News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes content for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates in five segments: News and Information Services, Book Publishing, Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron's, MarketWatch, and DJX through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, Websites, mobile device applications, tablets and e-book readers, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Newspapers
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorConsumer Discretionary
Phone212-416-3400
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$10.07 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees28,000
Next Earnings Date11/6/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
News (NASDAQ:NWS) Frequently Asked Questions
What is News' stock symbol?
News trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NWS."
How often does News pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for News?
News declared a Semi-Annual dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, October 16th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 10th. View News' Dividend History.
How were News' earnings last quarter?
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $2.47 billion for the quarter. News had a return on equity of 2.59% and a net margin of 1.54%. View News' Earnings History.
When is News' next earnings date?
Has News been receiving favorable news coverage?
News stories about NWS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. News earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for News.
Are investors shorting News?
News saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,000,000 shares, a drop of 5.7% from the August 15th total of 2,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 580,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View News' Current Options Chain.
Who are some of News' key competitors?
What other stocks do shareholders of News own?
Who are News' key executives?
News' management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Keith Rupert Murdoch AC, Exec. Chairman (Age 88)
- Mr. Robert J. Thomson, CEO & Director (Age 58)
- Ms. Susan Lee Panuccio BBUS (Dist), B.Bus (Hons), ICCA, Chief Financial Officer (Age 47)
- Mr. David B. Pitofsky, Gen. Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer (Age 54)
- Mr. Kevin P. Halpin, Principal Accounting Officer
Who are News' major shareholders?
News' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Strs Ohio (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.00%), Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.00%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own News stock include David B Pitofsky, Kevin Halpin and Robert J Thomson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for News.
Which institutional investors are selling News stock?
NWS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold News company stock in the last year include David B Pitofsky and Kevin Halpin. View Insider Buying and Selling for News.
Which institutional investors are buying News stock?
NWS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Contravisory Investment Management Inc. and Pacer Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for News.
How do I buy shares of News?
Shares of NWS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is News' stock price today?
One share of NWS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.97.
How big of a company is News?
News has a market capitalization of $8.18 billion and generates $10.07 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $155 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.46 on an earnings per share basis. News employs 28,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About News.
What is News' official website?
How can I contact News?
News' mailing address is 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The company can be reached via phone at 212-416-3400 or via email at [email protected]
MarketBeat Community Rating for News (NASDAQ NWS)
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about News and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe NWS will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe NWS will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
