Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$28.73
+1.38% today
1Y Change
-16.85%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
News Corporation (NWS) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $16.66B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $28.73 and down 16.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.4%, EPS growth of +74.5%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.4%, EPS +74.5%, free cash flow -1.9% with operating margin 15.2% and ROIC 7.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 40.1 and price/sales 1.9. Stock Foundry combines NWS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
NWS is 35.52 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
NWS had 17.94 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
NWS beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
NWS
-16.85%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.68%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-35.52 pts
Relative to SPY
NWS Max Drawdown
-27.07%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for NWS and SPY.
| Year | NWS | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.17% | +6.71% | -10.87 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -12.80% | +11.19% | -23.99 pts | SPY |
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