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The New York Times Q2 Earnings Top, Subscription Revenues Up 9.6% Y/Y
ZACKSยท 2025-08-06 16:35
Core Insights - The New York Times Company (NYT) demonstrated solid performance in Q2 2025, with adjusted earnings per share of 58 cents, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 50 cents, and total revenues of $685.9 million, which surpassed the estimate of $669 million, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 9.7% [1][11] Subscription Performance - NYT added approximately 230,000 net digital-only subscribers in the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 11.88 million, with 11.30 million being digital-only [2][5] - Digital-only average revenue per user (ARPU) rose to $9.64 from $9.34 year-over-year, driven by subscribers moving from promotional pricing to higher rate plans [3] - Subscription revenues reached $481.4 million, a 9.6% increase year-over-year, with digital-only subscription revenues increasing by 15.1% to $350.4 million [4][5] Advertising Revenues - Total advertising revenues increased by 12.4% year-over-year to $134 million, with digital advertising revenues rising 18.7% to $94.4 million, while print advertising revenues slightly declined by 0.1% to $39.6 million [6][11] - For Q3, the company anticipates a low-to-mid-single-digit increase in total advertising revenues and a low-double-digit increase in digital advertising revenues [7] Other Revenue Streams - Affiliate, licensing, and other revenues grew by 5.8% year-over-year to $70.5 million, attributed to higher Wirecutter affiliate referral revenues [8] - Adjusted operating costs rose by 6.1% to $552.1 million, with expectations of a 5-6% increase in Q3 [8] Financial Health - The company ended the quarter with cash and marketable securities totaling $951.5 million, an increase of $39.7 million from the previous quarter [14] - NYT repurchased 460,136 shares of its Class A common stock for $23.6 million, with approximately $422.2 million remaining for further repurchases [15]