The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) cash flow statement — 30-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | Q3'26 | Q2'26 | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 131.77M | 13.59M | 3.51M | 45.13M | 21.83M | -10.55M | -3.31M | 153.29M | 140.59M | 26.36M | 45.44M | 62.47M | 24.23M | 9.68M | 15.23M | 115.15M | 89.69M | 69.21M | 37.38M | 80.45M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 24.18% | 2.77% | 0.68% | 8.06% | 4.15% | -1.95% | -0.63% | 21.05% | 21.75% | 4.6% | 8.09% | 10.14% | 4.28% | 1.66% | 2.89% | 16.91% | 14.65% | 11.64% | 6.61% | 12.93% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 503.71% | 228.83% | 205.95% | -70.56% | -84.47% | -140.02% | -107.28% | 145.4% | 480.19% | 172.38% | 198.39% | -45.75% | -72.98% | -86.02% | -59.26% | 43.13% | 35.26% | 72.37% | -25.38% | -31.59% |
| Net Income | -872K | -1.15B | -1.79M | -28.5M | -32.96M | -35.96M | -3.46M | 95.39M | 47.78M | 1.43M | 1.63M | -255.76M | -3.65M | -669.83M | -18.54M | 85.55M | 46.25M | 41.74M | 22.36M | 52.82M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | -31.33M | 35.06M | 35.35M | 37.97M | 37.21M | 37.2M | 38.46M | 39.21M | 38.86M | 38.47M | 38.69M | 39.35M | 38.59M | 38.63M | 38.54M | 40.1M | 39.56M | 41.02M | 39.74M | 39.58M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 0 | 8.39M | 6.63M | 3.93M | 1.28M | 7.49M | 5.6M | 1.42M | 3.82M | 5.25M | 7.5M | 7.26M | 2.48M | 10.51M | 5.39M | 4.93M | 2.92M | 1.13M | 10.48M | 4.87M |
| Deferred Taxes | 0 | -66.25M | -15.61M | -11.78M | 7.5M | -7.84M | -9.01M | 14.02M | -4.38M | -12.37M | 2.58M | -49.98M | 5.31M | -25.88M | 6.85M | -5.3M | 5.38M | 927K | 11.91M | -3.56M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 234.03M | 1.15B | -49.64M | 26.86M | 14.1M | 9.32M | -6.72M | -16.74M | 12.22M | 12.2M | -20.18M | 265.31M | 12.67M | 670.95M | 9.7M | -3.15M | -29.12M | 4.14M | -13.36M | -22.14M |
| Working Capital Changes | -70.06M | 41.49M | 28.57M | 16.66M | -5.29M | -20.75M | -28.18M | 20M | 42.3M | -18.62M | 15.23M | 56.29M | -31.16M | -14.7M | -26.71M | -6.99M | 24.7M | -19.75M | -33.76M | 8.89M |
| Change in Receivables | 169.87M | 817K | 43.62M | -12.25M | -7.65M | -33.23M | 47.55M | -16.46M | 26.87M | -11.9M | 43.84M | -9.45M | -2.06M | -27.72M | 28.78M | -13.62M | 21.14M | -16.89M | 9.36M | -16.47M |
| Change in Inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -35.32M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.37M |
| Change in Payables | 2.12M | -4.35M | 2.23M | -599K | -1.68M | -17.8M | -7.68M | 28.75M | -18.18M | -4.93M | 7.54M | 15.99M | -13.03M | -2.39M | -4.1M | -7.89M | 5.84M | -3.26M | 7.55M | -3.69M |
| Cash from Investing | -29.49M | -16.97M | 119.22M | -13.66M | -15M | 26.42M | -9.89M | 15.14M | -12.7M | -23.89M | -5.08M | -15.88M | -18.05M | -18.76M | -7.92M | -11.21M | -7.94M | -14.39M | -32.85M | -5.83M |
| Capital Expenditures | 0 | -16.53M | -3.16M | -13.89M | -15.44M | -12.19M | -5.05M | -6.4M | -13.15M | -23.56M | -22.14M | -15.82M | -17.98M | -18.05M | -7.78M | -10.24M | -8.09M | -14.77M | -12.69M | -15.72M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 2.23% | 3.37% | 0.61% | 2.48% | 2.94% | 2.26% | 0.96% | 0.88% | 2.04% | 4.11% | 3.94% | 2.57% | 3.17% | 3.1% | 1.47% | 1.5% | 1.32% | 2.48% | 2.24% | 2.53% |
