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Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 2711 · 5 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$534M
Operating cash flow$1.9B
Capex / cash flow28%
Capex / revenue3.6%
Top 3 share100%

Analysis

5 companies in Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing (SIC 2711) spent $534M on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 28% of the $1.9B their operations generated; the three largest spenders — NWSA, TDAY, NYT — account for 100%.

Capital spending is 3.6% of the industry's $15.0B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to software (61%); about $116M is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is software publishers ($110M).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals ($944M), employment services ($672M), advertising, public relations, and related services ($359M).

Charts

Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsNWSA$447MTDAY$53.8MNYT$33.0MLEE$411KDJCO$159K
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: what the capital spending buys (US part)Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: what the capital spending buys (US part)Other$48.8MStructures$72.8MEquipment$42.3MSoftware$252M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: the industries that build and sell what it buysNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: the industries that build and sell what it buysSoftware publishers$110MComputer systems design services$73.2MCustom computer programming servi…$56.7MOffice and commercial structures$46.8MPower and communication structures$24.8MData processing, hosting, and rel…$8.2MElectronic computer manufacturing$7.9MOther communications equipment ma…$6.4MOther industrial machinery manufa…$6.0MManagement of companies and enter…$5.1M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: its first-tier supplying industriesNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: its first-tier supplying industriesInternet publishing and broadcast…$944MEmployment services$672MAdvertising, public relations, an…$359MPrinting$321MWired telecommunications carriers$308MOther real estate$287MImports$254MLegal services$229MManagement consulting services$220MCommercial and industrial machine…$205M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Operating cash flow$1.9BBuybacks−$941MCapital spending−$534MCash drawn from the balance s…$457MDividends−$352MOther investing (out)−$206MNet debt repaid−$139MOther financing (out)−$110MAcquisitions−$81.0MCash added to the balance she…−$57.4MTaxes paid on employees' shar…−$55.7MOther financing (in)$45.3MExchange-rate gains on cash$28.0MOther investing (in)$25.3M
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
NWSA News$447M$1.2B38%TTM to Q1 FY27
TDAY USA Today$53.8M$115M47%TTM to Q3 2026
NYT New York Times$33.0M$626M5%TTM to Q3 2026
LEE LEE Enterprises$411K−$167K—TTM to Q3 FY26
DJCO Daily Journal$159K$17.4M1%TTM to Q3 FY26

Customers and suppliers named in annual reports

SupplierCustomerShare of supplier revenueEvidenceSource
AMZNNWSA—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.