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NEWS CORP (NWS)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for NEWS CORP. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About NEWS CORP

News Corporation is a global media and information services company that creates and distributes content across various platforms including digital, print, and audio. Its main products include news and business information through brands like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch, as well as digital real estate services and book publishing. The company serves individual consumers and enterprise customers worldwide, primarily operating in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.03B
Revenue growth (YoY)
6.8%
Net income
$573.0M
Diluted EPS
$1.03
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
6.3%
FCF margin
9.0%
ROE
6.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
32.4×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$17.89B
Long-term debt / equity
0.22×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at News

  • Revenue grew 6.8% to $9.0B in FY2026, faster than the 2.4% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $2.3B, up 10.8% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $811M in FY2026, 9.0% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 51.4% to $573M in FY2026.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where News’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Net margin6.3%
75th percentile of 191
FCF margin9.0%
63rd percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.8%
57th percentile of 209
ROE6.2%
64th percentile of 165
P/E32.4×
65th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity0.22×
26th percentile of 101
Short interest4.64d
65th percentile of 216

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 5 insider sales totaling $3.2M. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$115.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Starboard ValueQ2 2026$68.2M2.4MReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$18.8M669.7KNew
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$12.6M449.6KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.5M303.9KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$5.2M186.0KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.1M74.6KReduced
Yacktman Asset ManagementQ2 2026$228,4088.1KHeld

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
5
$3.2M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Pitofsky David BGeneral CounselSell51.4K$28.76$1.5M
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Allen RuthChief Human Resources OfficerSell21.5K$28.99$624K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
DeGrazio MarygraceChief Accounting OfficerSell18.3K$28.76$526K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Chandrashekar LavanyaChief Financial OfficerSell17.8K$28.66$510K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Delany JulianChief Technology OfficerSell1.7K$28.72$50K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.0M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-14.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.64
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-146.0M-14.9%4.64
2026-07-317.0M-6.1%7.34
2026-07-157.5M-6.9%5.35
2026-06-308.0M-25.4%2.79
2026-06-1510.8M+9.2%7.71
2026-05-299.9M-2.2%7.79
2026-05-1510.1M+3.4%6.57
2026-04-309.8M-0.5%10.43

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$9.03B$8.45B$8.25B$8.01B$8.44B
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$573.0M$1.18B$266.0M$149.0M$623.0M
Diluted EPS$1.03$2.07$0.46$0.26$1.05

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$2.10B$2.40B$1.87B$1.76B$1.77B
Current assets$4.48B$4.81B$4.37B$4.05B$4.09B
Total assets$15.54B$15.50B$16.68B$16.92B$17.22B
Current liabilities$2.76B$2.61B$3.06B$3.17B$3.52B
Long-term debt$1.99B$1.94B$2.09B$2.19B$2.78B
Total liabilities$6.31B$6.12B$7.67B$7.98B$8.08B
Total equity$9.24B$9.39B$9.01B$8.95B$9.14B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$1.24B$978.0M$897.0M$777.0M$953.0M
Capital expenditure$426.0M$407.0M$357.0M$347.0M$310.0M
Free cash flow$811.0M$571.0M$540.0M$430.0M$643.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY2026$2.34B10.8%$179.0M$0.33
Q3 FY2026$2.19B8.8%$89.0M$0.16
Q2 FY2026$2.36B5.5%$193.0M$0.34
Q1 FY2026$2.14B2.3%$112.0M$0.20
Q4 FY2025$2.11B0.8%$743.0M$1.31
Q3 FY2025$2.01B0.8%$103.0M$0.18
Q2 FY2025$2.24B4.8%$215.0M$0.38
Q1 FY2025$2.10B-16.1%$119.0M$0.21

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2023
SEC CIK1564708

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-08-07
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10-Q2026-05-08
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8-K2026-09-09
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8-K2026-09-08
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8-K2026-09-04
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8-K2026-09-03
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.