Communication Services
News Corporation(NWSA)
Live Price
Offline$25.28
-2.69% today
1Y Change
-15.03%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $16.66B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.4%
- EPS Growth
- +342.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.7%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
News Corporation (NWSA) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $16.66B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $25.28 and down 15.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.4%, EPS growth of +342.6%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.4%, EPS +342.6%, free cash flow +20.8% 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 NWSA price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+2.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+15.2% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +2.4% and EPS at +342.6%, with operating margin around 15.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -1.3% | +0.0% | -2.2% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | +21.2% | -7.1% | -7.5% | +1.7% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +22.2% | +6.5% | +4.7% | +3.8% |
Benchmark Edge
NWSA vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NWSA Max Drawdown
-27.81%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NWSA and SPY.
Company Overview
News Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
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 in 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 OPIS through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates daily, Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children's, and religious books; provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, and other commercial licensees through cable, satellite, and internet distribution; and broadcasts rights to live sporting events. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; online real estate services; and financial services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Leadership
- Robert J. Thomson
- IPO Date
- Jun 19, 2013
- Employees
- 23.9k
- Street Address
- 1211 Avenue of the Americas
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10036
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 416 3400
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 40.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.7
- Price/Sales
- 1.9
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.4%
- EPS
- +342.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +20.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 55.0%
- Operating Margin
- 15.2%
- Net Margin
- 5.1%
- ROE
- 5.1%
- ROIC
- 7.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.43
- Current Ratio
- 1.81
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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