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News Corporation

NWS
51
Entertainment · Communication Services
Price
$32.42
-0.12 (-0.37%)
Market Cap
$17.75B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

4.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 593.4M (2021) → 569.9M (2025)

News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates in six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Complia

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-11.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

46.2%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

News Corporation is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
50.8%
Healthy — 50.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
10.0%
Modest — 10.0% operating margin
ROCE
2.1%
Weak — 2.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+2.3%
Nearly flat sales (2.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+1.4%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
359%
Turns 359% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
12.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Interest Cover
30.41x
Comfortably covers interest (30.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
44.6x
Pricey — P/E 44.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+24.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (44.6 → 20.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.66%
Small dividend — 0.66% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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