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News NasdaqGS:NWS Stock Report

Last Price

US$33.92

Market Cap

US$17.0b

7D

7.2%

1Y

24.7%

Updated

07 Feb, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

NWS Stock Overview

A media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. More details

NWS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation2/6
Future Growth1/6
Past Performance5/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for News
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$33.92
52 Week HighUS$34.97
52 Week LowUS$23.99
Beta1.36
1 Month Change11.51%
3 Month Change5.28%
1 Year Change24.66%
3 Year Change47.67%
5 Year Change126.44%
Change since IPO118.42%

Recent News & Updates

News Corporation: Deserves An Upgrade On Improving Bottom Line

Feb 06

Recent updates

News Corporation: Deserves An Upgrade On Improving Bottom Line

Feb 06

News Corp: Near 52-Week Low Again Despite Solid FY22

Sep 26

News goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Sep 12

News GAAP EPS of $0.19 beats by $0.11, revenue of $2.67B beats by $90M

Aug 08

News Corp: High-Quality Assets Suffering Conglomerate Discount

Jul 06

News Corporation: Attractive Upside Still Exists

Apr 03

News Corporation: Shares Offer Some Upside

Nov 29

News Corporation: Valuation Disconnect Remains Despite Sensible And Opportunistic Dealmaking

Aug 20

News Corp.: Advertising Business Continues To Disappoint

Dec 04

News EPS beats by $0.10, beats on revenue

Nov 05

Shareholder Returns

NWSUS MediaUS Market
7D7.2%0.9%-0.3%
1Y24.7%1.8%20.4%

Return vs Industry: NWS exceeded the US Media industry which returned 3.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: NWS exceeded the US Market which returned 22% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is NWS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NWS volatility
NWS Average Weekly Movement2.4%
Media Industry Average Movement7.6%
Market Average Movement6.0%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market18.5%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.0%

Stable Share Price: NWS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: NWS's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
201223,900Robert Thomsonwww.newscorp.com

News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts.

News Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do News's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NWS fundamental statistics
Market capUS$17.02b
Earnings (TTM)US$428.00m
Revenue (TTM)US$10.25b

38.5x

P/E Ratio

1.6x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NWS income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$10.25b
Cost of RevenueUS$4.97b
Gross ProfitUS$5.29b
Other ExpensesUS$4.86b
EarningsUS$428.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.75
Gross Margin51.55%
Net Profit Margin4.17%
Debt/Equity Ratio21.8%

How did NWS perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.7%

Current Dividend Yield

27%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/07 08:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

News Corporation is covered by 35 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark McDonnellAPP Securities Pty Ltd.
Eric ChoiBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Aryan NoroziBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited