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News Corporation NWS
$31.65 +0.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $17.33B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 65 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +33.9%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.03, up 26.0% 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)Top 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 45%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 40%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginTop 38%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 42%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 46%
- 6-month returnTop 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 44%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 32%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 17%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.3% | 6.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -12.8% | 26.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 56.2% | 56.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 11.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.8% | 4.3% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 26.0% | -12.8% | ↑ | Top 36% |
| Gross margin | 56.9% | 56.2% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 16.7% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 5.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.8% | 8.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% | — | Top 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.1% | — | Bottom 45% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.61×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.54×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.18%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.69%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.86%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +33.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 64%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +50.7% | +1.3% | -0.2% | +4.6% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +11.5% | +2.1% | +1.5% | +1.8% | +5.2% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +60.0% | -2.5% | -4.7% | -4.1% | +8.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +13.5% | -2.5% | +3.9% | -0.2% | -1.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -4.7% | -0.1% | -2.1% | -1.2% | -7.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | +20.6% | -0.5% | +0.7% | -1.4% | +2.9% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | -2.9% | +1.2% | +4.0% | -3.0% | -4.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +24.9% | +1.1% | +2.3% | +4.6% | +7.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.23 | +50.7% | $2.34B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.19 | +11.5% | $2.19B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.25 | +60.0% | $2.36B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.19 | +13.5% | $2.14B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.20 | -4.7% | $2.11B |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.14 | +20.6% | $2.01B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.34 | -2.9% | $2.24B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.17 | +24.9% | $2.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 30.7× | 38.0× | 24th | Top 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 24.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.9× | — | — | Top 42% |
| EV / Sales | 2.01× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.16% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | 3.25% | — | — | Top 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.0× – 77.7× 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
- -2.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +26.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -24.1%
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
- 65
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.9%
- RSI (14)
- 41.4
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 54th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | -41.2% | 336 days | 335 days (Jan 29, 2024) |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Feb 6, 2026 | -27.1% | 115 days | 138 days (Aug 26, 2026) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | -21.7% | 34 days | 95 days (Aug 22, 2025) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | -12.3% | 42 days | 23 days (Jun 3, 2024) |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 | -11.6% | 18 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $17.33B
- P/E (TTM)
- 30.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.03B
- Dividend yield
- 0.63%
- 52-week range
- $25.49 – $35.76
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.38B | $8.01B | $8.25B | $8.45B | $9.03B |
| Gross profit | $5.31B | $4.13B | $4.47B | $4.75B | $5.14B |
| Operating income | $1.68B | $1.09B | $1.22B | $1.42B | $1.03B |
| Net income | $623.0M | $149.0M | $266.0M | $464.0M | $573.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.05 | $0.26 | $0.47 | $0.81 | $1.03 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.10B | $2.24B | $2.01B | $2.11B | $2.14B | $2.36B | $2.19B | $2.34B |
| Net income | $119.0M | $215.0M | $103.0M | $27.0M | $112.0M | $193.0M | $89.0M | $179.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.21 | $0.38 | $0.18 | $0.05 | $0.20 | $0.34 | $0.16 | $0.33 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.35B | $1.09B | $1.10B | $1.13B | $1.24B |
| Capital expenditure | -$499.0M | -$499.0M | -$357.0M | -$407.0M | -$426.0M |
| Free cash flow | $855.0M | $593.0M | $741.0M | $727.0M | $811.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$175.0M | -$174.0M | -$172.0M | -$185.0M | -$204.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$179.0M | -$243.0M | -$117.0M | -$150.0M | -$782.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.10B
- Total assets
- $15.54B
- Total liabilities
- $6.31B
- Total debt
- $2.92B
- Net debt
- $820.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.53B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.10 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.10 | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | $0.10 | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $0.10 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | $0.10 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Mar 12, 2024 | $0.10 | Apr 10, 2024 |
| Sep 12, 2023 | $0.10 | Oct 11, 2023 |
| Mar 14, 2023 | $0.10 | Apr 12, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,747,648
- Days to cover
- 4.43
- Change vs previous report
- -10.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.