E.W. Scripps (SSP) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026)

E.W. Scripps (SSP) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 0.43 for Q1 2026, down 30.77% year-over-year from 0.63 in Q1 2025, and down 38.99% quarter-over-quarter from 0.71 in Q4 2025.

E.W. Scripps (SSP) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

E.W. Scripps (SSP) has 17 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.43 in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.43, down 30.77% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.77 (down 61.12% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.83, down 57.54% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio slipped to 0.43 in Q1 2026 per SSP's latest filing, from 0.71 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 3.92 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 11.88 in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.47 and a median of 0.93 in 2023 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 580.96% in 2023, then surged 207.93% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 3.51 in 2022, then plunged by 203.43% to 3.63 in 2023, then surged by 207.93% to 3.92 in 2024, then plunged by 81.83% to 0.71 in 2025, then slumped by 38.99% to 0.43 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SSP's Interest Coverage Ratio at 0.43 in Q1 2026, 0.71 in Q4 2025, and 0.64 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.44 Bn 5.04 Bn -505.00 Mn 0.20
2 FuboTV 3.41 Bn 5.34 Bn 348.72 Mn -2.44
3 Newsmax 996.58 Mn 956.14 Mn 21.36 Mn -1,113.49
4 iHeartMedia 598.23 Mn 466.54 Mn 509.13 Mn -
5 Gray Media 394.79 Mn 135.79 Mn 213.00 Mn 0.69
6 E.W. Scripps 304.31 Mn 220.58 Mn 206.07 Mn 0.43
7 CuriosityStream 163.77 Mn 154.55 Mn 11.62 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 58.80 Mn 58.80 Mn -3.44 Mn -1.91
9 Saga Communications 54.09 Mn 23.65 Mn 17.72 Mn -35.85
10 Beasley Broadcast 38.85 Mn 32.43 Mn - 2.36

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.43
Dec 31, 2025 0.71
Sep 30, 2025 0.64
Jun 30, 2025 1.31
Mar 31, 2025 0.63
Dec 31, 2024 3.92
Sep 30, 2024 2.24
Jun 30, 2024 1.07
Mar 31, 2024 0.79
Dec 31, 2023 -3.63
Sep 30, 2023 0.93
Jun 30, 2023 -11.88
Mar 31, 2023 0.34
Dec 31, 2022 3.51
Sep 30, 2022 2.48
Jun 30, 2022 2.47
Mar 31, 2022 1.95
Dec 31, 2021 3.23
Sep 30, 2021 2.82
Jun 30, 2021 2.48