VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al lifted its stake in The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT – Free Report) by 17.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 71,825 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,700 shares during the quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al’s holdings in New York Times were worth $4,575,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of New York Times by 16.9% in the third quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $631,000 after buying an additional 1,429 shares during the period. VestGen Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of New York Times in the third quarter worth approximately $250,000. Convergence Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of New York Times during the third quarter valued at approximately $674,000. Steinberganna Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of New York Times by 48.8% during the third quarter. Steinberganna Wealth Management now owns 5,767 shares of the company’s stock valued at $367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,892 shares during the period. Finally, Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its position in shares of New York Times by 49.5% in the 3rd quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 19,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,250,000 after acquiring an additional 6,498 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.37% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting New York Times
Here are the key news stories impacting New York Times this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Extensive coverage of the 2026 midterm elections—including polling, Senate races, campaign spending and live updates—could support traffic, digital subscriptions and advertising demand during a high-interest news cycle. The Final Polls Show a Blue Surge. Can We Trust Them?
- Positive Sentiment: The Athletic’s extensive NFL, college football, WNBA and Formula 1 coverage reinforces the breadth of NYT’s subscription content portfolio and could help retain sports subscribers. Eagles vs. Commanders live score and updates
- Neutral Sentiment: Stories spanning Halloween, public safety, politics, international affairs, culture and markets demonstrate strong audience breadth, but the articles provide no new information on NYT revenue, subscriber growth, margins or management strategy. After Tech Sell-Off, Investors Brace for More Market Volatility
- Negative Sentiment: Renewed market volatility after the technology sell-off could pressure media and growth-stock valuations, potentially offsetting any benefit from elevated news consumption. This is a sector and market risk rather than a fundamental development at NYT. After Tech Sell-Off, Investors Brace for More Market Volatility
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
NYT has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group set a $82.00 price objective on shares of New York Times in a research note on Tuesday, September 15th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of New York Times from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. Guggenheim raised shares of New York Times from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $70.00 to $82.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 15th. Barclays reduced their target price on New York Times from $66.00 to $63.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Zacks Research cut New York Times from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, New York Times presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $82.70.
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New York Times Price Performance
NYSE:NYT opened at $70.20 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $11.32 billion, a PE ratio of 29.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.93. The New York Times Company has a fifty-two week low of $56.48 and a fifty-two week high of $87.10. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $67.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is $73.34.
New York Times (NYSE:NYT – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $762.46 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $752.01 million. New York Times had a net margin of 13.19% and a return on equity of 22.64%. The firm’s revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.58 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that The New York Times Company will post 2.83 earnings per share for the current year.
New York Times Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 7th were paid a $0.23 dividend. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 7th. New York Times’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.33%.
New York Times Company Profile
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a media and technology company best known for publishing The New York Times, a daily newspaper founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. The company produces journalism across national and international news, business, politics, culture, science, sports and other topics through print and digital platforms.
In addition to its core news operation, the company offers a range of subscription products and digital services, including NYT Cooking, Games, Audio and The Athletic, a subscription-based sports media platform.
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