Why is NYT up?
Up 11% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
- New York Times rose 11% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. 6 points of it came on Nov 9.
NYT's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 11. Its price closed above its average of the last 21 days, which is rising (2 chart checks started).
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Up 11% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
| The company | Profit up 21% to $409M |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 4 |
New York Times Company in advanced talks to acquire Letterboxd for $330 million
NYT closed +4.3% that day.
After its last 4 reports it closed -3.1% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 5 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
NYT is #2 of 5 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: NYT -1%, NWSA -4.2%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 3, before the open (in 85 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $768.5M, 10% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.60 a share, from $0.50.
“Subscription revenues from digital-only products increased 14.6 percent to $421.3 million due to higher average digital-only subscribers and higher digital-only ARPU.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription | $548M | $538M | $495M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 4)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Capital expenditures | about $35M to $40M |
“The increase in diluted EPS was primarily driven by higher operating profit.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 4)
Sales grew 9.6% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.92 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | +3.1% | -0.9% | +8.1% |
| Aug 5, 2026 | -7.1% | -13.4% | -15.7% |
| May 6, 2026 | +7.4% | +8.3% | +0.9% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $2.8B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 63.3, MACD above signal, above its 50-day, below its 200-day. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 25% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $0.92 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $150M a year |
| Free cash flow | $593M |
| Record | Raised every year since 2018 |
One insider sold $297K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: NYT is under 0.1% of DGRO and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
New York Times Co is an American media company known for publishing its flagship newspaper, The New York Times. The company also operates the International New York Times newspaper, as well as digital properties such as NYTimes and various smartphone applications. The company derives revenue from subscriptions, advertising, and other sources, where the majority of its revenue is generated through subscriptions, which consist of income from standalone and multiproduct bundle subscriptions to its digital products and subscriptions to and single-copy and bulk sales of print products.
“We operate in a highly competitive environment subject to rapid and, at times, unpredictable change and face significant competition in all aspects of our business.”
NYT scores 11 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #2 of 5 in Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 11% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
NYT scores 11 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #2 of 5 in Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind NYT's 11.
One insider sold $297K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Jacqueline M. Welch, EVP and CHRO, who sold $297K on Jun 3.
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