The New York Times Company

NYSE:NYT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.6b

New York Times Valuation

Is NYT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NYT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NYT ($52.11) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($83.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NYT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NYT?

Key metric: As NYT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NYT. This is calculated by dividing NYT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NYT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30.5x
EarningsUS$279.98m
Market CapUS$8.61b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NYT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NYT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.8x
NWSA News
46.1x15.3%US$16.8b
SCHL Scholastic
28.7x60.8%US$700.3m
IPG Interpublic Group of Companies
12.7x6.6%US$10.3b
LBRD.K Liberty Broadband
15.8x30.3%US$12.5b
NYT New York Times
30.5x12.3%US$8.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NYT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the peer average (25.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NYT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DISH DISH Network
2.5x-71.9%US$3.08b
GTN Gray Television
2.9x-29.4%US$446.27m
ABLV Able View Global
3.8xn/aUS$36.23m
ANTE AirNet Technology
0.3xn/aUS$7.66m
NYT 30.5xIndustry Avg. 14.6xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NYT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the US Media industry average (14.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NYT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NYT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.5x
Fair PE Ratio20.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NYT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NYT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$52.11
US$58.00
+11.3%
10.7%US$66.00US$45.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$56.83
US$56.75
-0.1%
10.1%US$65.00US$45.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$55.21
US$55.57
+0.7%
9.3%US$63.00US$45.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$54.93
US$55.57
+1.2%
9.3%US$63.00US$45.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$53.35
US$51.14
-4.1%
10.8%US$57.00US$40.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$51.44
US$50.43
-2.0%
10.5%US$57.00US$40.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$51.20
US$49.71
-2.9%
9.4%US$56.00US$40.00n/a7
May ’25US$43.33
US$47.94
+10.6%
9.0%US$55.00US$40.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$42.87
US$47.94
+11.8%
9.0%US$55.00US$40.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$43.15
US$47.33
+9.7%
9.9%US$55.00US$40.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$49.01
US$47.00
-4.1%
11.2%US$55.00US$40.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$48.99
US$46.83
-4.4%
9.2%US$53.00US$40.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$47.37
US$46.50
-1.8%
9.4%US$53.00US$40.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$40.59
US$44.08
+8.6%
9.3%US$50.00US$37.00US$56.836
Oct ’24US$41.20
US$44.08
+7.0%
9.3%US$50.00US$37.00US$55.216
Sep ’24US$44.29
US$44.08
-0.5%
9.3%US$50.00US$37.00US$54.936
Aug ’24US$40.44
US$40.17
-0.7%
7.5%US$45.00US$36.00US$53.356
Jul ’24US$39.38
US$39.67
+0.7%
9.6%US$45.00US$33.00US$51.446
Jun ’24US$35.99
US$39.67
+10.2%
9.6%US$45.00US$33.00US$51.206
May ’24US$40.11
US$40.33
+0.6%
7.1%US$45.00US$36.00US$43.336
Apr ’24US$38.88
US$40.33
+3.7%
7.1%US$45.00US$36.00US$42.876
Mar ’24US$38.73
US$40.00
+3.3%
7.8%US$45.00US$36.00US$43.156
Feb ’24US$35.65
US$34.83
-2.3%
14.0%US$40.00US$25.00US$49.016
Jan ’24US$32.46
US$34.83
+7.3%
14.0%US$40.00US$25.00US$48.996
Dec ’23US$36.01
US$34.83
-3.3%
14.0%US$40.00US$25.00US$47.376
Nov ’23US$29.14
US$34.00
+16.7%
12.7%US$38.00US$25.00US$40.596

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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