Q1 Earnings Forecast for TEGNA Issued By Barrington Research

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA) – Equities research analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of TEGNA in a report released on Wednesday, March 5th. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.66 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for TEGNA’s current full-year earnings is $3.02 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for TEGNA’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.24 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on TEGNA from $16.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Wells Fargo & Company raised TEGNA from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $21.00 to $23.00 in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and set a $22.00 price target on shares of TEGNA in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, StockNews.com cut TEGNA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $21.75.

TEGNA Price Performance

NYSE:TGNA opened at $17.80 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.60, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $18.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.07. The stock has a market cap of $2.87 billion, a PE ratio of 6.29 and a beta of 0.52. TEGNA has a 52 week low of $12.35 and a 52 week high of $19.62.

TEGNA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. TEGNA’s payout ratio is 14.12%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp purchased a new position in shares of TEGNA during the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Neo Ivy Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of TEGNA during the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in TEGNA by 80.2% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,683 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 749 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in TEGNA by 95.6% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,702 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 832 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd purchased a new position in TEGNA in the fourth quarter worth about $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.19% of the company’s stock.

TEGNA Company Profile

TEGNA Inc, a media company, provides broadcast advertising and marketing products and services for businesses. The company operates 47 television stations in 39 markets of the United States that produce local programming, such as news, sports, and entertainment. It offers local and national non-political advertising; political advertising; production of programming from third parties; production of advertising materials; and digital marketing services, as well as advertising services on the stations' Websites, tablets, and mobile products.