News (NWS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

News Corporation, which trades on Nasdaq as NWS, is a global media and information services company. Its businesses span news and financial information, book publishing, digital real estate services, and news media.

Its brands and operations include Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and provider of financial information; HarperCollins Publishers; digital real estate platforms such as Realtor.com; and news outlets including the New York Post, The Times and The Sun in the United Kingdom, and publications in Australia.

News Corp serves audiences and customers primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, with additional international operations. The company began operating as a separate public company in 2013 following the split of the former News Corporation. Robert Thomson is its chief executive officer, and Lachlan Murdoch is its chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.66 to $30.12
• 50-Day Range: $28.96 to $34.72
• 52-Week Range: $25.49 to $35.76
• Volume: 1.59 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $16.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.04
• Dividend Yield: 0.67%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

News Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

News scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 90th out of 234 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Buy

Consensus Rating

News has received a consensus rating of Strong Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

News has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.14%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for News are expected to grow by 10.14% in the coming year, from $1.38 to $1.52 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of News is 24.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of News is 24.04, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 22.38.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

News has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.70% of the float of News has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

News has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in News has recently decreased by 3.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

News has a dividend yield of 0.67%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

News does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of News is 17.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, News will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.16% next year. This indicates that News will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.14

News Sentiment

News has a news sentiment score of 1.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for News this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for NWS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, News insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

11.10% of the stock of News is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

14.63% of the stock of News is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/7 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/7 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/07/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Publishing
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NWS
• CIK: 1564708
• Web: www.newscorp.com
• Phone: (212) 416-3400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 21,700
• Year Founded: 1980

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.04
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.69
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $573 million
• Net Margins: 6.76%
• Pretax Margin: 12.33%
• Return on Equity: 7.42%
• Return on Assets: 4.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.22
• Current Ratio: 1.62
• Quick Ratio: 1.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.79
• Cash Flow: $2.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.14
• Book Value: $17.03 per share
• Price / Book: 1.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 541,050,000
• Free Float: 480,996,000
• Market Cap: $16.19 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00