SSP vs TV vs ERIC Stock Comparison

E.W. Scripps, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 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
$216.87M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.09B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.17 -8.1% 1M -13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$136.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins
ERIC Ericsson Lm Telephone Co
$11.08 +16.3% 1M +17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$36.83B
P/E
18.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.56B
Div. yield
-0.03%
Networking Equipment Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Ericsson Lm Telephone leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ericsson Lm Telephone 6, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 3, E.W. Scripps 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSSPTVERICLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $216.87M $136.68B $36.83B TV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.2x -277.1x 18.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.1x 17.0x TV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.2% +5.5% -38.5% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -61.1% -15.3% 8.3% ERIC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -31.0% 2.9% 20.0% ERIC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 64.6x -0.6x SSP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% -0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.7% -13.9% +17.5% ERIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -32.2%/yr -27.0%/yr +0.1%/yr ERIC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 86.4% 39.3% 36.5% ERIC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 20/100 33/100 61/100 ERIC

Percentile Scorecard

SSPTVERIC

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

AxisSSPTVERIC
Valuation 48 #28 of 53 4 #47 of 49 87 #15 of 112
Growth 2 #43 of 44 21 #36 of 45 47 #58 of 109
Profitability 15 #36 of 42 34 #30 of 45 86 #15 of 104
Financial Health 13 #53 of 61 75 #13 of 49 38 #72 of 116
Shareholder Returns – – 48 #43 of 81
Overall 20 33 61
  • SSP ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • TV 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

PeriodSSPTVERICSPY
1 month -27.2%-8.1%+16.3% -0.2%
3 months -34.7%-22.5%+11.1% +3.9%
6 months -56.6%-23.3%-1.9% +8.2%
Year to date -49.6%-25.4%+14.8% +12.9%
1 year +11.7%-13.9%+17.5% +12.3%
3 years -48.7%-7.7%+154.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -20.0%-2.6%+36.5% +23.3%
5 years -85.7%-79.2%+0.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -32.2%-27.0%+0.1% +10.9%
10 years -79.7%-91.4%+124.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -14.8%-21.8%+8.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSSPTVERICSPY
Volatility, 1Y 86.4%39.3%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.2%40.1%36.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.910.671.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.14-0.350.48 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.0%-86.3%-65.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.0%-36.9%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $5.16$3.44$13.74 $779.14
52-week low $1.54$2.17$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.

MultipleSSPTVERIC
P/E now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 18.4x -275.8xmedian 11.8x 18.1xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.6x 41.8xmedian 1.1x 1.5xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.9xmedian 10.5x 3,856xmedian 6.8x 9.3xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 9.0x —median 5.9x 9.9xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.5x 21.1xmedian 1.2x 3.4xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.44 8.97median 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 monthsSSPTVERIC
Revenue $2.09B $3.23B $24.56B
Gross profit $844.84M $1.78B $11.51B
Operating income -$1.05B $307.39M $2.90B
Net income -$1.21B -$116.03M $2.04B
Free cash flow $35.03M – $3.76B
R&D – – $5.22B
EPS (diluted) $-13.90 $-0.01 $0.61
Cash & equivalents $13.05M $1.70B $5.11B
Total debt $10.28B $14.34B $3.73B
Shares (diluted) 92.09M 68.12B 3.34B
Enterprise value $37.51M $128.41B $14.44B

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
MetricSSPTVERIC
P/E -0.1x -275.8x 18.1x
P/FCF 4.6x – 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 1.9x – 10.8x
P/S 0.1x 41.8x 1.5x
P/B 1.6x 21.1x 3.4x
P/Tangible book -0.1x 27.1x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA -2.9x 3,856x 9.3x
EV/EBIT -2.5x 446.7x 12.2x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 42.6x 1.4x
EV/FCF 75.4x – 9.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.4x – 10.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 8.97 0.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSSPTVERIC
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.2% 5.5% -38.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.5% -11.8% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -26.1% -37.1% 3.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -18.9% 4.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -352.2% 255.7% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -46.2% 5.3% 55.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,271% 68.3% -18.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -29.7% -27.1% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -2,953% -18.4% -17.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -24.5% -30.8% 43.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -70.0% – 4.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.5% – 44.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -85.6% – 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -42.6% – 34.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSSPTVERIC
Gross margin 40.4% 55.2% 46.8%
EBITDA margin -43.3% 1.1% 15.4%
Operating margin -50.3% 9.5% 11.8%
Pretax margin -61.7% 8.3% 11.2%
Net margin -61.1% -15.3% 8.3%
FCF margin 1.7% – 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin 4.0% – 14.0%
Return on equity -180.4% -1.9% 18.7%
Return on assets -28.4% -0.9% 6.8%
Return on invested capital -31.0% 2.9% 20.0%
Return on capital employed -27.4% 2.7% 17.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSSPTVERIC
Debt / assets 68.4% 34.8% 12.4%
Debt / equity 24.8x 0.7x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x 64.6x -0.6x
Debt / FCF 71.2x – 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 97.2% 52.7% 63.1%
Equity / assets 2.8% 47.3% 36.9%
Interest coverage -4.6x 0.7x –
Current ratio 1.3x 2.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.8x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 1.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.97 12.51 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSSPTVERIC
Dividend yield – – 2.8%
Net buyback yield – – -2.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 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.

ConsensusSSPTVERIC
Forward P/E – 12.1xFY2026 17.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-11.77FY2026 $0.18FY2026 $0.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -30.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +38.9% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.07BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026 $24.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -3.7%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026 -8.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.8% -4.0% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSSPTVERIC
Held by institutions 67.7% 0.2% 9.5%
Institutions holding 150 106 388
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% -4.9% +0.4%
Institutions buying 67 44 219
Institutions selling 49 33 110
Buyers to sellers 1.37 1.33 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.

SSPTVERIC
SSP 1.00 0.03 0.08
TV 0.03 1.00 0.00
ERIC 0.08 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SSP, TV and ERIC?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) is the largest by market capitalisation: E.W. Scripps (SSP) $216.87M, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $136.68B, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) $36.83B.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: E.W. Scripps (SSP) -14.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) -38.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) has the highest net margin (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -61.1%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 8.3%). On return on invested capital, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) leads (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -31.0%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%, 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%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -13.9%, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +17.5%. Over five years, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) compounded fastest (E.W. Scripps (SSP) -32.2%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -27.0%/yr, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) has been the steadiest (E.W. Scripps (SSP) 86.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 39.3%, 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, TV 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, Ericsson Lm Telephone (ERIC) 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.