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New York Times (NYT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2019)

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New York Times (NYT) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 11.87% for Q4 2019, up 1.07 percentage points from 10.80% a year earlier and up 2.08 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

New York Times (NYT) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

For FY2019, New York Times posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 12.10%, up 0.83 percentage points from FY2018.

  • Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +5.78 percentage points (FY2014 to FY2019).
  • By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 11.26% in FY2018 (+10.23 pp), 1.03% in FY2017 (-7.17 pp), 8.20% in FY2016 (+1.47 pp) and 6.73% in FY2015 (+0.40 pp).
  • The Q4 2019 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q3 2010.
  • Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.58 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q4 2018 (a gain of 9.80 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2017 (a drop of 6.50 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q4 2019 came in at 9.79% (Q3 2019), 10.76% (Q2 2019) and 10.99% (Q1 2019).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Skydance 40.81 Bn 33.65 Bn 2.37 Bn 2.38%
2 Fox 28.36 Bn 14.11 Bn - 12.65%
3 Omnicom 24.24 Bn 6.32 Bn 1.36 Bn 3.96%
4 News 14.40 Bn 7.03 Bn - 9.94%
5 New York Times 11.56 Bn 8.99 Bn 395.07 Mn -
6 Pearson 10.96 Bn 8.09 Bn - -
7 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.86 Bn 10.31 Bn 1.43 Bn 5.77%
8 Nexstar Media 6.37 Bn 5.01 Bn 1.20 Bn 7.73%
9 Wpp 6.05 Bn -5.75 Bn - -
10 Versant Media 4.82 Bn 1.16 Bn 715.00 Mn 7.42%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 29, 2019 11.87%
Sep 29, 2019 9.79%
Jun 30, 2019 10.76%
Mar 31, 2019 10.99%
Dec 30, 2018 10.80%
Sep 30, 2018 2.07%
Jul 1, 2018 3.08%
Apr 1, 2018 2.18%
Dec 31, 2017 1.00%
Sep 24, 2017 8.12%
Jun 25, 2017 7.33%
Mar 26, 2017 6.32%
Dec 25, 2016 7.49%
Sep 25, 2016 7.23%
Jun 26, 2016 8.06%
Mar 27, 2016 9.20%
Dec 27, 2015 7.07%
Sep 27, 2015 6.67%
Jun 28, 2015 6.16%
Mar 29, 2015 0.00%
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