News Corp (Class B) (NWS)
Communication Services · Diversified Media and Information Services · NASDAQ
A global media and information leader spanning digital real estate services, news, publishing, and subscription television.
What News Corp (Class B) does
News Corp is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative content. Its operations span news and information services, subscription video services in Australia, real estate digital services, and book publishing. The company owns iconic media brands and digital real estate platforms across major international markets.
Themes: digital real estate services, publishing and information services, subscription media
Fundamentals
- Price$32.01 as of 2026-10-09 close
- Market cap$16.3B as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-09)
- 1-year return+7.7% 2025-10-09 close $29.71 → 2026-10-09 close $32.01
- P/E31.16 as of 2026-10-09
- Net margin+6.3% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+6.2% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.23 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.64 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.6%; 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How NWS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 69 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-10-09
- net profit marginmiddle range 127 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 113 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 123 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 115 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
NWS is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
46.9 #909 of 1,383 scored · #35 of 55 in Communication Services
Capital return 61st (net share count bought back over the year 2, consecutive years of dividend increases 3 years) and trend 60th (it is 10.5% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is growth (28th, revenue growth year over year 1.1%, 3-year revenue CAGR 4.1%).
Scores as of 9 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, NWS's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 36%, free-cash-flow payout 25%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout36% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout25% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How News Corp (Class B) looks technically
News Corp (Class B) (NWS) is trading 5.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 84 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 13 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 5.9% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +5.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $33.02 | $33.02 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $30.22 | $30.22 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 31.08. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 84 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 84 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 46.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($31.08 to $33.17) — its "stochastic" reading is 45 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 44.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $35.76 | $35.76 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 10.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -10.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 25.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +25.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 10.5% below its highest point of the past year | 10.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 13 trading days ago | 13 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 31 trading days ago | 31 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $35.76 (set on 2026-08-27) | $35.76 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.65 to $35.32), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 34% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $29.03 to $29.34. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 34.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 10.5% below its all-time high | -10.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.6% above a support level at $31.81 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-05-23, most recently on 2026-05-11. Since 2024-10-09 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.88 (set on 2020-04-02) | $7.88 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 306.2% above its all-time low | +306.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 33rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.7278 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.7278 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $30.60 and $33.84 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $30.60 – $32.22 – $33.84 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (5.9% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.77× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | not available for this company yet | n/a |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 6 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-09 0.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 44 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 44 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 2 sessions in a row, a +1.55% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 5.4 percentage points (the stock lost 3.2% while the market gained 2.1%) | -5.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 0.7 percentage points (the stock gained 2.8% while the market gained 3.6%) | -0.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 1.8 percentage points (the stock gained 12.7% while the market gained 14.5%) | -1.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 8.3 percentage points (the stock gained 7.7% while the market gained 16.0%) | -8.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-02 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.3% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 7% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $29.86 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 192 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $33.12 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 47 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.4% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NWS last closed at $32.01 on 2026-10-09. Since 2024-10-09 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $31.81 | Support | 0.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-23 to 2026-05-11 |
| $32.74 | Resistance | 2.3% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-11-08 to 2026-09-10 |
| $31.23 | Support | 2.4% below the last close | turned there 12 times · 2024-11-19 to 2026-10-01 |
| $33.62 | Resistance | 5.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-09 to 2025-07-08 |
| $30.23 | Support | 5.6% below the last close | turned there six times · 2025-03-13 to 2026-01-20 |
| $35.19 | Resistance | 9.9% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-02-06 to 2026-08-06 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $31.08.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $37.24 and $41.05 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $31.08.
This reading has stood for 2 trading days, since 2026-10-08.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-09.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Printed a doji candle · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-09. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.50 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell)
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NWS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.2599 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.2599, on 2026-08-30, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["declining print advertising and circulation trends","reliance on digital platform algorithms for content distribution","exposure to volatility in global real estate markets"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NWS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2026-02-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Results of Operations section: period changed from 'three and six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024' (older, filed 2026-02-06) to 'three and nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' (newer, filed 2026-05-08)
- Liquidity and Capital Resources section: period changed from 'six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024' (older, filed 2026-02-06) to 'nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' (newer, filed 2026-05-08)
- Liquidity and Capital Resources section: date changed from 'as of December 31, 2025' (older, filed 2026-02-06) to 'as of March 31, 2026' (newer, filed 2026-05-08)
- REA Group ownership interest: changed from '61.4%' (older, filed 2026-02-06) to '61.6%' (newer, filed 2026-05-08)
- Notes:
- Both texts appear truncated at the end in the Book Publishing segment description; comparison is limited to the portions provided
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-05. The 5 days since 2026-10-05 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 5 sells ($3M) — 5 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 5 sells ($3M) — 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-17. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-05; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about NWS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 1 matched disclosure for NWS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding NWS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 16,773,448
- Reported value $470,662,954
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
NWS had 4,747,648 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for NWS because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,747,648
- Prior settlement (shares) 5,330,793
- Reported change -10.94%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.43
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- The New York Times (NYT)
- Zillow Group (Z)
- CoStar Group (CSGP)
- Paramount Global (PARA)
- Pearson
- Penguin Random House (Bertelsmann)
- Axel Springer
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Frequently asked questions
What does News Corp (Class B) (NWS) do?
News Corp is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative content. Its operations span news and information services, subscription video services in Australia, real estate digital services, and book publishing. The company owns iconic media brands and digital real estate platforms across major international markets.
What sector is News Corp (Class B) (NWS) in?
News Corp (Class B) (NWS) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Diversified Media and Information Services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does NWS pay a dividend?
Yes — News Corp (Class B) (NWS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.61% and 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are News Corp (Class B)'s (NWS) competitors?
Notable peers of News Corp (Class B) (NWS) include The New York Times, Zillow Group, CoStar Group, Paramount Global and Pearson. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in NWS?
Yes — we hold 1 matched STOCK Act disclosure for NWS from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is News Corp (Class B) (NWS) overbought or oversold right now?
News Corp (Class B) (NWS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-09). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NWS come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.