News Stock Forecast, Price & News

News' stock was trading at $10.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NWSA stock has increased by 85.3% and is now trading at $18.70.
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2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for News in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" News stock.
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News is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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News Co. (NASDAQ:NWSA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $2.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.96 billion. News had a negative net margin of 11.47% and a positive return on equity of 1.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.04 EPS.
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News announced a semi-annual dividend on Wednesday, August 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, October 14th. This represents a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th.
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News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.09%. The dividend payout ratio of News is 90.91%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, News will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.82% next year. This indicates that News will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for News' shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect News' share price to reach $15.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.8%.
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Some companies that are related to News include The Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Madison Square Garden (MSG), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Cinemark (CNK) and Reading International (RDI).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other News investors own include Chimera Investment (CIM), Marathon Oil (MRO), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), International Business Machines (IBM), Schlumberger (SLB), Citigroup (C) and The Walt Disney (DIS).

News trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NWSA."

News' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.24%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.00%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.00%).
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NWSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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NWSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.
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Shares of NWSA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NWSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.70.

News has a market capitalization of $11.04 billion and generates $9.01 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-1,269,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.22 on an earnings per share basis. News employs 23,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for News is www.newscorp.com.

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]