News Corporation (NWS) Stock

About News Corporation

News Corporation stands as a leading global enterprise in media and information services, dedicated to creating and distributing compelling, authoritative content, alongside a variety of products and services, for consumers and businesses worldwide. Its extensive operations are segmented into six core areas: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company disseminates a rich array of content and data products, including renowned titles like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and Factiva, through diverse mediums such as print newspapers, websites, mobile applications, proprietary databases, video, and podcasts. Its portfolio encompasses numerous daily, Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers, notably The Australian, The Times, and the New York Post, along with their digital counterparts. Furthermore, News Corp is active in book publishing, offering general fiction, non-fiction, children's, and religious titles. It also supplies sports, entertainment, and news programming to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, as well as commercial partners, often securing broadcasting rights for live athletic events. The company additionally provides property-related advertising and online real estate services via its digital platforms and mobile apps, alongside offering financial services. Established in 2012, News Corporation is headquartered in New York, New York.

News Corporation is led by CEO Robert J. Thomson, employs 22,300 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 2013.

News Corporation (NWS) stock trades at $32.58 with a market capitalization of $17.83B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 38.49, price-to-book of 1.95, price-to-sales of 1.85. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $25.49 and $35.58, and currently trades 8.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.66%.

On profitability, News Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.52%, return on capital employed of 9.83%, an operating margin of 14.01%, a net profit margin of 4.83%.

In its most recent fiscal year, News Corporation reported annual revenue of $8.5B, net profit of $464.0M, revenue has compounded at -1.3% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.84, total assets of $15.5B, $2.4B in cash and equivalents.

NWS has an average daily trading volume of 1,570,000 shares, a beta of 0.89.

Official website: newscorp.com