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Fox Corporation FOX
$55.89 +1.77% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $24.51B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +40.3%).
- The diluted share count fell 5.5% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.82, down 22.2% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 15%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 9%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginTop 10%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 21%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
- Interest coverTop 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 50%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 44%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 25%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 32%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 38%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.6% | 5.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -5.7% | -22.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 49.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 24.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 18.4% | 8.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.1% | 0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -22.2% | -5.7% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 33.1% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 24.5% | 19.8% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 13.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.6% | 18.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.0% | — | Top 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.7% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.17×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +34.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.17%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.16%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.33%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +40.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $84.75
- Target vs current price
- +51.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 43
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +24.3% | +6.1% | +7.2% | +15.5% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +33.6% | +8.1% | +2.2% | +6.6% | -7.8% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +60.8% | -3.8% | -9.0% | -15.7% | -9.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +42.5% | +8.2% | +7.4% | +6.9% | +19.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +27.6% | -3.7% | -4.6% | +6.9% | +4.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | +20.0% | +4.3% | +11.0% | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +38.7% | +4.8% | +2.4% | +7.0% | -6.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +28.3% | +2.8% | +6.9% | +14.2% | +25.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.79 | $1.44 | +24.3% | $4.21B |
| May 11, 2026 | $1.32 | $0.99 | +33.6% | $3.99B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.51 | +60.8% | $5.18B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.51 | $1.06 | +42.5% | $3.74B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.27 | $1.00 | +27.6% | $3.29B |
| May 12, 2025 | $1.10 | $0.92 | +20.0% | $4.37B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.96 | $0.69 | +38.7% | $5.08B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $1.45 | $1.13 | +28.3% | $3.56B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.6× | 13.7× | 76th | Top 19% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.63× | — | — | Top 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.99% | — | — | Top 50% |
| Earnings yield | 6.83% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.5× – 16.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -22.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +43.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.5%
- RSI (14)
- 42.7
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.71
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2021 | Mar 6, 2024 | -37.5% | 748 days | 170 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | -34.5% | 118 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -19.2% | 31 days | 88 days (Aug 14, 2025) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -15.6% | 14 days | 23 days (Dec 1, 2020) |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Feb 3, 2021 | -12.7% | 6 days | 18 days (Mar 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $24.51B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $17.13B
- Dividend yield
- 1.02%
- 52-week range
- $44.08 – $68.18
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.97B | $14.91B | $13.98B | $16.30B | $17.13B |
| Gross profit | $13.97B | $14.91B | $13.98B | $5.40B | $8.46B |
| Operating income | $2.57B | $2.76B | $2.48B | $3.23B | $4.19B |
| Net income | $1.21B | $1.24B | $1.50B | $2.26B | $1.69B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.11 | $2.33 | $3.13 | $4.91 | $3.90 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.56B | $5.08B | $4.37B | $3.29B | $3.74B | $5.18B | $3.99B | $4.21B |
| Net income | $827.0M | $373.0M | $346.0M | $717.0M | $599.0M | $229.0M | $166.0M | $691.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.78 | $0.81 | $0.75 | $1.57 | $1.32 | $0.52 | $0.38 | $1.60 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.88B | $1.80B | $1.84B | $3.32B | $1.97B |
| Capital expenditure | -$307.0M | -$357.0M | -$345.0M | -$331.0M | -$502.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.58B | $1.44B | $1.50B | $2.99B | $1.47B |
| Dividends paid | -$307.0M | -$299.0M | -$281.0M | -$277.0M | -$287.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.00B | -$2.00B | -$1.00B | -$1.00B | -$2.00B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.21B
- Total assets
- $22.48B
- Total liabilities
- $10.67B
- Total debt
- $7.57B
- Net debt
- $3.36B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $11.63B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.29 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.28 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $0.28 | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.27 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2024 | $0.27 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | $0.26 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Aug 29, 2023 | $0.26 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | $0.25 | Mar 29, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 10,463,276
- Days to cover
- 9.98
- Change vs previous report
- +0.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.