Gray Media (GTN) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)

Gray Media's (GTN) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.22% in Q1 2026, up 18.0% year-on-year from 0.18% in Q1 2025, and up 80.6% on a QoQ basis from 0.12% in Q4 2025.

Gray Media (GTN) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Gray Media (GTN) has 15 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.22% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 18.0% year-over-year to 0.22% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.22%, a 18.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.32%, down 16.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.22%, up from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for GTN reached as high as 0.22% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 0.04% in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.07% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital fell 15 bps in 2024 and advanced 18 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.12% in 2022, then grew by 9 bps to 0.13% in 2023, then slumped by 56 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 110 bps to 0.12% in 2025, then soared by 81 bps to 0.22% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.22% in Q1 2026, 0.12% in Q4 2025, and 0.04% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.66 Bn 5.23 Bn 785.00 Mn 0.02%
2 Newsmax 840.22 Mn 799.79 Mn 21.36 Mn -
3 iHeartMedia 565.51 Mn 430.46 Mn 509.13 Mn 0.00%
4 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 0.22%
5 E.W. Scripps 268.40 Mn 184.68 Mn 206.07 Mn 0.01%
6 FuboTV 251.35 Mn -201.06 Mn 399.10 Mn 0.01%
7 CuriosityStream 140.99 Mn 107.64 Mn 11.62 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 83.31 Mn 80.20 Mn -3.44 Mn -0.01%
9 Saga Communications 51.99 Mn 21.56 Mn 17.72 Mn -
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.48 Mn 31.05 Mn - -0.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.22%
Dec 31, 2025 0.12%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.04%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.04%
Dec 31, 2024 0.06%
Sep 30, 2024 0.04%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.04%
Dec 31, 2023 0.13%
Sep 30, 2023 0.06%
Jun 30, 2023 0.09%
Mar 31, 2023 0.11%
Dec 31, 2022 0.12%
Sep 30, 2022 0.10%
Jun 30, 2022 0.09%
Mar 31, 2022 0.11%
Jun 30, 2020 0.24%
Mar 31, 2020 0.15%
Dec 31, 2019 0.11%