News Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for News in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" News stock.
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News saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,310,000 shares, an increase of 44.4% from the March 15th total of 4,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,730,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days.
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News is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 6th 2021.
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News Co. (NASDAQ:NWSA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 4th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion. News had a negative net margin of 11.47% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.70%.
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News' stock was trading at $10.09 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NWSA shares have increased by 166.5% and is now trading at $26.89.
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News announced a Semi-Annual dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, April 14th. This represents a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 16th.
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News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. News does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. 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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4 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for News' shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate News' stock price to reach $25.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.2%.
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Some companies that are related to News include The Walt Disney (DIS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.04%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.02%) and Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.02%).
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NWSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Sentry Investment Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Private Capital Group LLC, and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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NWSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DnB Asset Management AS, HighPoint Advisor Group LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and City Holding Co..
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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.
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One share of NWSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.89.

News has a market capitalization of $15.88 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.

News was founded in 1979.

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

News is headquartered at 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036.

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]