New York Times Co. (NYT) reported $635.91 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.1%. EPS of $0.41 for the same period compares to $0.31 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $635.14 million, representing a surprise of +0.12%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +17.14%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.35.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how New York Times performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Digital-only subscriptions: 11,060 versus 11,061 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Print subscriptions: 600 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 590.
- Total digital-only ARPU: $9.54 versus $9.66 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Digital-only Subscribers- Bundle and multiproduct: 5.76 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 5.72 million.
- Total subscriptions Digital & Print: 11,660 compared to the 11,651 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Digital-only subscription revenues: $335 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $338.94 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14.3%.
- Advertising Revenues- Total Digital: $70.87 million versus $68.76 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.4% change.
- Advertising Revenues- Total Print: $37.21 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $35.24 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.5%.
- Revenue- Other: $59.74 million compared to the $64.58 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.6% year over year.
- Print subscription revenues: $129.23 million compared to the $127.62 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5% year over year.
- Revenue- Advertising: $97.66 million versus $104 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.8% change.
- Revenues- Subscription: $431.52 million versus $466.56 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.6% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for New York Times here>>>
Shares of New York Times have returned +16.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report
The New York Times Company (NYT): Free Stock Analysis ReportThis article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).
Zacks Investment Research
