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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| USA Today Co., Inc.TDAY · consumer nondurables | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 124 graded peers; percentile 87.8, sampling error 3.8 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 109 of 124 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 36.1 |
| Solvency | Epercentile 85.9 |
| Growth and financing | Dpercentile 68.3 |
| Reliability | 0.91 AUCfailure model, filers with $591M to $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.94; 160 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.01% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $591M to $2.67B assetstotal assets $1.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 7 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 26, 2026225 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $6.982026-10-08; market equity $1.0B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 26, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
USA TODAY Co. is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. Our mission is to inspire, inform, and connect audiences. As a media and digital marketing solutions company we are focused on sustainable growth. Through our trusted brands, including the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and our network of local properties, in the United States (the "U.S."), and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom (the "U.K."), we provide essential journalism, local content, and digital experiences to audiences and businesses.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 36.1 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 48.5% | [1-3] | 29.8% | 26.9 | 146 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 5.6% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (5.8%) | [1,4-6] | (5.0%) | 44.1 | 153 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.5 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 1.9 pts | 37.4 | 116 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 85.9 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.03% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | not computable | 3.11 | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.54x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.51x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.75x | [15-16] | 1.81x | 85.9 | 157 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 68.3 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (7.9%) | [2,7,9,11] | 0.2% | 86.4 | 133 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 14.9% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 10.7% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (8.4%) | [1,6,17-18] | 0.5% | 82.7 | 134 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (0.2%) | [19-20] | 0.05% | 35.9 | 104 | 2026-02-20 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.312; sampling error 3.8 percentile points on 124 peers.
Among 124 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | Wolverine World Wide Inc. (WWW) Wolverine World Wide Inc. (WWW) D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 83.7 NYSE · Footwear, (No Rubber) market equity $1.6B; last close $19.00 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 83.7 | D/E | |
| 105 | Unifi Inc. (UFI) Unifi Inc. (UFI) Eweakest fifth; percentile 84.6 NYSE · Textile Mill Products market equity $114.9M; last close $6.17 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 84.6 | E | |
| 106 | Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP) Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 85.8 NYSE · Malt Beverages last close $37.92 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 85.8 | E | |
| 107 | Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP-A) Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP-A) Eweakest fifth; percentile 85.8 NYSE · Malt Beverages last close $40.31 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 85.8 | E | |
| 108 | Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.0 NYSE · Poultry Slaughtering and Processing last close $52.34 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 87.0 | E | |
| 109 | USA Today Co., Inc. (TDAY) USA Today Co., Inc. (TDAY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.8 NYSE · Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing market equity $1.0B; last close $6.98 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 87.8 | E | |
| 110 | Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) Eweakest fifth; percentile 88.6 NYSE · Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products market equity $864.2M; last close $14.31 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 88.6 | E | |
| 111 | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.8 NYSE · Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing last close $49.39 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 89.8 | E | |
| 112 | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLYB) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.8 NYSE · Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing last close $49.70 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 89.8 | E | |
| 113 | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) Eweakest fifth; percentile 91.1 Nasdaq · Sugar & Confectionery Products market equity $9.9M; last close $1.03 Warnings: short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 91.1 | E | short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 114 | Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND) Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND) Eweakest fifth; percentile 91.9 Nasdaq · Food and Kindred Products market equity $132.9M; last close $7.73 Warnings: dilution, late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 91.9 | E | dilution, late filer |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 85.8 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 87.8 | 124 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 89.9 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | D | 74.8 | 124 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 124 graded peers, about 24 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 52.3% | (0.2%) | 89 | hotter than 89 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (22.6%) | (24.8%) | 56 | closer to its high than 56 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (2.3%) | 4.1% | 24 | pricier than 76 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.1% | 4.8% | 56 | pricier than 44 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.15 | 0.57 | 19 | pricier than 81 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 2.24 | 1.20 | 72 | pricier than 28 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 5.4% | (16.3%) | 82 | more equity-funded than 82 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.33 | (0.10) | 89 | ahead of 89 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $1.0B; EBIT -$42.8M; free cash flow $62.9M; book equity $153.7M; sales $2.3B; debt $950.1M; cash $86.7M[21].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 7 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
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| Return on assets above zero | 0.1% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $114.4M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | 1.3 pts | ✓ pass[4,6,17,22] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $112.6M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (2.0 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,17,23-24] |
| Current ratio improved | (2.9 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,25-26] |
| No new shares issued | (0.2%) | ✓ pass[19-20] |
| Gross margin improved | 0.3 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | (2.2 pts) | ✗ fail[2,6-7,17] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $86.7M[27] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $113.2M[5,27-31] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 64 |
| 10-Q received Aug 6, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $14.4M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 225 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $1.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $1.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $114.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.0B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.7B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.7B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.9B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.9B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $3.2B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.9B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $389.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $517.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.2B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.4B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 147,107,452 | 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 147,369,070 | 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 146,817,941 | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$26.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $884.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $1.0B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $425.9M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $545.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $86.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $54.6M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $19.3M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $71.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $55.9M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 87.8 is 7.8 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.8 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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