News Corporation NWS SPX

Communication Services · Entertainment · United States

News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses. It operates through five segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts under the MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy brands. It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children's, and religious books; and operates Storyful, a social media content agency, as well as sports radio network and news channels. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally. News Corporation was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$16.27B

Current Price

$29.82

High / Low (52W)

$34.93 / $25.56

Beta

0.90

Valuation

Stock P/E

37.75

Industry PE

23.46

Forward P/E

23.10

PEG Ratio

3.53

Book Value

$15.60

Price to Book

1.91

P/S

1.85

EV/EBITDA

14.20

Dividend Yield

0.67%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

7.41%

ROE

6.52%

ROA

4.11%

Profit Margin

12.92%

Op Margin

10.11%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.16

EPS (TTM)

$0.79

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.32

Quick Ratio

1.48

Current Ratio

1.70

Debt

$2.93B

Total Assets

$15.50B

Current Assets

$4.81B

Working Capital

$2.20B

Ownership

Promoter Holding

34.84%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

51.43%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$17.77B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$8.80B

EBITDA

$1.25B

Free Cash Flow

$1.74B

Operating Cash Flow

$997.00M

Shares Outstanding

182.03M

Gross Margin

57.17%

Payout Ratio

25.32%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-6.63%

Profit 5Y

23.73%

Revenue (YoY)

8.80%

Earnings (YoY)

-10.40%

PROS

Profit CAGR of 23.7% over 5 years.
Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

Revenue declined at -6.6% CAGR over 5 years.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Communication Services).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	NWS News Corporation SPX	29.82	37.75	$16.27B	0.67%	7.41%	6.52%	-6.63%	23.73%
2	GOOGL Alphabet Inc. NDXSPXAI	380.34	28.99	$4.61T	0.23%	32.40%	38.88%	12.51%	30.14%
3	META Meta Platforms, Inc. NDXSPXAI	632.51	22.99	$1.61T	0.33%	26.87%	32.93%	19.89%	37.61%
4	NFLX Netflix, Inc. NDXSPXAI	86.02	27.75	$362.21B	-	30.26%	48.49%	12.64%	34.71%
5	APP AppLovin Corporation NDXSPXAI	613.09	53.17	$205.96B	-	70.20%	-	24.84%	609.87%
6	TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. NDXSPX	187.53	19.93	$202.95B	2.18%	9.27%	18.02%	3.53%	61.90%
7	VZ Verizon Communications Inc. SPX	47.81	11.66	$199.63B	5.92%	8.59%	17.20%	0.33%	-6.86%
8	DIS The Walt Disney Company SPX	101.83	16.29	$176.83B	1.47%	8.46%	11.01%	4.51%	58.00%
9	T AT&T Inc. SPX	24.80	8.16	$172.32B	4.48%	9.23%	18.37%	1.34%	119.18%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.06B	2.18B	2.09B	-	2.52B	2.63B	2.46B	-	2.34B	2.48B	2.27B	-	2.12B	2.41B	2.33B	2.50B	2.72B	2.49B	2.48B	2.52B	2.45B	2.50B	2.13B	1.99B	-	-	-	2.01B	2.11B	2.14B	2.36B	2.19B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.83B	1.91B	1.92B	1.96B	1.96B
Operating Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	176.00M	202.00M	223.00M	403.00M	221.00M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	290.00M	322.00M	340.00M	521.00M	343.00M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.00M	3.00M	-	-	-	-	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151.00M	132.00M	212.00M	367.00M	189.00M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44.00M	46.00M	62.00M	125.00M	68.00M
Net Income	175.00M	63.00M	-149.00M	90.00M	-15.00M	-289.00M	-5.00M	-429.00M	68.00M	-83.00M	-1.13B	-371.00M	101.00M	95.00M	10.00M	-51.00M	-227.00M	85.00M	-730.00M	-397.00M	34.00M	231.00M	79.00M	196.00M	235.00M	82.00M	40.00M	67.00M	50.00M	30.00M	156.00M	30.00M	50.00M	-	-	103.00M	743.00M	112.00M	193.00M	89.00M
Diluted EPS	0.30	0.11	-0.26	0.15	-0.03	-0.50	-0.01	-0.74	0.12	-0.14	-	-	0.17	0.16	-	-	-0.39	0.14	-1.24	-0.67	0.06	0.39	0.13	0.33	0.40	0.14	0.07	0.12	0.09	0.05	0.27	0.05	0.09	-	-	0.18	1.31	0.20	0.34	0.16

