Growth Metrics

New York Times (NYT) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

New York Times (NYT) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 88.49% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 11.0% to 88.49% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 79.59% through Dec 2025, down 965.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 89.13% for FY2025, 10.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 88.49% in Q4 2025 for New York Times, roughly flat from 88.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 90.19% in Q2 2024 to a low of 108.94% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 60.25% across 5 years, with a median of 88.33% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: crashed -7245bps in 2021 and later surged 19086bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 108.94% in 2021, then soared by 175bps to 81.91% in 2022, then increased by 10bps to 89.9% in 2023, then fell by -1bps to 88.6% in 2024, then dropped by 0bps to 88.49% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for NYT at 88.49% in Q4 2025, 88.65% in Q3 2025, and 50.61% in Q2 2025.