USA TODAY (NYSE:TDAY) shareholders have earned a 33% CAGR over the last three years

Simply Wall St

Wed, February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM GMT+9 2 min read

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It might seem bad, but the worst that can happen when you buy a stock (without leverage) is that its share price goes to zero. But in contrast you can make much more than 100% if the company does well. For instance the USA TODAY Co., Inc. (NYSE:TDAY) share price is 133% higher than it was three years ago. Most would be happy with that. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 21% gain in the last three months.

Let’s take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they’ve been consistent with shareholders returns.

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To quote Buffett, ‘Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace…’ One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

USA TODAY became profitable within the last three years. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

NYSE:TDAY Earnings Per Share Growth February 11th 2026

We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. This free interactive report on USA TODAY’s earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It’s good to see that USA TODAY has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 28% in the last twelve months. That’s better than the annualised return of 2% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. ** We’ve identified 2 warning signs ** with USA TODAY (at least 1 which is potentially serious) , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.

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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges.

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