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Fox Corporation FOXA
$62.28 +1.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $27.31B
High qualityLow 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: +41.4%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.84, down 21.8% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $17.13B, up 5.1% from a year earlier, accelerating from 0.6% a quarter earlier.
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.
Growth61Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 15%
Quality83Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 9%
- Gross marginBottom 27%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
- Interest coverTop 14%
Value75Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Momentum58Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions69Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 24%
Stability87Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 23%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
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% | -21.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 36.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 19.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.4% | 21.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.1% | 0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -21.8% | -5.7% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 33.1% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 19.8% | ↓ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 13.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.0% | 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.
- 2.28×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- 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.
- 0.81×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.05%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.6%
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
- +41.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $72.00
- Target vs current price
- +15.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 48
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 52%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +24.3% | +5.3% | +7.4% | +15.1% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +29.4% | +7.6% | +3.0% | +7.1% | -6.8% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +74.5% | -3.6% | -9.8% | -16.9% | -9.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +37.3% | +7.7% | +6.5% | +7.0% | +18.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +25.7% | -3.7% | -4.4% | +7.1% | +7.2% |
| May 12, 2025 | +18.3% | +4.3% | +11.6% | +7.7% | +7.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +54.8% | +5.2% | +2.5% | +8.2% | -4.2% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +30.6% | +2.7% | +6.5% | +11.7% | +22.2% |
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 | $1.02 | +29.4% | $3.99B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.47 | +74.5% | $5.18B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.51 | $1.10 | +37.3% | $3.74B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $1.27 | $1.01 | +25.7% | $3.29B |
| May 12, 2025 | $1.10 | $0.93 | +18.3% | $4.37B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.96 | $0.62 | +54.8% | $5.08B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $1.45 | $1.11 | +30.6% | $3.56B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.2× | 14.8× | 71th | Top 19% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 1.73× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 13.19% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 6.17% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.3× – 17.9× 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
- +0.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -21.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +45.7%
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)
- +6.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.4%
- RSI (14)
- 41.4
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 77th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -35.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2021 | Oct 27, 2022 | -36.2% | 409 days | 509 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 | -35.9% | 115 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 | -18.6% | 39 days | 79 days (Aug 13, 2025) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.4% | 14 days | 23 days (Dec 1, 2020) |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Feb 3, 2021 | -13.3% | 6 days | 18 days (Mar 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $27.31B
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.84
- Revenue (TTM)
- $17.13B
- Dividend yield
- 0.92%
- 52-week range
- $48.34 – $76.39
| 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 | $6.27B |
| Operating income | $2.57B | $2.76B | $2.48B | $3.23B | $3.35B |
| Net income | $1.21B | $1.24B | $1.50B | $2.26B | $1.69B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.11 | $2.33 | $3.13 | $4.91 | $3.84 |
| 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 | $1.62 |
| 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
- $10.75B
- Total debt
- $6.61B
- Net debt
- $2.40B
- 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
- 45,169,793
- Days to cover
- 9.80
- Change vs previous report
- -0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.