profit from every €100 of sales.
€0€100
RCS MediaGroup
€0.82-3.40% today
-14.1% since Dec 21, 25
1-year low €0.801-year high €1.01
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay €7.78 for every €1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What RCS MediaGroup sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from €845 million in 2022 to €788 million in 2025, with €54.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
RCS MediaGroup handed back 50% of the cash it generated last year.
€36M
Free cash flow 2025€73M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends€36M
Cash vs. debt€45M vs. €147M
RCS MediaGroup vs. similar companies
RCS MediaGroup grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from €100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per €1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| RCS MediaGroup | 7.8× · Cheap | ||
 Informa | 1,096.5× · Very expensive | ||
 The New York Times | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Pearson | 23.7× · Fair price | ||
 Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media | 13.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads RCS MediaGroup's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 845 | 828 | 819 | 788 | |
| 347 | 359 | 371 | 364 | |
| 65 | 84 | 98 | 91 | |
| 117 | 138 | 142 | 134 | |
| 50 | 57 | 62 | 55 | |
| 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| 41.0% | 43.3% | 45.3% | 46.1% | |
| 7.7% | 10.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% | |
| 5.9% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 7.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,047 | 1,005 | 1,060 | 1,002 |
| Cash | 24 | 18 | 58 | 45 |
| Total debt | 143 | 171 | 185 | 147 |
| Total liabilities | 655 | 588 | 616 | 539 |
| 390 | 415 | 441 | 460 | |
| 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | |
| 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% | |
| 12.8% | 13.7% | 14.0% | 11.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of EUR | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 93 | 116 | 97 | |
| 80 | 23 | 21 | 24 | |
| 13 | 70 | 95 | 73 | |
| Dividends paid | 31 | 31 | 36 | 36 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.8×
- –
- 4.02
- 1.1×
- 0.5×
- 5.8×
- 4.0×
- 17.2%
- 12.9%
- 8.5%
Profitability
- 46.1%
- 11.6%
- 7.0%
- –
- 10.2%
- 10.3%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −2.3%
- +1.9%
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 0.8×
- 0.32
- –
- 19.3×
- 0.98
- –
- –
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 33%of 436
Bottom 46%of 438
Top 11%of 347
Bottom 15%of 440
Top 10%of 440
8.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$85a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
66.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 49.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
71Pass
Benjamin Graham
81Pass
Philip Fisher
51No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
59No pass
Charlie Munger
45No pass
Terry Smith
41No pass
Questions about RCS MediaGroup
Is RCS MediaGroup a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the RCS MediaGroup AI analysis
What does RCS MediaGroup do?
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. operates as a multimedia publishing company in Italy, Spain, and internationally. It is in Publishing, based in Milan, MI, Italy, with 2,895 employees.
Does RCS MediaGroup pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.5% a year, about 66% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out €36.3 million in dividends.
Is RCS MediaGroup stock halal?
No. RCS MediaGroup does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 34% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are RCS MediaGroup's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Informa, The New York Times, Pearson and Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with RCS MediaGroup's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.