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News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) closed the day trading at $28.38 down -0.60% from the previous closing price of $28.55. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.15 million shares were traded. NWSA stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.855 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.24.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of NWSA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.96 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.02. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.72 and its Current Ratio is at 1.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.32.
On January 10, 2025, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $36.Citigroup initiated its Buy rating on January 10, 2025, with a $36 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 10 ’25 when MFT SH Family Trust sold 38,335,059 shares for $33.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,274,725,356 led to the insider holds 0 shares of the business.
DeGrazio Marygrace sold 10,582 shares of NWSA for $316,825 on Aug 15 ’25. The Chief Accounting Officer now owns 21,722 shares after completing the transaction at $29.94 per share. On Aug 15 ’25, another insider, Allen Ruth, who serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company, sold 19,968 shares for $29.44 each. As a result, the insider received 587,930 and left with 0 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NWSA now has a Market Capitalization of 16650789888 and an Enterprise Value of 17178896384. As of this moment, News’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.87, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.51. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.30. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.033 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.149.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NWSA is 1.18, which has changed by 0.0919584 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17904854 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NWSA has reached a high of $31.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $23.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.09%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.06%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, NWSA traded about 3.68M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, NWSA traded about 4943270 shares per day. A total of 376.72M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 376.15M. Insiders hold about 33.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.66% stake in the company. Shares short for NWSA as of 1757894400 were 8508016 with a Short Ratio of 2.31, compared to 1755216000 on 7253182. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8508016 and a Short% of Float of 2.27.
Dividends & Splits
NWSA’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.20, up from 0.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0070052543. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.91.
Earnings Estimates
. The current assessment of News Corp (NWSA) involves the perspectives of 4.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.35, with high estimates of $0.37 and low estimates of $0.28.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.08 and $0.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.98. EPS for the following year is $1.12, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $1.21 and $0.92.
Revenue Estimates
10 analysts predict $2.11B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.16B to a low estimate of $2.07B. As of. The current estimate, News Corp’s year-ago sales were $2.58BFor the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.29B. There is a high estimate of $2.33B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.25B.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NWSA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $8.88B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $8.58B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $8.69B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $8.45BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $9.01B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.28B and the low estimate is $8.79B.
