NWSA
News Corp (Class A)
Communication Services · Publishing · US
$27.26
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$14.2B
Total market value of the company
32.97
Premium valuation
20.38
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+8.8%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
12.9%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
6.5%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$35.05
+29% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
STRONG_BUY
Consensus view from 8 analysts covering this stock
About News Corp (Class A)

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.

https://newscorp.com

Country: United States Employees: 22,300 Industry: Entertainment
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
19.0% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
6.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
25.6% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$15.34
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-77.7%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
89.3th
Ranks in the top 11% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
84.1
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
52.3
Combined
62.3

Trading at $26, 70% above fair value of $15. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 53% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.116
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
-0.0062
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.002
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-0.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-27.8%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
51
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.90
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$31.61
14% below the year high
52W Low
$22.20
23% above the year low
Avg Volume
4,449,817
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.2
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
4.0%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.8%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.77
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.32
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.70
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
1.48
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
57.2%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
10.1%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.7B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$8.8B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$447M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
8
Target High
$43.00
Target Median
$35.05
Target Low
$29.40
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-08 AZNAR JOSE MARIA Director 6
2026-04-08 MURDOCH LACHLAN KEITH Director 6
2026-04-08 PESSOA ANA PAULA Director 6
2026-04-08 BANCROFT NATALIE Director 6
2026-04-08 SIDDIQUI MASROOR T. Director 6
2026-04-01 AZNAR JOSE MARIA Director 1,644
2026-04-01 MURDOCH LACHLAN KEITH Director 1,644
2026-04-01 PESSOA ANA PAULA Director 1,644
2026-04-01 BANCROFT NATALIE Director 1,644
2026-04-01 SIDDIQUI MASROOR T. Director 1,644
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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