Usa Today TDAY
NYSE TDAY
$6.47 -0.05 (-0.77%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Usa Today (TDAY) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.04% for Q1 2026, down 1040.84% sequentially from 0.0% in Q4 2025, and down 4.0% YoY from 0.04% in Q1 2025.

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

Usa Today has reported Return on Invested Capital for 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.04% (down 4.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.02%, up 5.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital declined to 0.04% in Q1 2026 per TDAY's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.02% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 0.04% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Return on Invested Capital grew 3 bps in 2025, then decreased 4 bps in 2026.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 1335 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then sank by 118 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then jumped by 264 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then sank by 1041 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.04%, 0.0%, and 0.01% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 New York Times 10.69 Bn 10.03 Bn 394.61 Mn -
2 Pearson 10.59 Bn 9.98 Bn 1.18 Bn 0.00%
3 John Wiley & Sons 2.72 Bn 2.64 Bn 337.86 Mn 0.07%
4 Usa Today 957.47 Mn 870.81 Mn 208.25 Mn -0.01%
5 Scholastic 952.03 Mn 817.13 Mn 285.70 Mn -
6 Lee Enterprises 181.86 Mn 122.43 Mn 63.89 Mn -
7 Educational Development 11.62 Mn 9.81 Mn 2.82 Mn 0.00%
8 TNL Mediagene 687,810.81 -1.24 Mn - -

Historic Data

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