News Corporation

NWSA

Entertainment · Communication Services

Price

$28.43

-0.26 (-0.89%)

Market Cap

$15.96B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

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

Winston Score History

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Quality

Gross Margin

-110.3%

Thin — -110.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

5.5%

Thin — 5.5% operating margin

ROCE

1.1%

Weak — 1.1% 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

-0.6%

Shrinking sales (-0.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+315.0%

Earnings growing fast (315.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

132%

Turns 132% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

11.8%

Modest free cash flow (11.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.33

Conservative — low debt load (0.33)

Interest Cover

485.50x

Comfortably covers interest (485.5x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

9.5x

Attractive valuation — P/E 9.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-9.7

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.62%

Small dividend — 0.62% yield

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

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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