USA TODAY price to free cash flow TDAY

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2017.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.4×
10-year median: 9.0×
Against its 10-year history: 85th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 2.0× to 46.1×
Peer median: 9.0×

USA TODAY's price to free cash flow is 16.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 9.0×, higher than on 85% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.0× in Feb 2020 to 46.1× in Mar 2020.

The median for 7 publishing stocks of a similar size is 9.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.4×	13.9×	32.2×
2025	28.2×	7.7×	28.7×
2024	10.9×	5.3×	15.3×
2023	8.1×	6.3×	9.6×
2022	7.9×	6.5×	10.5×
2021	9.3×	8.2×	40.1×
2020	6.8×	2.0×	46.1×
2019	3.0×	2.9×	9.4×
2018	7.7×	7.6×	11.4×
2017	8.8×	6.6×	9.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Publishing nearest USA TODAY's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
TDAYUSA TODAY	16.4×
DLXDeluxe	5.1×
SCHLScholastic	n/m
EBFEnnis	10.0×
CMPRCIMPRESS	10.7×
ACCOACCO BRANDS	8.1×
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons	11.4×
PMTSCPI Card	4.1×
Peer median	9.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.