(NWSA) News - Ratings and Ratios
Newspapers, Journals, Books, Digital Real Estate, Radio
Dividends
| Dividend Yield | 0.78% |
| Yield on Cost 5y | 1.13% |
| Yield CAGR 5y | 0.00% |
| Payout Consistency | 96.4% |
| Payout Ratio | 21.7% |
| Risk via 10d forecast | |
|---|---|
| Volatility | 21.3% |
| Value at Risk 5%th | 32.8% |
| Relative Tail Risk | -6.08% |
| Reward TTM | |
|---|---|
| Sharpe Ratio | -0.66 |
| Alpha | -24.74 |
| CAGR/Max DD | 0.49 |
| Character TTM | |
|---|---|
| Hurst Exponent | 0.464 |
| Beta | 0.776 |
| Beta Downside | 0.697 |
| Drawdowns 3y | |
|---|---|
| Max DD | 27.34% |
| Mean DD | 6.83% |
| Median DD | 5.39% |
Description: NWSA News October 30, 2025
News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) is a diversified media and information services firm that creates, curates, and distributes content across five operating segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and “Other” businesses.
Its flagship brands include MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and Dow Jones Energy, delivering news, data, and analytics through newspapers, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, podcasts, and video.
The company also publishes a portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers such as The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Post, and The Times, plus a broad range of books (fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious) and operates the social-media content agency Storyful and a sports-radio network.
Key recent metrics: FY 2023 revenue was approximately $10.5 billion, with the Digital Real Estate Services segment contributing roughly $2.3 billion; WSJ digital subscriptions now exceed 3 million users, and the company reported a 7% year-over-year growth in digital advertising revenue, reflecting broader industry shifts toward subscription-based models and programmatic ad spend.
Given the ongoing transition to digital subscriptions and the sensitivity of real-estate advertising to macro-economic cycles, tracking NWSA’s subscriber churn and ad-spend trends is critical for assessing its upside potential.
For a deeper quantitative view, you may find ValueRay’s platform useful for tracking NWSA’s valuation metrics and peer comparisons.
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 4.5
| Net Income (1.17b TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 510.0m TTM) |
| FCFTA 0.05 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA -0.12pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp) |
| NWC/Revenue 22.78% (prev 13.33%; Δ 9.45pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 (>3.0%) and CFO 1.15b <= Net Income 1.17b (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%) |
| Net Debt (729.0m) to EBITDA (1.49b) ratio: 0.49 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5) |
| Current Ratio 1.76 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active) |
| Outstanding Shares last Quarter (569.7m) change vs 12m ago -0.26% (target <= -2.0% for YES) |
| Gross Margin 65.84% (prev 53.02%; Δ 12.81pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0) |
| Asset Turnover 52.68% (prev 54.84%; Δ -2.16pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio -128.6 (EBITDA TTM 1.49b / Interest Expense TTM -8.00m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3) |
Altman Z'' 0.73
| (A) 0.13 = (Total Current Assets 4.47b - Total Current Liabilities 2.54b) / Total Assets 15.34b |
| (B) -0.04 = Retained Earnings (Balance) -664.0m / Total Assets 15.34b |
| (C) 0.06 = EBIT TTM 1.03b / Avg Total Assets 16.14b |
| (D) -0.37 = Book Value of Equity -2.23b / Total Liabilities 6.03b |
| Total Rating: 0.73 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D) |
ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 54.19
| 1. Piotroski 4.50pt |
| 2. FCF Yield 4.81% |
| 3. FCF Margin 8.91% |
| 4. Debt/Equity 0.34 |
| 5. Debt/Ebitda 0.49 |
| 6. ROIC - WACC (= -0.43)% |
| 7. RoE 13.87% |
| 8. Rev. Trend -69.66% |
| 9. EPS Trend -1.92% |
What is the price of NWSA shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.19%, over one month by -0.66%, over three months by -12.23% and over the past year by -12.94%.
Is NWSA a buy, sell or hold?
- Strong Buy: 6
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 1
- Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecasts/targets for the NWSA price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 37 | 44.2% |
| Analysts Target Price | 37 | 44.2% |
| ValueRay Target Price | 25.6 | -0.1% |
NWSA Fundamental Data Overview November 25, 2025
P/E Trailing = 30.9518
P/E Forward = 33.3333
P/S = 1.7669
P/B = 1.6487
P/EG = 2.1244
Beta = 0.97
Revenue TTM = 8.50b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.03b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.49b USD
Long Term Debt = 1.93b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 96.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 2.93b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 729.0m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 15.74b USD (15.02b + Debt 2.93b - CCE 2.20b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = -128.6 (Ebit TTM 1.03b / Interest Expense TTM -8.00m)
FCF Yield = 4.81% (FCF TTM 757.0m / Enterprise Value 15.74b)
FCF Margin = 8.91% (FCF TTM 757.0m / Revenue TTM 8.50b)
Net Margin = 13.80% (Net Income TTM 1.17b / Revenue TTM 8.50b)
Gross Margin = 65.84% ((Revenue TTM 8.50b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.90b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 56.11% (prev 58.08%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.03 (Enterprise Value 15.74b / Total Assets 15.34b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.20% (Interest Expense 6.00m / Debt 2.93b)
Taxrate = 29.25% (62.0m / 212.0m)
NOPAT = 728.1m (EBIT 1.03b * (1 - 29.25%))
Current Ratio = 1.76 (Total Current Assets 4.47b / Total Current Liabilities 2.54b)
Debt / Equity = 0.34 (Debt 2.93b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 8.70b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.49 (Net Debt 729.0m / EBITDA 1.49b)
Debt / FCF = 0.96 (Net Debt 729.0m / FCF TTM 757.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.46b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.65% (Net Income 1.17b / Total Assets 15.34b)
RoE = 13.87% (Net Income TTM 1.17b / Total Stockholder Equity 8.46b)
RoCE = 9.91% (EBIT 1.03b / Capital Employed (Equity 8.46b + L.T.Debt 1.93b))
RoIC = 7.02% (NOPAT 728.1m / Invested Capital 10.38b)
WACC = 7.45% (E(15.02b)/V(17.95b) * Re(8.87%) + D(2.93b)/V(17.95b) * Rd(0.20%) * (1-Tc(0.29)))
Discount Rate = 8.87% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -100.0 | Cagr: -0.38%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 74.62% ; FCFE base≈796.6m ; Y1≈763.7m ; Y5≈744.6m
Fair Price DCF = 30.76 (DCF Value 11.45b / Shares Outstanding 372.2m; 5y FCF grow -5.50% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: -1.92 | EPS CAGR: -16.88% | SUE: 1.15 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -69.66 | Revenue CAGR: -6.12% | SUE: 0.06 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=0.20 | Chg30d=-0.005 | Revisions Net=-1 | Analysts=3
EPS current Year (2026-06-30): EPS=0.95 | Chg30d=-0.034 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+6.6% | Growth Revenue=+3.1%
EPS next Year (2027-06-30): EPS=1.12 | Chg30d=-0.007 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+17.6% | Growth Revenue=+3.6%
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