E.W. Scripps (SSP) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)
E.W. Scripps (SSP) reported Net Margin of 3.48% for Q1 2026, up 11.0% year-over-year from 3.13% in Q1 2025, and up 56.6% quarter-over-quarter from 8.02% in Q4 2025.
E.W. Scripps (SSP) Net Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
E.W. Scripps (SSP) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 3.48% in Q1 2026.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.48%, up 11.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 7.63% (down 1093.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.65%, down 1114.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin rose to 3.48% in Q1 2026 per SSP's latest filing, from 8.02% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 11.03% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 117.08% in Q2 2023.
- A 5-year average of 11.53% and a median of 2.86% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Net Margin tumbled 11497 bps in 2023, then jumped 11482 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 1.85% in 2022, then plunged by 2260 bps to 43.58% in 2023, then jumped by 125 bps to 11.03% in 2024, then plunged by 173 bps to 8.02% in 2025, then jumped by 57 bps to 3.48% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SSP's Net Margin at 3.48% in Q1 2026, 8.02% in Q4 2025, and 9.32% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.48% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -8.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -9.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -9.57% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -3.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.11% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -2.27% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -43.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -2.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -117.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -5.90% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.05% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.73% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.46% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.31% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -1.23% |