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TDAY Stock Forecast: USA TODAY Co., Inc. Price Predictions for 2026-2027

Last close, 24 Aug 2026
$6.41
−0.93% on the day

The 6 Wall Street analysts covering USA TODAY Co., Inc. hold a median 12-month price target of $10 — +56.0% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 88 of 100 as at 22 Aug 2026 — inside the top quartile. Here, the model and the Street point the same way.

Market cap
$949.9M
Ticker Nerd rank
88 / 100
Median analyst target
$10
Analysts covering
6
Revenue$536.3M−8.3% y/y
Operating income$22.6M
Net income$9.1M
Free cash flow$19.6M
Quarterly, 7 quarters to 30 June 2026 · latest quarter's figure shown
Total return, dividends reinvested
1W
−10.6%
1M
−23.7%
YTD
+24.5%
From high
−29.0%
From low
+45.4%
$4.41
$9.03
Range since 10 Nov 2025, adjusted closes · the dot is the last close
Ticker Nerd rank

TDAY stock analysis: one number for the whole business

Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores USA TODAY Co., Inc. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.

Where the model ranks itAs at 22 Aug 2026
88 / 100

Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested

Accruals
94
Issuance
91
Momentum
85
Value
71
Quality
67
Revisions
50
Growth
49
Volatility
48
Size
46

Accruals (94): Reported profit is backed by cash, and the company is not expanding recklessly.

Volatility (48): The share price moves around a lot.

Size (46): Larger than most of the companies we track — more scrutinised, less often mispriced.

Built and run by Aslam Ghouse, an ex-Goldman Sachs quant trader with fourteen years in markets.

Wall Street

TDAY stock forecast 2026-2027: analyst price targets & predictions

The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on TDAY, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.

Share price and the analyst range, since 10 Nov 2025Adjusted close, US dollars
$4.00$5.00$6.00$7.00$8.00$9.00$10.00Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26TDAYHigh $10Median $10Low $5

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Data provided by Twelve Data

What Wall Street says6 analysts
4 Buy1 Hold1 Sell
Low $5Median $10High $10

The green dot is the last close — the median target sits +56.0% from it.

Recent analyst actionsNewest first
DateFirmActionRatingTarget
7 Aug 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy$10
14 July 2026CitizensMaintainsMarket Outperform$8.00 → $10
14 July 2026CitizensMaintainsMarket Outperform—
5 June 2026CitigroupMaintainsNeutral—
4 June 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy—
27 Feb 2026CitizensMaintainsMarket Outperform—
12 Feb 2026RosenblattInitiatesBuy—
12 Nov 2025CitigroupMaintainsNeutral—

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Market Radar

This page is one stock. Monday covers all of them.

Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.

Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks, the factor behind each one, and where the market went. TDAY appears on the weeks it earns a place.

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Performance

TDAY vs the S&P 500

Both lines are total return — dividends reinvested — so the comparison is honest on both sides.

TDAY vs S&P 500, last 12 monthsTotal return, rebased to 100
80100120140160180Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26TDAYS&P 500

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Data provided by Twelve Data

Estimates

TDAY analyst estimate revisions

Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.

Which way the estimates are movingNext fiscal year
EPS revision, 90 days
−3.5%
Analysts raising
0
Analysts cutting
1
Fundamentals

USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) financial data

A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.

Valuation
Trailing P/E
48.1×

Cheaper than 15% of US stocks

Price / sales
0.4×

Cheaper than 85% of US stocks

Price / book
6.6×

Cheaper than 16% of US stocks

EV / EBITDA
6.8×

Cheaper than 49% of US stocks

Growth & margins
Revenue growth (YoY)
−8.3%

Higher than 17% of US stocks

Earnings growth (YoY)
−88.4%

Higher than 3% of US stocks

Gross margin
38.8%

Higher than 49% of US stocks

Operating margin
4.2%

Higher than 53% of US stocks

Net margin
−1.8%

Higher than 28% of US stocks

Returns & dividend
Return on equity
−20.7%

Higher than 31% of US stocks

Return on assets
4.8%

Higher than 75% of US stocks

Dividend yield
23.5%

Higher than 95% of US dividend payers

Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.

Key statistics

USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) statistics: revenue, profit & scale

The headline figures, each with its date. Every row carries its own link — cite it straight from here.

  • USA TODAY Co., Inc. has a market value of $949.9M and an enterprise value of $2.0B.

  • Revenue in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $2.2B. The latest quarter shrank 8.3% year on year.

  • Net income over the same four quarters: −$40.3M, a −1.8% net margin.

  • Diluted earnings per share, trailing twelve months: $−0.30.

  • Free cash flow in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $61.6M.

  • Shares outstanding: 146.8M.

  • Trailing P/E: 48.1×; forward P/E: 21.6× — the forward figure prices analyst consensus estimates, not reported earnings.

  • Forward dividend yield: 23.49%, paying out 0% of earnings.

  • USA TODAY Co., Inc. employs 9,500 people — $235K of revenue per employee.

Statement figures: company filings via Twelve Data, four quarters to 30 June 2026 · market figures as at 25 Aug 2026

Data provided by Twelve Data

Peers

TDAY vs competitors

The nearest names by industry and size, scored by the same model — like for like.

Its peer group, ranked by the same modelPublishing
CompanyMarket capTKN rank
TDAYUSA TODAY Co., Inc.$949.9M
88
SCHLScholastic Corp.$757.1M
81
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.$2.6B
95
LEELee Enterprises, Inc.$181.9M
44
NYTThe New York Times Co.$10.7B
90
TBLATaboola.com Ltd.*$974.7M
94
PLTKPlaytika Holding Corp.*$891.3M
75

* Nearest Communication Services names by size — few publishing companies of this scale trade in the US universe.

