Publishing
12 companies across the library’s three pools, one row each. The columns are the line items this kind of business is read on; each header names its basis, and the margins and returns are medians over each company’s readable record — the through-cycle level, never one year’s print. Rows open largest first by latest-year revenue, and every column sorts both ways — the re-ordering is the reader’s own act, and a sorted view keeps its order in the address bar. The company stays in view as the columns scroll. A dash is a figure that could not be read; n/a is one that does not apply to that member; both sit at the back of a sorted column.
From the latest filings · data as of July 9, 2026.
As a group: median revenue $1.9B; median gross margin 48.4%; median operating margin 3.4%; median owner earnings $209M; median return on invested capital 4.5%; 6 of 12 hold net cash. Medians of this table’s own columns, over the members each applies to · data as of July 9, 2026.
| latest fiscal year, USD | median over the record | median over the record | op. cash − maintenance capex · latest FY, USD | after tax · median over the record | debt − cash & ST investments · latest FY, USD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS | News Corporation | Publishing | $8.5B | — | 2.8% | $571M | 1.6% | +$441M cash | |
| NWSA | News Corp | Publishing | $8.5B | — | 2.8% | $571M | 1.6% | +$441M cash | |
| PSO | Pearson Plc | Publishing | $4.8B | 51.0% | 10.0% | $798M | 7.6% | $1.5B | |
| NYT | New York Times Company (The) | Publishing | $2.8B | 45.8% | 10.5% | $551M | 14.4% | +$211M cash | |
| TDAY | USA TODAY Co. Inc. | Publishing | $2.3B | 40.3% | 2.5% | $63M | -1.9% | $864M | |
| MH | McGraw Hill Inc. | Publishing | $2.1B | — | 13.2% | $246M | 7.3% | $2.3B | |
| 9468 | Kadokawa | Publishing | $1.7B | 34.2% | 4.1% | $4M | 7.5% | +$497M cash | |
| WLY | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Publishing | $1.7B | 69.0% | 10.5% | $209M | 8.9% | $608M | |
| WLYB | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Publishing | $1.7B | 69.0% | 10.5% | $209M | 8.9% | $608M | |
| SCHL | Scholastic Corporation | Publishing | $1.6B | 53.4% | 1.5% | $72M | 1.6% | $133M | |
| WBTN | WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. | Publishing | $1.4B | 23.3% | -7.5% | $4M | -8.5% | +$582M cash | |
| DJCO | Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) | Publishing | $88M | — | -2.6% | $13M | -1.1% | +$514M cash |
Every figure is recomputed from the company’s own SEC or EDINET filings, the same way as on its page; the columns name facts, weigh nothing, and form no rank. Foreign filers are stated in US dollars at the dated reference rate (as of 2026-07-17) so each money column sorts on one basis; their own pages keep the records as filed. A foreign filer whose conversion terms are missing shows its money as filed and sorts to the back of the column — never a guessed conversion. Ratios and margins are currency-free.