News Corporation

NasdaqGS:NWSA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.4b

News Valuation

Is NWSA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NWSA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NWSA ($27.86) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($28.94)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NWSA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NWSA?

Key metric: As NWSA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NWSA. This is calculated by dividing NWSA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NWSA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.6x
EarningsUS$355.00m
Market CapUS$16.37b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NWSA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NWSA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17x
NYT New York Times
31x12.3%US$8.7b
OMC Omnicom Group
11.9x6.4%US$17.3b
FOXA Fox
11.8x-3.2%US$21.6b
IPG Interpublic Group of Companies
13.4x6.3%US$10.7b
NWSA News
44.6x15.4%US$16.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NWSA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.6x) compared to the peer average (17x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NWSA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DISH DISH Network
2.5x-71.9%US$3.08b
GTN Gray Television
2x-28.2%US$310.79m
SGRP SPAR Group
3.5x-89.1%US$41.15m
ANTE AirNet Technology
0.2xn/aUS$5.67m
NWSA 44.6xIndustry Avg. 14.1xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NWSA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.6x) compared to the US Media industry average (14.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NWSA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NWSA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.6x
Fair PE Ratio23.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NWSA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NWSA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$27.86
US$36.32
+30.4%
13.0%US$44.00US$28.03n/a8
Dec ’25US$29.35
US$35.94
+22.5%
11.6%US$41.00US$28.03n/a8
Nov ’25US$27.32
US$32.63
+19.4%
15.8%US$39.00US$22.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$26.41
US$32.63
+23.5%
15.8%US$39.00US$22.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$28.33
US$32.50
+14.7%
15.4%US$38.00US$22.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$27.17
US$30.83
+13.5%
14.8%US$37.00US$22.00n/a8
Jul ’25US$27.29
US$30.83
+13.0%
14.8%US$37.00US$22.00n/a8
Jun ’25US$27.19
US$30.83
+13.4%
14.8%US$37.00US$22.00n/a8
May ’25US$23.84
US$30.64
+28.5%
14.2%US$37.00US$22.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$25.81
US$30.77
+19.2%
14.3%US$37.00US$22.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$26.33
US$29.64
+12.6%
12.7%US$36.00US$22.00n/a8
Feb ’25US$24.77
US$26.92
+8.7%
13.1%US$32.00US$21.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$24.55
US$26.67
+8.7%
12.3%US$32.00US$21.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$22.15
US$26.50
+19.6%
13.1%US$32.00US$21.00US$29.357
Nov ’24US$20.78
US$26.07
+25.5%
13.8%US$32.00US$21.00US$27.327
Oct ’24US$20.06
US$25.64
+27.8%
13.8%US$32.00US$21.00US$26.417
Sep ’24US$21.28
US$25.64
+20.5%
13.8%US$32.00US$21.00US$28.337
Aug ’24US$19.81
US$23.82
+20.2%
18.2%US$30.00US$16.90US$27.176
Jul ’24US$19.50
US$23.65
+21.3%
17.8%US$30.00US$16.90US$27.296
Jun ’24US$18.69
US$23.65
+26.5%
17.8%US$30.00US$16.90US$27.196
May ’24US$17.37
US$23.17
+33.4%
17.9%US$29.00US$16.00US$23.846
Apr ’24US$17.27
US$24.42
+41.4%
10.9%US$29.00US$20.00US$25.816
Mar ’24US$16.92
US$24.79
+46.5%
10.6%US$29.00US$20.00US$26.337
Feb ’24US$20.72
US$23.81
+14.9%
16.4%US$30.00US$17.00US$24.777
Jan ’24US$18.20
US$21.74
+19.5%
22.1%US$30.00US$16.50US$24.557
Dec ’23US$19.16
US$21.74
+13.5%
22.1%US$30.00US$16.50US$22.157

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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.

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Analyst Sources

News Corporation is covered by 34 analysts. 13 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.
Russell WrightBarclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Aryan NoroziBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited