Stock · NWSA · Communication Services

News Corp A

United States · Large Cap · listed since 2013 · Revenue 12 mo. $9B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
2.7
of 10 3 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$26.39
1 Y −4.4%
Market cap
$13.9B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue +4.1% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 11.4%Payout 71.8% of operating cash flow

News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally.

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News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes news, data, and business information under The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Energy, Factiva, and Dow Jones Newswires brands through various media channels, including websites, mobile apps, newspapers, newswires, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also provides property and property-related services on its websites and mobile apps, such as realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au, Flatmates.com.au, and property portals, as well as residential, commercial, and share property websites; mortgage broking offering and property-related data services to the financial sector; and Realtor.com, RealPRO Select, Connections Plus, Listing Toolkit products, RealChoice Selling, and Realtor.com +. In addition, the company publishes and distributes consumer books comprising general fiction, nonfiction, and children and religious publishing through print and digital formats under the Harper, William Morrow, Mariner, HarperCollins Children's Books, Avon, Harlequin and Christian publishers, Zondervan, and Thomas Nelson; provides news and information under the The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, and Sunday Mail names; and operates talkSPORT, a sports radio network. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Summary

News Corp A is around the middle of the Communication Services sector overall

58.8 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 6.1% FCF growth a year: more than over the last 5 years, less than over the last 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €727.8M (2026), it supports €8.1B. The remaining €4.4B of the market value assume it grows 6.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

6.1%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€12.5B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€8.1B without growth
€4.4B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved −0.2%
  • 10 yrs achieved 7.0%
  • priced in 6.1%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 9.9×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.2× to 13.6×, median 11.6×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

3 signs support the expectation, 2 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • High, rising gross margin from 51.1% to 56.9% (5 years)
  • Low capital needs capex median 4.8% of revenue (10 years)
  • Steady FCF margin at least 2.9%, range 6.1 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • EBIT margin falling for three quarters −4.0 pp over the last four reports
  • Volatile earnings 5 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 3 of 4 changes for the better.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$560.0M → $1.1B+90.7%better
  • Gross margin52.9% → 56.9%+4.0 ppbetter
  • EBIT margin13.2% → 11.4%−1.8 ppworse
  • FCF margin6.4% → 11.8%+5.5 ppbetter

4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability41.9around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity6.72%11.44%Rank 30
Return on capital (Greenblatt)26.57%22.01%Rank 57
EBIT margin11.40%17.12%Rank 29
FCF margin8.98%15.81%Rank 27
Gross margin56.89%44.45%Rank 68
Growth66.9above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Earnings growth, 3 years per year 58.56%, sector 5.70%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year6.81%4.46%Rank 63
Earnings growth, 3 years per year58.56%5.70%Rank 97
Earnings growth, 5 years per year13.03%6.76%Rank 68
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)4.72%9.07%Rank 40
Valuation60.5above the middleValued lower than the sector: EV/sales 1.63, sector 2.84.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield3.89%3.92%Rank 48
FCF yield5.82%6.59%Rank 47
EV/saleslower is better1.632.84Rank 83
EV/EBITlower is better14.3316.58Rank 64
Momentum46.1around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−4.40%−11.03%Rank 60
Share price, 6 months−1.87%−0.69%Rank 48
Share price, 3 months−2.35%4.43%Rank 24
Distance from 52-week high−15.41%−16.85%Rank 52
Quality70.7above the middleQuality above the sector: Change in share count −2.02%, sector −0.06%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−0.93%−0.38%Rank 55
Change in share countlower is better−2.02%−0.06%Rank 80
Dividend streak in years105Rank 79
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted2.35%0.56%Rank 69
Balance sheet & risk67.1above the middleLess risk than the sector: Volatility, 1 year 26.04%, sector 31.95%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio54.85%37.05%Rank 65
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better0.541.47Rank 64
Debt to equitylower is better0.340.75Rank 70
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better26.04%31.95%Rank 70

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $8.1B (2017) to $9.0B (2026), 1.2% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $MSharesNet debt
20178.15.4%238.0581M−$1.7B
20189.06.7%393.0583M−$82.0M
201910.17.7%356.0588M−$190.0M
20209.011.3%342.0588M$1.0B
20219.413.7%847.0593M$1.4B
202210.416.2%855.0593M$2.3B
20238.013.6%593.0579M$2.4B
20248.314.8%741.0574M$1.2B
20258.516.7%727.0570M$537.0M
20269.011.4%811.0558M$820.0M
2.7 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score3 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

News Corp A mainly meets criteria in the Growth category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How News Corp A's score is built

News Corp A is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

3 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.met1 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does News Corp A stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Mohanram G-Score: Growth Quality
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Growth Momentum (CAN SLIM principle)
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)

News Corp A key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for News Corp A.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio25.721.7
P/B ratio1.72.5
Return on equity (ROE)6.7%11.4%
Equity ratio54.9%37.1%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.340.75
Dividend yield0.8%2.8%

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Frequently asked questions about News Corp A stock

How does News Corp A stock (NWSA) score in the StockScorer model?
News Corp A stock reaches a StockScorer score of 2.7 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 2 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is News Corp A's P/E ratio?
News Corp A's P/E ratio is 25.7. The Communication Services sector median is 21.7.
What sector is News Corp A in?
News Corp A is assigned to the Communication Services sector. Its rank within the sector is 58.8 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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