Noble Financial analyst Michael Kupinski maintained a Buy rating on EW Scripps (SSP) on August 28 and set a price target of $20. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $12.39, close to its 52-week low of $11.36.
According to TipRanks.com, Kupinski has currently no stars on a ranking scale of 0-5 stars, with an average return of -5.4% and a 36.5% success rate. Kupinski covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Salem Communications Corp, Tribune Publishing Co, and 1-800 Flowers.com.
EW Scripps has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $17.
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Based on EW Scripps’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $366K. In comparison, last year the company had a net profit of $5.57 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 176 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of SSP in relation to earlier this year.
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The E.W. Scripps Co. engages in the television and newspaper publishing. It operates through the following business segments: Local Media, National Media, and Others. The Local Media segment is comprised of its local broadcast television stations and their related digital operations.
