-week high $85.86$18.52$391.00 $779.14
52-week low $57.61$9.02$199.30 $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.

MultipleNYTPBIZBRA
P/E now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 14.0x 11.4xmedian 21.1x 25.3xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.9x 2.5xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 9.6x 9.0xmedian 11.7x 15.4xmedian 16.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 8.0x 4.2xmedian 15.3x 15.3xmedian 23.4x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 1.6x -2.5xmedian 2.3x 4.2xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.89median 0.40 0.22median 0.88 2.18median 0.98

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 monthsNYTPBIZBRA
Revenue $3.05B $1.86B $6.14B
Gross profit $1.57B $1.06B $3.00B
Operating income $492.16M $305.03M $912.00M
Net income $408.53M $188.05M $602.00M
Free cash flow $593.43M $504.62M $988.00M
R&D $279.70M $14.07M $634.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.52 $1.34 $12.59
Cash & equivalents $221.35M $268.51M $182.00M
Total debt – $1.89B $2.57B
Shares (diluted) 162.25M 140.73M 47.81M
Enterprise value $8.44B $979.01M $14.86B

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
MetricNYTPBIZBRA
P/E 25.9x 11.4x 25.3x
P/FCF 17.6x 4.2x 15.3x
P/Operating cash flow 16.7x 3.7x 14.2x
P/S 3.4x 1.1x 2.5x
P/B 5.1x -2.5x 4.2x
P/Tangible book 5.7x -2.5x 5.3x
EV/EBITDA 16.9x 9.0x 15.4x
EV/EBIT 19.8x 12.2x 19.2x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 2.0x 2.9x
EV/FCF 16.4x 7.4x 17.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.6x 6.5x 16.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.89 0.22 2.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNYTPBIZBRA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.8% -3.5% 16.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 9.8% 6.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.3% -2.2% 18.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.8% -0.3% 8.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.1% 87.0% 16.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.0% 35.9% 11.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 20.9% 135.1% 17.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.3% 47.5% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.5% 184.6% 25.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.2% 52.0% 11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.5% 94.2% 23.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 12.2% 106.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.6% 124.1% 24.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.0% 11.1% 170.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNYTPBIZBRA
Gross margin 51.7% 57.1% 48.9%
EBITDA margin 18.9% 22.1% 18.6%
Operating margin 16.2% 16.4% 14.9%
Pretax margin 17.1% 13.7% 12.2%
Net margin 13.4% 10.1% 9.8%
FCF margin 19.5% 27.1% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 20.6% 30.6% 17.4%
Return on equity 20.0% – 17.2%
Return on assets 13.6% 6.3% 6.9%
Return on invested capital – 20.3% 11.9%
Return on capital employed 21.3% 20.2% 19.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 3.0x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 2.6% 0.9% 2.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNYTPBIZBRA
Debt / assets – 63.1% 29.1%
Debt / equity – -2.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.9x 2.1x
Debt / FCF – 3.7x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 32.2% 128.0% 59.5%
Equity / assets 67.8% -28.0% 40.5%
Interest coverage – 6.0x –
Current ratio 1.5x 0.7x 0.6x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 9.40 2.39 3.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNYTPBIZBRA
Dividend yield 1.3% 2.4% –
Net buyback yield 2.2% 15.7% 6.2%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 18.1% 6.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 32.8% 29.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 22.6% 10.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 30.9% 19.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 16.0% –

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.

ConsensusNYTPBIZBRA
Forward P/E 24.2xFY2026 8.8xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.71FY2026 $1.78FY2026 $22.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.2%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026 +42.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.8% -1.7% -4.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.24BFY2026 $1.77BFY2026 $6.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 -6.3%FY2026 +17.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +9.7% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNYTPBIZBRA
Held by institutions 100.0% 88.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 633 351 646
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +2.6% +4.5%
Institutions buying 314 168 309
Institutions selling 224 119 242
Buyers to sellers 1.40 1.41 1.28

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.

NYTPBIZBRA
NYT 1.00 0.12 0.04
PBI 0.12 1.00 0.14
ZBRA 0.04 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NYT, PBI and ZBRA?

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) is the largest by market capitalisation: New York Times (NYT) $11.01B, Pitney Bowes (PBI) $2.15B, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) $15.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, NYT, PBI and ZBRA?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (New York Times (NYT) 26.9x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 11.4x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 25.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pitney Bowes (PBI) is cheapest (New York Times (NYT) 24.2x, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 8.8x, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: New York Times (NYT) +10.8%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) -3.5%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +16.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

New York Times (NYT) has the highest net margin (New York Times (NYT) 13.4%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 10.1%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 9.8%). On return on invested capital, Pitney Bowes (PBI) leads (Pitney Bowes (PBI) 20.3%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 11.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pitney Bowes (PBI) returned the most: New York Times (NYT) +13.8%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +64.8%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) +20.8%. Over five years, Pitney Bowes (PBI) compounded fastest (New York Times (NYT) +5.5%/yr, Pitney Bowes (PBI) +16.2%/yr, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) -12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pitney Bowes (PBI) has the highest dividend yield: New York Times (NYT) 0.01%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 0.03%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 0.00%. Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, New York Times (NYT) has been the steadiest (New York Times (NYT) 32.1%, Pitney Bowes (PBI) 32.8%, Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) 46.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NYT, PBI and ZBRA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pitney Bowes (PBI) leads on 7. 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.