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New York Times Co (New York Times Co) Altman Z-Score

: 6.91 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 6.85 is strong.

New York Times Co has a Altman Z-Score of 6.91, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

NYT' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.33   Med: 4.94   Max: 7.51
Current: 6.85

During the past 13 years, New York Times Co's highest Altman Z-Score was 7.51. The lowest was 2.33. And the median was 4.94.


New York Times Co Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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New York Times Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.92 7.44 7.13 5.78 7.51

New York Times Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.78 6.74 6.92 7.01 7.51

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


New York Times Co Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score falls into.



New York Times Co Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

New York Times Co's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.0627+1.4*0.7802+3.3*0.1118+0.6*7.4587+1.0*0.8937
=6.91

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $2,715 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $782 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $612 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $2,118 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 139.867 + 69.987 + 60.976 + 31.758 = $303 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.258 + -0.28 + -0.237 + -0.248 = $-1 Mil.
Revenue was 676.215 + 598.345 + 590.853 + 560.739 = $2,426 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $7,096 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $951 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(781.653 - 611.559)/2714.595
=0.0627

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=2117.839/2714.595
=0.7802

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(302.588 - -1.023)/2714.595
=0.1118

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=7096.013/951.376
=7.4587

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2426.152/2714.595
=0.8937

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

New York Times Co has a Altman Z-Score of 6.91 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


New York Times Co  (NYSE:NYT) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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New York Times Co (New York Times Co) Business Description

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Address
620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10018
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. Circulation of The New York Times is the source of revenue for the company, followed by print and digital advertising and its paid digital-only subscription to The New York Times. The company has a daily print circulation of over 3,00,000 and 7,40,000 on Sundays. The source of growth for The New York Times is its digital subscription service, which has over 1,000,000 paid users.
Executives
Arthur G. Sulzberger director, officer: Publisher, The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 8TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Diane Brayton officer: EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & SEC THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
R Anthony Benten officer: SVP, Treasurer & Controller C/O THE NEW YORK TIMES CO, 229 WEST 43RD ST, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kopit Levien Meredith A. officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
William Bardeen officer: Chief Financial Officer 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Roland A. Caputo officer: Interim CFO and EVP THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
David S. Perpich director THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Manuel Bronstein director 970 PARK PLACE, SUITE 100, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Beth A. Brooke director C/O EHEALTH, INC., 2625 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SECOND FLOOR, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Jacqueline M Welch officer: EVP and CHRO THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Arthur S. Golden director THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Mark Thompson director, officer: PRESIDENT & CEO THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Arthur Jr Sulzberger director, officer: Chairman and Publisher THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
Doreen A Toben director 140 WEST STREET, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Robert E Denham director MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP, 355 S. GRAND AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071