| Acquisitions | 0 | -439K | 127.8M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13.8M | 2.04M |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -29.49M | 82K | -5M | 4K | 458K | 38.74M | 1.97M | 19.71M | 533K | 218K | 7K | 1K | 10K | 7K | 3K | 20K | 1.26M | 546K | -1.25M | 8.09M |
| Cash from Financing | -43.24M | -67.3M | -55.62M | -58.21M | 16.18M | -8.17M | 13.31M | -179.22M | -119.9M | -6.05M | -45.44M | -27.13M | -29.64M | 31.91M | -8.86M | -124.13M | -101.77M | -31.61M | -69.98M | -80.6M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 0 | -50M | -49.4M | -57.21M | 47.12M | -332.15M | 21.1M | -178.9M | -118.9M | -3.9M | -43.9M | -13.9M | -16.65M | 45.35M | 15.35M | -119.59M | -89.65M | -19.65M | -49.2M | -67.04M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -810K | -68K | -29K | -784K | 0 | -192K | -109K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8.34M | -449K |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M | -12M |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -810K | -68K | -29K | -784K | 0 | -192K | -109K | 0 | 0 | -365K | -39K | 0 | -8.34M | -449K |
| Other Financing | -43.24M | -17.3M | -6.22M | -996K | -30.94M | 323.98M | -6.98M | -250K | -971K | -1.36M | -1.54M | -1.03M | -876K | -1.43M | -12.2M | 7.46M | -113K | 47K | -441K | -1.11M |
| Net Change in Cash | 59.04M | -70.68M | 67.11M | -26.74M | 23M | 7.7M | 107K | -10.79M | 7.99M | -3.58M | -5.09M | 19.47M | -23.45M | 22.83M | -1.55M | -20.2M | -20.01M | 23.21M | -65.45M | -5.99M |
| Free Cash Flow | 119.64M | -2.94M | 350K | 31.24M | 6.38M | -22.74M | -8.36M | 146.89M | 127.44M | 2.8M | 23.29M | 46.65M | 6.25M | -8.37M | 7.45M | 104.9M | 81.6M | 54.44M | 24.69M | 64.73M |
| FCF Margin % | 21.96% | -0.6% | 0.07% | 5.58% | 1.21% | -4.21% | -1.59% | 20.17% | 19.72% | 0.49% | 4.15% | 7.58% | 1.1% | -1.44% | 1.41% | 15.41% | 13.33% | 9.16% | 4.37% | 10.4% |
| FCF Growth % | 1774.35% | 87.06% | 104.18% | -78.73% | -94.99% | -911.82% | -135.91% | 214.88% | 1939.68% | 133.48% | 212.84% | -55.53% | -92.34% | -115.37% | -69.85% | 62.06% | 65.63% | 233.88% | -45.76% | -41.33% |
| FCF per Share | 1.22 | -0.03 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.07 | -0.26 | -0.10 | 1.70 | 1.48 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.07 | -0.10 | 0.09 | 1.24 | 0.96 | 0.62 | 0.27 | 0.71 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 6.36x | -0.01x | -1.96x | -1.58x | -0.66x | 0.29x | 0.96x | 1.61x | 2.94x | 18.45x | 27.94x | -0.24x | -6.63x | -0.01x | -0.82x | 1.35x | 1.94x | 1.66x | 1.67x | 1.52x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 20.12M | 81.31M | 23.16M | 63.34M | 24.04M | 57.87M | 26.73M | 67.97M | 33.81M | 67.35M | 34.46M | 67.51M | 31.89M | 61.97M | 27.01M | 55.61M | 15.51M | 0 | 15.44M |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 953K | -359K | 0 | 0 | -51.3M | 16.73M | 34.39M | 182K | 5.19M | 13.04M | 0 | 0 | 5.07M | 9.73M | 0 | 0 | 28.13M |