The New York Times Company

NYT stock score: 61/100

$68.86 · -1.01% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
61
Fundamental
61
News
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The reading

The New York Times Company (NYT) scores 61 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 80% of Communication Services stocks and 76% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 61, fundamentals 61.

Among the fundamentals, Debt to Equity at 96 and Earnings Quality (Quarterly) at 86 score highest, while Fund Ownership at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 63 and contrarian oscillators 36 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 45 to 70, and it is down 6 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NYT’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

61

Pulling it up

  • Debt to Equity96

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Quality (Quarterly)86

    Quarterly earnings quality assesses the sustainability and reliability of reported profits.

  • Earnings Quality (Annual)83

    Earnings Quality (Annual) assesses absolute profitability independent of growth, measuring whether the company is profitable, its earnings yield (earnings/market cap), profit margins, and consistency.

Holding it back

  • Fund Ownership0

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • PEG Ratio16

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Fair Value31

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

56

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Performance vs SPY95

    Performance versus SPY compares the stock's returns to the S&P 500 index.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Williams %R (14)10

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • SMA 200 Cross Up11

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly531
Daily563
Weekly562
Monthly692
Quarterly692

Composite score, last 90 days

05010061Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 67Jul 26, 2026: 67Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 70Jul 29, 2026: 57Jul 30, 2026: 55Jul 31, 2026: 45Aug 2, 2026: 53Aug 3, 2026: 59Aug 5, 2026: 55Aug 6, 2026: 55Aug 7, 2026: 56Aug 8, 2026: 56Aug 9, 2026: 56Aug 10, 2026: 56Aug 11, 2026: 56Aug 12, 2026: 56Aug 13, 2026: 56Aug 14, 2026: 58Aug 15, 2026: 56Aug 16, 2026: 57Aug 17, 2026: 57Aug 18, 2026: 57Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 58Aug 22, 2026: 57Aug 23, 2026: 57Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 59Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 58Aug 28, 2026: 58Aug 29, 2026: 58Aug 30, 2026: 58Aug 31, 2026: 58Sep 1, 2026: 59Sep 2, 2026: 59Sep 3, 2026: 57Sep 4, 2026: 58Sep 5, 2026: 58Sep 6, 2026: 58Sep 7, 2026: 58Sep 8, 2026: 60Sep 9, 2026: 57Sep 10, 2026: 57Sep 11, 2026: 57Sep 12, 2026: 57Sep 13, 2026: 57Sep 14, 2026: 61Sep 15, 2026: 63Sep 16, 2026: 63Sep 17, 2026: 61Sep 18, 2026: 61Sep 19, 2026: 61Sep 20, 2026: 60Sep 21, 2026: 61Sep 22, 2026: 57Sep 23, 2026: 54Sep 24, 2026: 56Sep 25, 2026: 57Sep 26, 2026: 58Sep 27, 2026: 58Sep 28, 2026: 56Sep 29, 2026: 55Sep 30, 2026: 56Oct 1, 2026: 56Oct 2, 2026: 55Oct 3, 2026: 55Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 57Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 57Oct 8, 2026: 59Oct 9, 2026: 59Oct 10, 2026: 59Oct 11, 2026: 59Oct 12, 2026: 59Oct 13, 2026: 60Oct 14, 2026: 59Oct 15, 2026: 61Oct 16, 2026: 60Oct 17, 2026: 60Oct 18, 2026: 60Oct 19, 2026: 60Oct 20, 2026: 61Oct 21, 2026: 61
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Key facts

Market cap
$11.1B
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Publishing
Beta
0.92
Risk grade (1–10)
7
Next earnings
Nov 4, 2026

Publishing peers

CompanyMarket capScore
PSO Pearson$10.9B57
WLY John Wiley & Sons$2.6B64

Questions

What is NYT's stock score today?

NYT scores 61/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 61, fundamental 61. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is NYT a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 61 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the NYT score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Communication Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.