NWS · News Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $16.74B |
| P/E | 29.21 |
| Float | 364.8M |
| Beta | 1.02 |
| Volatility | 25.6% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Media |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 81.2 |
| Price | 32.72 |
| Change | −0.49% |
| Prev Close | 32.88 |
| Open | 33.29 |
| Day Low | 32.70 |
| Day High | 33.49 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $105.9M |
| 52W High | 35.32 |
| 52W Low | 22.20 |
| 52W Pos | 80.2% |
| From High | −7.36% |
| From Low | +47.39% |
| Max DD 1Y | −17.71% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +2.15% |
| SMA 50 | −0.93% |
| SMA 200 | +7.99% |
| RSI (14) | 55.0 |
| Vol 30D | 23.6% |
| Vol 90D | 28.1% |
| 1Y Range | 22–35 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +2.72% |
| Perf Month | −1.47% |
| Perf Quarter | +2.08% |
| Perf Half Y | +9.75% |
| Perf Year | +9.89% |
| Perf YTD | +9.91% |
| Prev Day | −0.49% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.23 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.62 |
| Int Cover | 3.1× |
| FCF Margin | 9.0% |
| Rev Growth | +6.8% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 5 / 32 |
What NWS does
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses.
It operates through five segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other.
The company distributes content and data products through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts under the MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy brands.
It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites.
In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; and operates Storyful, a social media content agency, as well as sports radio network and news channels.
Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services.
The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally. News Corporation was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayNWS grades A-, 81.2 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (69), most exposed on Sector Resilience (63, mixed). 3 of the 3 weighted dimensions sit above the Media median. Ranks 5 of 32 in Media by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| NWS | Media median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.02 | 1.06 |
| Volatilityannualized | 25.6% | 26.6% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −17.7% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.92% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 16 (6%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| NWS | Media median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.02 | 1.06 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 42% of 33 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Media names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| NWS | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +2.7% |
| 1 month | −1.5% |
| Year to date | +9.9% |
| 1 year | +9.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| NWS | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 28 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 50 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 14 · 13 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 14 ↑ 13 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 32 Media names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| NWS | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +6.8% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Media median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openNews Corporation filed an 8-K disclosing information about its existing $1 billion stock repurchase program, attaching daily transaction disclosures it provided to the Australian Securities Exchange.
News Corporation filed a standard 8-K attaching the daily buyback activity it reported to the ASX on dates noted in the exhibits. The filing confirms the company's $1 billion share repurchase program remains active for both its Class A and Class B common stock.
News Corp reported quarterly revenue up 10.8% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, beating analyst expectations by 4.1%. The company credits momentum in digital advertising and a shift toward higher-quality digital revenue streams for offsetting continued declines in its traditional media businesses.
Rupert Murdoch explored recombining Fox and News Corp in 2022, shortly after splitting them apart, but shelved the plan after investors objected. Court proceedings in June suggest he may revisit the merger idea.
Court papers that were unsealed show Rupert Murdoch may try again to merge Fox Corp and News Corp back together, after a similar attempt failed in 2022.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWSA | News Corp | A- | $16.74B | 29.21 | 1.02 | Compare |
| CHTR | Charter Communications Inc | C+ | $19.39B | 3.94 | 0.75 | Compare |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | B+ | $22.10B | 56.64 | 0.76 | Compare |
| FWONK | Formula One Group | A- | $22.54B | 105.81 | 0.73 | Compare |
| PINS | Pinterest Inc | C+ | $12.41B | 49.85 | 0.96 | Compare |
| ROKU | Roku Inc | B | $22.95B | 64.61 | 2.12 | Compare |
| ECHO | EchoStar Corp | C+ | $24.83B | — | -0.38 | Compare |
| FOXA | Fox Corp | B+ | $25.54B | 15.16 | 0.64 | Compare |
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