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2012	Jun 2013	Jun 2014	Jun 2015	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	Jun 2018	Jun 2019	Jun 2020	Jun 2021	Jun 2022	Jun 2023	Jun 2024	Jun 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	8.29B	8.14B	9.02B	10.07B	9.01B	-	10.38B	8.01B	8.25B	8.45B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.40B	7.34B	7.45B	7.50B
Operating Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	981.00M	674.00M	801.00M	956.00M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.60B	1.09B	1.24B	1.42B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.00M	99.00M	100.00M	85.00M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	812.00M	380.00M	585.00M	923.00M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52.00M	152.00M	206.00M	275.00M
Net Income	-2.08B	506.00M	239.00M	-147.00M	179.00M	-738.00M	-1.51B	155.00M	-1.27B	-	623.00M	149.00M	266.00M	1.18B
Diluted EPS	-3.58	0.87	0.41	-0.26	-	-1.27	-2.60	0.26	-2.16	-	1.05	0.26	0.46	2.07

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-6.63%
1 Year:	8.80%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	23.73%
1 Year:	-10.40%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-8.24%
6 Months:	+2.99%
3 Months:	+11.76%
1 Month:	-1.42%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2011	Jun 2012	Jun 2013	Jun 2014	Jun 2015	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	Jun 2018	Jun 2019	Jun 2020	Jun 2021	Jun 2022	Jun 2023	Jun 2024	Jun 2025
Total Assets	-	-	15.64B	16.49B	15.04B	15.48B	14.55B	16.35B	15.71B	14.26B	-	17.22B	16.92B	16.68B	15.50B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.09B	4.05B	4.37B	4.81B
Cash & Equivalents	2.02B	1.13B	2.38B	3.15B	1.95B	1.83B	2.02B	2.03B	1.64B	1.52B	-	1.82B	1.83B	1.87B	2.40B
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	311.00M	311.00M	266.00M	327.00M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.50B	1.43B	1.42B	1.56B
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.08B	7.98B	7.67B	6.12B
Current Liabilities	-	-	2.17B	2.26B	2.11B	2.44B	2.45B	3.29B	3.34B	2.68B	-	3.52B	3.17B	3.06B	2.61B
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	0	369.00M	276.00M	1.49B	1.00B	1.18B	-	2.74B	2.92B	2.09B	1.79B
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.16B	4.21B	3.10B	2.94B
Total Equity	-	-	12.56B	13.24B	11.95B	11.56B	10.79B	9.29B	9.14B	7.58B	-	8.22B	8.06B	8.12B	8.77B
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	690.17M	677.76M	674.89M	671.18M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2012	Jun 2013	Jun 2014	Jun 2015	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	Jun 2018	Jun 2019	Jun 2020	Jun 2021	Jun 2022	Jun 2023	Jun 2024	Jun 2025
Operating Cash Flow	-	-	-	831.00M	878.00M	494.00M	757.00M	928.00M	780.00M	-	1.35B	777.00M	897.00M	978.00M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-1.74B	-1.11B	-420.00M	-321.00M	-677.00M	-427.00M	-	-2.08B	-423.00M	-410.00M	-406.00M
Financing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-190.00M	150.00M	-217.00M	-398.00M	-610.00M	-472.00M	-	404.00M	-525.00M	-483.00M	-524.00M
Capital Expenditure	-375.00M	-332.00M	-358.00M	-308.00M	-256.00M	-256.00M	-364.00M	-572.00M	-438.00M	-	-499.00M	-347.00M	-357.00M	-407.00M
Free Cash Flow	-	-	-	523.00M	622.00M	238.00M	393.00M	356.00M	342.00M	-	855.00M	430.00M	540.00M	571.00M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-318.00M	-56.00M	45.00M	418.00M
Share Buybacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	179.00M	243.00M	117.00M	150.00M
Dividends Paid	13.00M	20.00M	24.00M	30.00M	147.00M	152.00M	158.00M	161.00M	158.00M	163.00M	175.00M	174.00M	172.00M	185.00M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Jun 2012	Jun 2013	Jun 2014	Jun 2015	Jun 2016	Jun 2017	Jun 2018	Jun 2019	Jun 2020	Jun 2021	Jun 2022	Jun 2023	Jun 2024	Jun 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.4%	8.4%	9.7%	11.3%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	2.2%	-9.1%	-16.8%	1.5%	-14.1%	-	6.0%	1.9%	3.2%	14.0%
ROE %	-	4.0%	1.8%	-1.2%	1.5%	-6.8%	-16.3%	1.7%	-16.7%	-	7.6%	1.8%	3.3%	13.4%
ROCE %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.2%	4.9%	5.9%	7.4%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

34.84%

Institutions

51.43%

Public Float

78.93%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	State Street Corporation	6.41%	11.69M	$348.71M
2	SOF Ltd	5.36%	9.78M	$291.70M
3	Independent Franchise Partners, LLP	4.99%	9.11M	$271.71M
4	Blackrock Inc.	4.10%	7.49M	$223.46M
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	3.33%	6.08M	$181.35M
6	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	2.91%	5.31M	$158.30M
7	L1 Capital Pty Ltd	2.32%	4.23M	$126.29M
8	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.13%	3.88M	$115.79M
9	Starboard Value LP	1.42%	2.59M	$77.21M
10	Perpetual Ltd.	1.36%	2.49M	$74.19M

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