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GateHouse Media, Inc.

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Signs4 good2 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$517.0M$117.8M$547.8M$584.8M
Operating income$33.6M−$3.3M$42.0M−$454.5M
Net income−$21.6M−$18.0M−$26.0M−$530.1M
Total assets$510.8M$546.3M
Total liabilities$1.32B$1.34B
Equity−$804.0M−$791.0M−$753.6M
EPS (diluted)$0.11$-0.31
Shares out.58.1M58.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2012
Operating margin
6.5%
Net margin
−4.2%
Return on equity
2.7%
Return on assets
−4.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
7.6%
Liabilities / assets
257.7%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-13.84
Revenue growth (YoY)
338.7%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2012
Altman Z″ (distress)
-9.75distress
Accruals / assets
8.6%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/4weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
64
/ 100
Profitability 60Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

3 severe2 warning4 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions12 disposalsnet 998,876 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Davis Kirk AOfficer — President and COOMay 31, 2011D161$0.12
Sack Polly GrunfeldOfficer — SrVP, Secretary &amp; Gen. CounselMay 6, 2011D774$0.13
Fortress Investment Group Llc10% ownerDec 14, 2009Sell14,238$0.17
Edens Wesley RDirectorDec 14, 2009Sell14,238$0.17
Fortress Investment Group Llc10% ownerDec 10, 2009Sell8,500$0.18
Edens Wesley RDirectorDec 10, 2009Sell8,500$0.18
Fortress Investment Group Llc10% ownerDec 9, 2009Sell50,000$0.18
Edens Wesley RDirectorDec 9, 2009Sell50,000$0.18
Edens Wesley RDirectorNov 25, 2009Sell5,041$0.21
Fortress Investment Group Llc10% ownerNov 25, 2009Sell5,041$0.21
Edens Wesley RDirectorDec 2, 2009Sell818,940$0.20
Fortress Investment Group Llc10% ownerNov 17, 2009Sell23,443$0.22

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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