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According to Zyberno, USA TODAY CO., INC. (TDAY) is not a buy — WEAK BUSINESS (34/100) with a negative Margin of Safety of -100.0% and a Brina Gap of -34.6% showing the market already prices in more growth than the fundamentals support.
According to Zyberno's DCF model, USA TODAY CO., INC. (TDAY) trades at $6.34 against an estimated intrinsic value per share of $2.16 — a -100.0% Margin of Safety based on Owner Earnings of $59.52M TTM, projected at -16.5% growth for 10 years with a 2.5% terminal growth rate. The Brina Gap of -34.6% weakens the case: based on the company's ROIC (2.7%) and reinvestment rate (-412.2%), the business can fundamentally grow at -11.2% — but the current enterprise value implies the market expects 23.3%. This places TDAY in the Expensive Hype quadrant of the Brina Matrix, the most fragile combination — overvalued on cash AND overpriced on growth. Zyberno's model translates this into a 5-year expected return of -32.7% annually.
Over the trailing twelve months, TDAY generated $59.52M in Owner Earnings. Capital was deployed as follows: $2.74M returned via share buybacks, $50.85M invested in capital expenditures. Reinvestment rate: -412.2%. Owner Earnings have declined at 16.5% annually over the trailing five years using log-linear regression.