E.w. Scripps Co balance sheet
At the end of fiscal 2025, E.w. Scripps Co had total assets of $5.01bn and shareholders' equity of $1.25bn. It held $27.9m in cash against $2.65bn of debt: net debt of $2.62bn.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | 8 | 205 | 128 | 243 | 229 | 165 | 115 | 134 | 149 | 107 | 33 | 576 | 66 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 28 | 13 |
| Receivables | — | 116 | 136 | 126 | 140 | 100 | 172 | 179 | 245 | 281 | 388 | 429 | 573 | 600 | 611 | 568 | 569 | 526 |
| Inventory | — | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | 363 | 325 | 403 | 402 | 316 | 303 | 346 | 606 | 471 | 644 | 2,094 | 702 | 644 | 676 | 630 | 747 | 593 |
| Goodwill | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 106 | 545 | 576 | 709 | 787 | 1,225 | 1,203 | 2,913 | 2,921 | 1,969 | 1,969 | 1,918 | 930 |
| Total assets | — | 828 | 971 | 1,031 | 966 | 1,031 | 1,706 | 1,736 | 2,130 | 2,130 | 3,562 | 4,859 | 6,658 | 6,431 | 5,410 | 5,199 | 5,009 | 3,646 |
| Accounts payable | — | 34 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 68 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 101 | 63 | 66 |
| Deferred revenue (current) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 28 |
| Total current liabilities | — | 138 | 125 | 146 | 113 | 135 | 120 | 104 | 211 | 198 | 312 | 358 | 512 | 485 | 478 | 482 | 454 | 444 |
| Short-term debt | — | 0 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Long-term debt | — | 0 | 196 | 180 | 198 | 194 | 392 | 387 | 688 | 686 | 1,904 | 2,923 | 3,129 | 2,854 | 2,897 | 2,561 | 2,586 | 2,494 |
| Total debt | 0 | 0 | 212 | 196 | 200 | 196 | 399 | 396 | 702 | 696 | 1,953 | 2,992 | 3,211 | 2,921 | 2,951 | 2,605 | 2,645 | 2,537 |
| Shareholders' equity | 433 | 589 | 515 | 538 | 546 | 518 | 901 | 946 | 937 | 926 | 898 | 1,163 | 1,970 | 2,131 | 1,156 | 1,318 | 1,246 | 101 |
| Net debt (negative = net cash) | −8 | −205 | 84 | −47 | −29 | 31 | 285 | 261 | 553 | 589 | 1,920 | 2,416 | 3,145 | 2,903 | 2,916 | 2,581 | 2,617 | 2,524 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables | 552 | 568 | 521 | 554 | 562 | 569 | 527 | 526 |
| Total current assets | 630 | 630 | 598 | 624 | 705 | 747 | 665 | 593 |
| Goodwill | 1,969 | 1,969 | 1,969 | 1,969 | 1,953 | 1,918 | 1,918 | 930 |
| Total assets | 5,254 | 5,199 | 5,116 | 5,088 | 5,090 | 5,009 | 4,917 | 3,646 |
| Accounts payable | 69 | 101 | 91 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 74 | 66 |
| Deferred revenue (current) | 30 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 28 |
| Total current liabilities | 471 | 482 | 440 | 492 | 437 | 454 | 422 | 444 |
| Short-term debt | 16 | 16 | 41 | 79 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Long-term debt | 2,737 | 2,561 | 2,559 | 2,545 | 2,637 | 2,586 | 2,549 | 2,494 |
| Total debt | 2,753 | 2,576 | 2,600 | 2,624 | 2,646 | 2,594 | 2,549 | 2,494 |
| Shareholders' equity | 1,219 | 1,318 | 1,320 | 1,290 | 1,260 | 1,246 | 1,245 | 101 |
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