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$34.55 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$16.4B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+0.2% 2025-08-21 close $34.47 → 2026-08-21 close $34.55
- P/E28.58 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+6.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+56.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+6.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.23 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.9%; 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How NWS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 79 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 114 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.
Long-term score
43.9 #711 of 987 scored · #15 of 25 in Communication Services
Long-term trend 67th (it is 2.2% below its highest point of the past year) and financial health 58th (debt to equity 0.2, free cash flow margin 8.9%); weakest is profitability (27th, return on equity 6.6%, operating margin 11.6%).
Short-term score
58.2 #311 of 1,704 scored · #11 of 66 in Communication Services
Trend 74th: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; momentum 60th: its RSI momentum gauge is in neutral territory; weakest is volume and participation 44th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Scores as of 21 Aug 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 2.
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 16.8% 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 50 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 66, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2025-09-30, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 2.9% below its all-time high.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 16.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +16.8% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $31.10 | $31.10 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $29.59 | $29.59 |
| 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 high 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 32.91. 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 completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 50 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 50 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 16.8% above | +16.8% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control | 28.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 66, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 66.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($31.54 to $35.31) — its "stochastic" reading is 80 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. | 79.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $35.31 | $35.31 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 2.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -2.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 35.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +35.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 2.2% below its highest point of the past year | 2.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2025-09-30, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2025-09-30, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $35.58 (set on 2025-08-06) | $35.58 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.65 to $35.17), and it has recovered almost all of its fall from last year’s high — 93% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $31.53 to $31.84. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 93.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 2.9% below its all-time high | -2.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.9% below a resistance level at $35.19 — a price it turned at 8 times since 2025-02-06, most recently on 2026-08-06. Since 2024-08-21 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.9% |
| 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 338.5% above its all-time low | +338.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 53rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.9091 between its high and its low — about 2.6% 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 | $0.9091 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $30.96 and $34.48 — 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 | $30.96 – $32.72 – $34.48 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% 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 | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (16.8% 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 | 5.5 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 | 0.80× |
|---|
Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | not available for this company yet | n/a |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago 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 | 2 sessions ago |
|---|---|---|
| Since a bullish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.4% below 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 | -0.4% |
|---|---|---|
| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 10 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 10 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 4 sessions in a row, a +5.72% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions up |
|---|
Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 8.4 percentage points (the stock gained 10.7% while the market gained 2.3%) | +8.4% |
|---|---|---|
| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 11.8 percentage points (the stock gained 14.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | +11.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 19.1 percentage points (the stock gained 30.1% while the market gained 11.1%) | +19.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 20.2 percentage points (the stock gained 0.2% while the market gained 20.5%) | -20.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 7 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 7 of 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 13% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.4% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +12.6% |
|---|
Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 18% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $29.28 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +18.0% |
|---|---|---|
| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $33.19 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 13 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +4.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
NWS last closed at $34.55 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $35.19 | Resistance | 1.9% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-02-06 to 2026-08-06 |
| $33.62 | Support | 2.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-09 to 2025-07-08 |
| $32.78 | Support | 5.1% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-11-08 to 2026-07-17 |
| $31.28 | Support | 9.5% below the last close | turned there 12 times · 2024-11-19 to 2026-06-05 |
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 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $32.91.
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 $32.91 and $33.96 — 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 completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $35.31.
This reading has stood for 4 trading days, since 2026-08-18.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
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 · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Near the 52-week high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · all time high
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. 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 2026-08-23. 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 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
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
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) contains financial data for 'nine months ended March 31' periods (2026 and 2025), whereas older filing (2026-02-06) contains data for 'six months ended December 31' periods (2025 and 2024)
- Newer filing shows three-month period ended March 31, 2026 and 2025; older filing shows three-month period ended December 31, 2025 and 2024
- Newer filing reports different revenue figures and operating metrics reflecting the March 31, 2026 quarter and nine-month period
- Newer filing Balance Sheet dated 'As of March 31, 2026 (unaudited)' versus older filing dated 'As of December 31, 2025 (unaudited)'
- Newer filing shows Class A common stock with 366,779,986 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026; older filing shows 371,777,267 shares at December 31, 2025
- Newer filing shows Class B common stock with 183,457,255 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026; older filing shows 185,853,935 shares at December 31, 2025
- Reworded:
- Risk Factors section page number changed from '46' (older) to '47' (newer)
- Item 2 through Item 5 page numbers increased by 1-2 pages between filings, reflecting longer Risk Factors section in newer filing
- Statement of Cash Flows period descriptor changed from 'For the six months ended December 31' (older) to 'For the nine months ended March 31' (newer)
- Notes:
- The two filings report different fiscal periods (March 31 vs December 31) and represent different interim periods in News Corporation's fiscal year, making direct financial metric comparisons between periods inherently different rather than changes in disclosure
- Balance sheet comparison is between March 31, 2026 (newer) and December 31, 2025 (older), with both compared to the same June 30, 2025 audited baseline
- The provided text excerpts do not include the actual Risk Factors narrative content; only page number changes in the table of contents are discernible
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)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for NWS — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly 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.
Congressional 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.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding NWS as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 19,608,545
- Reported value $559,808,023
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 1 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.
Short interest (FINRA)
NWS had 7,021,148 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 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) 7,021,148
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,475,104
- Reported change -6.07%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.34
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 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
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
Compare NWS vs…
News Corp (Class B) is found in…
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 0.91% and 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). 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 Congressional 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 66, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NWS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; 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: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.