Best Newspaper Publishing Stocks by Growth Stability
5 Newspaper Publishing stocks ranked by Steady Score — the proprietary growth stability rating based on 10 years of financial data.
Data as of 2026-08-01
Top stock: NEW YORK TIMES CO (NYT) with Steady Score 76.82.
This industry publishes news, spanning a national paper that built a large digital subscription business (The New York Times), a national news and media conglomerate (News Corp), regional and local newspaper chains (Lee Enterprises), a niche legal-and-business publisher (Daily Journal), and a newer digital-first national outlet (USA Today).
Print advertising and circulation have been in secular decline for two decades, so growth consistency in this industry depends almost entirely on how far a publisher has shifted its revenue to digital subscriptions and digital advertising. A publisher that completed that transition looks structurally different from one still leaning on print, even though both share the same industry classification.
- Stocks
- 5
- Avg Steady Score
- 49.8
- High stability (score ≥ 75)
- 1
- Avg Revenue CAGR
- +5.1%
Of the 5 Newspaper Publishing stocks, 1 (20%) have high growth stability (Steady Score ≥ 75). The industry average Steady Score is 49.8, with average annualized revenue growth of +5.1% and earnings growth of +40.7%.
| Rank | Name | Steady Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW YORK TIMES CO | 76.82 |
| 2 | NEWS CORP | 54.09 |
| 3 | DAILY JOURNAL CORP | 50.48 |
| 4 | USA TODAY Co., Inc. | 40.78 |
| 5 | LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc | 26.73 |