News Corporation (NWSA) Stock

About News Corporation

News Corporation, an influential media and information services entity, is dedicated to producing and disseminating premium, engaging content along with a diverse array of products and services for both individual consumers and corporate clients worldwide. Its operations are strategically segmented into six distinct divisions: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and an "Other" category. The company supplies a wide spectrum of content and data solutions, featuring esteemed publications and services such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and OPIS. These are distributed across numerous platforms, including traditional newspapers, newswires, dedicated websites, mobile applications, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism events, video content, and podcasts. News Corporation also manages a substantial portfolio of daily, Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers. Noteworthy titles include 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 the New York Post, complemented by various digital mastheads and associated online properties. Beyond news, the company publishes a broad range of books, encompassing general fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and religious titles. It further delivers sports, entertainment, and news programming to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, as well as other commercial licensees, via cable, satellite, and internet distribution. Additionally, it secures broadcasting rights for live sporting events. Moreover, News Corporation extends its services to include property and real estate-related advertising and offerings via its websites and mobile applications, provides online real estate services, and offers financial services. The company was established in 2012 and maintains its primary corporate office 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 (NWSA) stock trades at $27.29 with a market capitalization of $15.32B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.59, price-to-book of 1.70, price-to-sales of 1.85. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $22.20 and $31.61, and currently trades 13.7% 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 10.11%, a net profit margin of 4.83%.

In its most recent fiscal year, News Corporation reported annual revenue of $8.5B, net profit of $1.2B, 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 1.70, total assets of $15.5B, $2.4B in cash and equivalents.

NWSA has an average daily trading volume of 5,073,001 shares, a beta of 0.89.

Official website: newscorp.com