News (NWS) Stock Fundamentals, Analysis & Risk Signals

Health score, price, valuation, risk signals, and key metrics at a glance.

News

NasdaqGS•Communication Services•Entertainment

$31.74-0.44(-0.01%)Market closed

Market Cap

$17.72B

P/E

30.9x

P/S

2.0x

P/B

2.1x

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.

How this company scores

GoodMetricSide Score: 75/100

Strongest: Growth (21/25); weakest: Profitability (16/25).

Profitability16/25

Growth21/25

Balance Sheet & Red Flags17/25

Cash & Earnings Quality21/25

Strengths

Rising earningsLow leverageCash-backed earningsProfit converts from growth

Valuation vs. 5-year range

Today's multiple positioned against its own trailing range — a visual premium/discount check.

P/E · 27.8x5y range 14.8x – 86.2x

Currently below its 20-quarter median.

P/S · 1.8x5y range 0.9x – 2.3x

Currently near its 20-quarter median.

P/B · 1.9x5y range 1.1x – 2.2x

Watch items

Data-driven signals worth keeping an eye on across the last 8 quarters

High Risk

Margin Pressure

Red Flag

Operating margins dropped 31.9% over recent quarters — a sharp decline suggesting serious cost or pricing challenges.

Earnings Quality

Watch

FCF/Net Income has dropped below 0.7x in 3 quarters — monitor for earnings quality deterioration.

Price & Volume

Market Cap $17.72B

Metrics at a Glance

as of June 2026

Revenue & Profit

Revenue, EBITDA, operating income, net income, EPS, and shares

TTM Revenue: $9.03B
Q. Revenue: $2.34B
TTM EBITDA: $1.53B
TTM Op. Income: $1.03B
Q. Op. Income: $183.00M
TTM Net Income: $573.00M
Q. Net Income: $179.00M
EPS: N/A
Shares Out.: $558.40M

$9.03B in TTM revenue grew 6.8% YoY, reaching $2.34B last quarter. TTM EBITDA of $1.53B and TTM operating income of $1.03B show growth is flowing through to the bottom line. TTM net income of $573.00M means revenue is converting into profit. Across the last 8 quarters, TTM revenue has risen for 7 consecutive quarters — an improving trend.

Margins

Gross, EBITDA, operating, and net margin trends

EBITDA Margin: 14.0%
Op. Margin: 7.8%
Net Margin: 7.7%

Op. margin of 7.8% is down 7.0% YoY — costs are rising relative to revenue. Net margin at 7.7% Across the last 8 quarters, operating margin has fallen for 2 consecutive quarters — a weakening trend.

Price Ratios

P/E, P/S, P/B, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield, and earnings yield

P/E Ratio: 27.8x
P/S Ratio: 1.8x
P/B Ratio: 1.9x

At 27.8x P/E, the stock trades within typical market levels. P/S of 1.8x and P/B of 1.9x provide additional context. Use the growth and margin sections to judge whether the multiple is justified. Across the last 8 quarters, P/E has fallen for 3 consecutive quarters — an improving trend.

Assets & Liabilities

Total assets, cash, debt, book value, and leverage

Total Assets: $15.54B
Cash: $2.10B
Long-Term Debt: $1.99B
Book Value: $8.53B
D/E Ratio: 0.2
Debt/EBITDA: 6.1

With $15.54B in assets and $1.99B in long-term debt, D/E is 0.2and book value is $8.53B — a conservative capital structure with a cushion to weather downturns. Across the last 8 quarters, debt/equity has risen for 2 consecutive quarters — a weakening trend.

Cash Flow

Operating cash flow, free cash flow, FCF margin, and earnings quality

TTM Free Cash Flow: $805.00M
FCF Margin: 8.9%
FCF / Net Income: 1.4

TTM FCF of $805.00M. The FCF / Net Income ratio of 1.4x means free cash flow covers net income — earnings are backed by cash. Over the past year, free cash flow is up 11% — an improving trend.