Usa Today (TDAY) Return on Invested Capital (2014 - 2026)

Usa Today's (TDAY) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.01% in Q1 2026, up 1.0% year-on-year from 0.01% in Q1 2025, and up 170.29% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q4 2025.

Usa Today (TDAY) Return on Invested Capital (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Usa Today has disclosed Return on Invested Capital across 13 years of filings, most recently posting 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.01%, up 1.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.01% (up 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.01%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.01% for Q1 2026 at Usa Today, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.04% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2024), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital grew 2 bps in 2024 and fell 4 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Usa Today's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 1218 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then sank by 105 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then plunged by 1865 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then jumped by 170 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Pearson 13.48 Bn 13.03 Bn - -
2 New York Times 12.54 Bn 11.90 Bn -372.70 Mn 0.00%
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.34 Bn 2.24 Bn 302.26 Mn 0.00%
4 Usa Today 1.19 Bn 1.10 Bn 221.13 Mn 0.01%
5 Scholastic 1.03 Bn 926.92 Mn 178.80 Mn 0.00%
6 Lee Enterprises 142.56 Mn 91.60 Mn 59.21 Mn -0.01%
7 TNL Mediagene 97.70 Mn 95.77 Mn - -
8 Educational Development 11.90 Mn 10.56 Mn 2.47 Mn 0.00%
9 Pearson - - - -
10 John Wiley & Sons - - 302.26 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.04%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%