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title: "Weekly Recap | New York Times -1.77%, most brokers rate it buy"
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description: "New York Times (NYT) fell 1.77% this week to close at $62.70, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.27%, leaving the stock about 1.5 percentage points behind the benchmark. The week shaped up as a failed breakout. Monday peaked at $64.795 before selling off to $62.32 on Tuesday; Wednesday and Thursday held above $63, but Friday saw a sharp drop to $58.95 before settling at $62.70, with a 9.16% intraweek range."
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# Weekly Recap | New York Times -1.77%, most brokers rate it buy

## The Week

New York Times (NYT) fell 1.77% this week to close at $62.70, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.27%, leaving the stock about 1.5 percentage points behind the benchmark. The week shaped up as a failed breakout. Monday peaked at $64.795 before selling off to $62.32 on Tuesday; Wednesday and Thursday held above $63, but Friday saw a sharp drop to $58.95 before settling at $62.70, with a 9.16% intraweek range.

## Key Events

The week was anchored by copyright dispute news: media outlets asked the court to give little weight to the DOJ’s support for OpenAI, with NYT among the lead plaintiffs in ongoing AI-related litigation. Two broader items on AI testing and niche-market volatility did not touch NYT’s operations directly. On Friday the company named Allison Benedikt deputy director of development for Shows, a content-team appointment.

## Analyst Ratings

Among 10 brokers covering the stock, 6 rate it buy, 1 rate it overweight, and 3 rate it hold, with no underweight or sell. A separate aggregation shows 6 strong buy, 1 buy, and 3 hold. The consensus rating is buy, with a mean target of $78.56, roughly 25.3% above spot; targets range from $63 to $90, showing wide dispersion. Within the media sector, the stock ranks 17th out of 60 in analyst coverage.

## The Week Ahead

There is no NYT earnings date on the calendar for the coming week. Macro data dominate: the S&P Global services PMI final and ISM non-manufacturing PMI land on Monday, with the latter at prior 55.4 and consensus 55; Tuesday brings international trade balance, prior -$88.6bn versus consensus -$102bn. These prints matter indirectly for advertising- and subscription-driven media demand.

## In Short

The setup is a tension between constructive sell-side views and a rich valuation: consensus stays at buy and the target sits well above spot, yet the stock trades near 25.7x earnings and 4.9x book, while the latest session showed large-lot money leaning net seller. Going forward, the services PMI and trade data will test demand resilience, alongside legal headlines and the new content appointment.

*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.*

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