Why Gannett Shares Are Sliding Today


27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


  • Gannett Co Inc (NYSE:GCI) reported a first-quarter FY23 sales decline of 10.6% year-on-year to $668.92 million, missing the consensus of $681.30 million.
  • The media and marketing solutions company reported an adjusted EPS of $0.04, beating the consensus of $(0.06) loss.
  • Declines in digital media year-over-year on a same-store basis and overall weakness across major segments weighed on Q1 results.
  • Advertising and marketing services revenues decreased 9.1% to $340.85 million; Circulation revenues declined 16.4% to $241.29 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA totaled $62.9 million (-2% Y/Y) with a margin of 9.4%.
  • As of March 31, 2023, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $83.1 million.
  • In Q1, the company made measurable progress in debt reduction, having repaid $37 million. The total principal amount of debt outstanding as of March 31, 2023, was $1.23 billion.
  • "We believe our trends are improving, our digital growth businesses remain strong, our first lien net leverage declined and is on track to achieve our year-end target of less than 2x, and we continue to optimize our capital structure," said Chief Executive Officer Michael Reed.
  • Outlook: Gannett reiterated its FY23 sales guidance of $2.75 billion-$2.80 billion versus the consensus of $2.77 billion.
  • The company raised its 2023 outlook for net income (loss) to be $(15) million-$15 million (prior view $(20) million-$10 million).
  • Price Action: GCI shares are trading lower by 14.3% at $1.6950 on the last check Thursday.

27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


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