Look up any of the roughly 4,600 stocks we score.

The rank is the raw material. Whether the rules would actually own USA TODAY Co., Inc. — and when they’d sell — is the membership. See the Ticker Nerd 20 →

News

Latest TDAY news & analysis

Golfweek and REMAX Announce Strategic Golf Real Estate Alliance

Business Wire · 14 Aug 2026positive

Golfweek, USA TODAY Co.'s (NYSE: TDAY) digital golf publication, announced a strategic alliance with REMAX (NYSE: RMAX) to launch Golf Real Estate, a dedicated golf course real estate and lifestyles destination. The collaboration will give Golfweek's 2 million monthly users free access to a golf real estate and lifestyle platform powered by REMAX Golf Lifestyles and the Golfweek editorial team.

Why it matters — A TDAY watcher would care because the alliance expands Golfweek's offerings to a new golf real estate and lifestyle destination, potentially broadening its audience and digital content reach within USA TODAY Co.'s portfolio.

USA Today: Turnaround Stalls, Litigation Option Gains Value

Seeking Alpha · 13 Aug 2026negative

The article assesses USA Today's (TDAY) bull thesis, noting that the business turnaround remains weak as digital advertising and marketing decline, while subscription growth is driven mainly by higher average revenue per user. AI and licensing are cited as potential growth drivers but remain small and unpredictable, making a near-term operating inflection unlikely; the litigation option gains increased relative value.

Why it matters — A TDAY watcher would care because the piece suggests the core turnaround is stalling and that value increasingly rests on the Google antitrust lawsuit rather than underlying operations.

USA TODAY Sports Launches New Fantasy Platform

Business Wire · 11 Aug 2026positive

USA TODAY Sports has launched USA TODAY Sports Fantasy, a new fantasy subscription platform that offers expert insights, advanced projections, and decision-support tools for NFL fantasy managers, integrated within the broader USA TODAY Sports ecosystem.

Why it matters — The new subscription platform represents a potential new revenue stream and deeper engagement opportunity for TDAY by monetizing its sports content within the growing fantasy sports market.

USA Today Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

MarketBeat · 9 Aug 2026negative

USA Today (NYSE: TDAY) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $536.3 million, down 8.3% from a year earlier. The decline was driven by lower digital advertising revenue and quarter-to-quarter variability in content licensing, partially offset by gains in digital-only subscriptions and other digital revenue streams.

Why it matters — TDAY watchers would care because the decline in core digital advertising revenue signals ongoing pressure on the company's largest revenue source even as subscription growth partially offsets it.

USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha · 6 Aug 2026neutral

The Q2 2026 earnings call transcript for USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) was published on Seeking Alpha. The transcript documents the company's second-quarter 2026 earnings call.

Why it matters — TDAY watchers can review the transcript for details on the company's Q2 2026 performance and management commentary.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about TDAY stock

What is the TDAY stock price forecast for 2026-2027?

The 6 Wall Street analysts covering USA TODAY Co., Inc. have a median 12-month price target of $10, with estimates ranging from $5 to $10. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Is TDAY stock a buy right now?

Of the 6 analysts covering USA TODAY Co., Inc., 4 rate it a Buy, 1 a Hold and 1 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks USA TODAY Co., Inc. 88 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 22 Aug 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.

How does Ticker Nerd's model rank TDAY?

As at 22 Aug 2026, USA TODAY Co., Inc. ranks 88 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Accruals (94 of 100).

Will TDAY stock go up?

No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 6 analysts implies +56.0% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks USA TODAY Co., Inc. 88 out of 100 as at 22 Aug 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.

What is the TDAY stock forecast for 2030?

No analyst covering USA TODAY Co., Inc. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for TDAY are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $5 to $10 over the next 12 months.

What does USA TODAY Co., Inc. do?

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is a prominent American media and digital marketing solutions company that operates across several key segments, including Domestic Gannett Media, Newsquest, and Digital Marketing Solutions.

What is the latest news on TDAY?

The most recent item we track (Business Wire, 14 Aug 2026): "Golfweek and REMAX Announce Strategic Golf Real Estate Alliance". Golfweek, USA TODAY Co.'s (NYSE: TDAY) digital golf publication, announced a strategic alliance with REMAX (NYSE: RMAX) to launch Golf Real Estate, a dedicated golf course real estate and lifestyles destination. The collaboration will give Golfweek's 2 million monthly users free access to a golf real estate and lifestyle platform powered by REMAX Golf Lifestyles and the Golfweek editorial team.

Company

About USA TODAY Co., Inc.

USA TODAY Co., Inc. is a prominent American media and digital marketing solutions company that operates across several key segments, including Domestic Gannett Media, Newsquest, and Digital Marketing Solutions. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of print products such as subscription-based home delivery, single-copy sales, and various niche publications. It also provides extensive digital content through its digital-only subscriptions encompassing local media brands, the USA TODAY NETWORK community events platform, magazines, sports, games, and e-newspapers. Beyond content, USA TODAY Co. delivers digital advertising and marketing services under the LocaliQ brand and operates a cloud-based platform for marketing automation, AI-driven advertising optimization, and customizable reporting. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as New Media Investment Group Inc., it underwent rebranding to USA TODAY Co. in recent years to reflect its flagship brand. Headquartered in New York, the company plays a significant role in the evolution of news media and digital marketing in the United States.

CEO Mr. Michael E. Reed · 9,500 employees · United States · https://www.usatodayco.com