SSP vs CMCSA vs ERIC Stock Comparison

E.W. Scripps, Comcast and Ericsson Lm Telephone Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
1 win
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$21.84 -0.3% 1M -25.8% 1Y
Market cap
$77.31B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
6.04%
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
8 wins
ERIC Ericsson Lm Telephone Co
$11.08 +16.3% 1M +17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$37.35B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.56B
Div. yield
2.80%
Networking Equipment Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Comcast leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Comcast 8, Ericsson Lm Telephone 3, E.W. Scripps 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSSPCMCSAERICLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $162.28M $77.31B $37.35B CMCSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.1x 6.9x 18.1x CMCSA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 6.4x 17.0x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.2% -0.2% -38.5% CMCSA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -61.1% 9.2% 8.3% CMCSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -31.0% 7.8% 20.0% ERIC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 2.4x -0.6x SSP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 6.04% 2.80% CMCSA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.7% -25.8% +17.5% ERIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -32.2%/yr -15.9%/yr +0.1%/yr ERIC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 86.4% 34.3% 36.5% CMCSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 20/100 66/100 61/100 CMCSA

Percentile Scorecard

SSPCMCSAERIC

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

AxisSSPCMCSAERIC
Valuation 48 #28 of 53 92 #5 of 49 87 #15 of 112
Growth 2 #43 of 44 23 #35 of 45 47 #58 of 109
Profitability 15 #36 of 42 68 #15 of 45 86 #15 of 104
Financial Health 13 #53 of 61 60 #20 of 49 38 #72 of 116
Shareholder Returns – 86 #6 of 37 48 #43 of 81
Overall 20 66 61
  • SSP ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • ERIC ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSSPCMCSAERICSPY
1 month -27.2%-0.3%+16.3% -0.2%
3 months -34.7%-9.7%+11.1% +3.9%
6 months -56.6%-21.0%-1.9% +8.2%
Year to date -49.6%-26.9%+14.8% +12.9%
1 year +11.7%-25.8%+17.5% +12.3%
3 years -48.7%-44.9%+154.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -20.0%-18.0%+36.5% +23.3%
5 years -85.7%-57.9%+0.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -32.2%-15.9%+0.1% +10.9%
10 years -79.7%-29.0%+124.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -14.8%-3.4%+8.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSSPCMCSAERICSPY
Volatility, 1Y 86.4%34.3%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.2%40.0%36.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.910.021.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.14-0.750.48 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.0%-61.9%-65.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.0%-32.8%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $5.16$32.48$13.74 $779.14
52-week low $1.54$20.66$9.15 $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.

MultipleSSPCMCSAERIC
P/E now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 18.4x 6.9xmedian 11.8x 18.1xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.6x 0.6xmedian 1.1x 1.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.9xmedian 10.5x 4.7xmedian 6.8x 9.3xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 9.0x 3.9xmedian 5.9x 9.9xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.5x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 3.4xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.44 -1.49median 0.24 0.42median 1.17

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 monthsSSPCMCSAERIC
Revenue $2.09B $123.01B $24.56B
Gross profit $844.84M – $11.51B
Operating income -$1.05B $18.10B $2.90B
Net income -$1.21B $11.32B $2.04B
Free cash flow $35.03M $19.67B $3.76B
R&D – – $5.22B
EPS (diluted) $-13.90 $3.18 $0.61
Cash & equivalents $13.05M $7.60B $5.11B
Total debt $10.28B $87.40B $3.73B
Shares (diluted) 92.09M 3.56B 3.34B
Enterprise value -$17.08M $43.27B $14.97B

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
MetricSSPCMCSAERIC
P/E -0.1x 6.9x 18.1x
P/FCF 4.6x 3.9x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 1.9x 2.4x 10.8x
P/S 0.1x 0.6x 1.5x
P/B 1.6x 0.8x 3.4x
P/Tangible book -0.1x 2.3x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA -2.9x 4.7x 9.3x
EV/EBIT -2.5x 8.7x 12.2x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 1.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF 75.4x 8.0x 9.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.4x 5.0x 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 -1.49 0.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSSPCMCSAERIC
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.2% -0.2% -38.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.5% 0.6% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -26.1% – 3.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 4.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -352.2% -18.4% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -46.2% -8.1% 55.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,271% -49.9% -18.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -29.7% -9.3% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -2,953% -48.2% -17.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -24.5% -4.6% 43.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -70.0% -3.5% 4.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.5% 3.7% 44.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -85.6% -6.2% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -42.6% 7.2% 34.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSSPCMCSAERIC
Gross margin 40.4% – 46.8%
EBITDA margin -43.3% 27.3% 15.4%
Operating margin -50.3% 14.7% 11.8%
Pretax margin -61.7% 11.3% 11.2%
Net margin -61.1% 9.2% 8.3%
FCF margin 1.7% 16.0% 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin 4.0% 25.8% 14.0%
Return on equity -180.4% 11.9% 18.7%
Return on assets -28.4% 4.2% 6.8%
Return on invested capital -31.0% 7.8% 20.0%
Return on capital employed -27.4% 8.0% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x 2.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSSPCMCSAERIC
Debt / assets 68.4% 33.9% 12.4%
Debt / equity 24.8x 0.9x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 2.4x -0.6x
Debt / FCF 71.2x 4.4x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 97.2% 64.1% 63.1%
Equity / assets 2.8% 35.9% 36.9%
Interest coverage -4.6x 4.3x –
Current ratio 1.3x 0.8x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.97 1.30 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSSPCMCSAERIC
Dividend yield – 6.0% 2.8%
Net buyback yield – 5.2% -2.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 11.3% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 50.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -13.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -7.7%

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.

ConsensusSSPCMCSAERIC
Forward P/E – 6.4xFY2026 17.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-11.77FY2026 $3.40FY2026 $0.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -21.1%FY2026 -30.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.3% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.07BFY2026 $114.72BFY2026 $24.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -3.7%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026 -8.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.8% +4.0% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSSPCMCSAERIC
Held by institutions 67.7% 88.7% 9.5%
Institutions holding 150 1,884 388
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +2.7% +0.4%
Institutions buying 67 832 219
Institutions selling 49 858 110
Buyers to sellers 1.37 0.97 1.99

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.

SSPCMCSAERIC
SSP 1.00 0.14 0.07
CMCSA 0.14 1.00 0.14
ERIC 0.07 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SSP, CMCSA and ERIC?

Comcast (CMCSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: E.W. Scripps (SSP) $162.28M, Comcast (CMCSA) $77.31B, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) $37.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, SSP, CMCSA and ERIC?

Comcast (CMCSA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -0.1x, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.9x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 18.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Comcast (CMCSA) is cheapest (Comcast (CMCSA) 6.4x, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 17.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Comcast (CMCSA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: E.W. Scripps (SSP) -14.2%, Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -38.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest net margin (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -61.1%, Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 8.3%). On return on invested capital, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) leads (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -31.0%, Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 20.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) returned the most: E.W. Scripps (SSP) +11.7%, Comcast (CMCSA) -25.8%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +17.5%. Over five years, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) compounded fastest (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -32.2%/yr, Comcast (CMCSA) -15.9%/yr, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest dividend yield: E.W. Scripps (SSP) 0.00%, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.04%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 2.80%. E.W. Scripps (SSP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Comcast (CMCSA) has been the steadiest (E.W. Scripps (SSP) 86.4%, Comcast (CMCSA) 34.3%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SSP, CMCSA and ERIC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Comcast (CMCSA) leads on 8. 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.