NWSA Stock Analysis: News | NASDAQ
Entertainment | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 14.501m USD | 12M Return: -6.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 104M
EPS Trend: 97.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -79.3%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA) is a diversified media and information services company headquartered in New York, operating through five segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content across newspapers, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, podcasts, video, and proprietary databases under well-known brands including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Barrons, Investors Business Daily, Factiva, and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. Its portfolio also spans a large group of newspapers in Australia, the UK, and the US (such as The Australian, The Times, and the New York Post), general and religious book publishing, the social media agency Storyful, sports radio, and digital real estate listings platforms.
The company was incorporated in 2012 as a spin-off of the original News Corporation and is classified in the Communication Services sector within the Publishing sub-industry. News Corp operates globally across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australasia, with a business model that blends subscription-based information services (such as Dow Jones and WSJ) and advertising-supported print and digital mastheads alongside property advertising verticals like REA Group and Move, Inc.
- Dow Jones digital subscribers drive recurring revenue growth
- Housing market weakness pressures REA Group and Move ad sales
- Share buybacks accelerate capital return to shareholders
| Net Income: 1.06b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.22 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 20.92% < 20% (prev 30.94%; Δ -10.02% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 1.00b > Net Income 1.06b |
| Net Debt (1.70b) to EBITDA (1.31b): 1.30 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.70 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (561.5m) vs 12m ago -1.40% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 53.69% > 18% (prev 35.10%; Δ 18.59% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 56.26% > 50% (prev 53.80%; Δ 2.46% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 9.77 > 6 (EBIT TTM 791.0m / Interest Expense TTM 81.0m) |
| A: 0.12 (Total Current Assets 4.58b - Total Current Liabilities 2.69b) / Total Assets 15.5b |
| B: -0.03 (Retained Earnings -452.0m / Total Assets 15.5b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 791.0m / Avg Total Assets 16.0b) |
| D: 1.38 (Book Value of Equity 8.58b / Total Liabilities 6.24b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.48 = A |
| DSRI: 1.14 (Receivables 1.78b/1.54b, Revenue 9.03b/8.92b) |
| GMI: 0.65 (GM 35.10% / 53.69%) |
| AQI: 1.22 (AQ_t 0.57 / AQ_t-1 0.46) |
| SGI: 1.01 (Revenue 9.03b / 8.92b) |
| TATA: 0.00 (NI 1.06b - CFO 1.00b) / TA 15.5b) |
| Beneish M = -3.08 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 27.29 with a total of 2,840,127 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -3.53%, over one month by +8.04%, over three months by +3.33% and over the past year by -6.38%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 26.10 (which is 4.4% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).
News has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.30. Therefore, it is recommended to buy NWSA.
- StrongBuy: 6
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 35.2 | 28.9% |
P/E Trailing = 33.45
P/E Forward = 21.4592
P/S = 1.6479
P/B = 1.6625
P/EG = 2.1244
Revenue TTM = 9.03b USD
EBIT TTM = 791.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.31b USD
Long Term Debt = 1.99b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 87.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 3.87b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 941.0m
Net Debt = 1.70b USD (calculated: Debt 3.87b - CCE 2.17b)
Enterprise Value = 16.2b USD (14.5b + Debt 3.87b - CCE 2.17b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 9.77 (Ebit TTM 791.0m / Interest Expense TTM 81.0m)
EV/FCF = 28.62x (Enterprise Value 16.2b / FCF TTM 566.0m)
FCF Yield = 3.49% (FCF TTM 566.0m / Enterprise Value 16.2b)
FCF Margin = 6.27% (FCF TTM 566.0m / Revenue TTM 9.03b)
Net Margin = 11.80% (Net Income TTM 1.06b / Revenue TTM 9.03b)
Gross Margin = 53.69% ((Revenue TTM 9.03b - Cost of Revenue TTM 4.18b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 50.76% (prev 50.58%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.04 (Enterprise Value 16.2b / Total Assets 15.5b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.09% (Interest Expense 81.0m / Debt 3.87b)
Taxrate = 32.94% (252.0m / 765.0m)
NOPAT = 530.4m (EBIT 791.0m * (1 - 32.94%))
Current Ratio = 1.70 (Total Current Assets 4.58b / Total Current Liabilities 2.69b)
Debt / Equity = 0.45 (Debt 3.87b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 8.58b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.30 (Net Debt 1.70b / EBITDA 1.31b)
Debt / FCF = 3.00 (Net Debt 1.70b / FCF TTM 566.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.71b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.64% (Net Income 1.06b / Total Assets 15.5b)
RoE = 12.22% (Net Income TTM 1.06b / Total Stockholder Equity 8.71b)
RoCE = 7.39% (EBIT 791.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 8.71b + L.T.Debt 1.99b))
RoIC = 4.26% (NOPAT 530.4m / Invested Capital 12.5b)
WACC = 7.05% (E(14.5b)/V(18.4b) * Re(8.56%) + D(3.87b)/V(18.4b) * Rd(2.09%) * (1-Tc(0.33)))
Discount Rate = 8.56% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -89.72 | Cagr: -1.41%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈662.4m ; Y1≈580.9m ; Y5≈469.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 16.16 (EV 7.53b - Net Debt 1.70b = Equity 5.83b / Shares 361.1m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 97.53 | EPS CAGR: 28.99% | SUE: 0.42 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -79.29 | Revenue CAGR: -4.40% | SUE: 0.12 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.26 | Chg30d=-10.64% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-06-30): EPS=1.08 | Chg30d=-0.08% | Revisions=-17% | GrowthEPS=+21.5% | GrowthRev=+5.5%
EPS next Year (2027-06-30): EPS=1.29 | Chg30d=+3.12% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+19.4% | GrowthRev=+4.4%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +10% (up=4, down=3)