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NWS
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24.30

Change

+0.04 +0.16%

Volume

Volume 11,583

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$ 24.26

$ 24.30

Change

+0.04 +0.16%

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$24.12

$24.49

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$8.55

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Company Description

News Corp. engages in the creation and distribution of media, news, education, and information services. It operates through the following segments: News and Information Services, Book Publishing, Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, and Other. The News and Information Services...

News Corp. engages in the creation and distribution of media, news, education, and information services. It operates through the following segments: News and Information Services, Book Publishing, Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, and Other. The News and Information Services segment consists of Dow Jones, News Corp Australia, News UK, the New York Post, and News America Marketing. The Book Publishing segment consists of HarperCollins which publishes and supply consumer books through print, digital, and audio formats. The Digital Real Estate Services segment offers property and property-related advertising and services as well as financial services. The Subscription Video Services segment provides video sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV subscribers, and other commercial licensees via cable, satellite and Internet Protocol, and distribution. The Other segment refers to general corporate overhead expenses, corporate strategy group, and costs related to the U.K. Newspaper Matters. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Valuation

Price to Sales Ratio

0.77

Price to Book Ratio

0.92

Price to Cash Flow Ratio

8.94

Enterprise Value to EBITDA

6.38

Enterprise Value to Sales

0.98

Total Debt to Enterprise Value

0.29

Efficiency

Revenue/Employee

383,319.00

Income Per Employee

-54,000.00

Receivables Turnover

6.29

Total Asset Turnover

0.60

Liquidity

Current Ratio

1.29

Quick Ratio

1.16

Cash Ratio

0.57

Profitability

Gross Margin

37.32

Operating Margin

4.16

Pretax Margin

-16.92

Net Margin

-14.09

Return on Assets

-8.47

Return on Equity

-15.17

Return on Total Capital

3.31

Return on Invested Capital

-12.65

Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity

33.45

Total Debt to Total Capital

25.06

Total Debt to Total Assets

17.78

Long-Term Debt to Equity

30.72

Long-Term Debt to Total Capital

23.02

Officers and Executives

Name Age Officer Since Title
Mr. Lachlan Keith Murdoch 48 2013 Director
Mr. Keith Rupert Murdoch 88 2012 Executive Co-Chairman
Mr. Robert James Thomson 58 2013 Chief Executive Officer & Director
Ms. Susan Lee Panuccio 47 2017 Chief Financial Officer
Mr. David Kline - 2020 Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP

Insider Actions

– Purchase – Sale 1 – Number of Transactions
Date Name Shares Transaction Value
04/01/2021 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 José María Aznar
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 Natalie Bancroft
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,782   72,498
04/01/2021 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
04/01/2021 José María Aznar
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
04/01/2021 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
04/01/2021 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
04/01/2021 Natalie Bancroft
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
04/01/2021 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,782   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
03/12/2021 Keith Rupert Murdoch
Executive Chairman; Director 		384,096   Acquisition at $26.14 per share. 10,040,269
03/11/2021 Keith Rupert Murdoch
Executive Chairman; Director 		115,904   Acquisition at $25.75 per share. 2,984,528
03/05/2021 Murdoch Family Trust
Executive Chairman; Director 		500,000   Acquisition at $24.09 per share. 12,045,000
02/09/2021 David B. Pitofsky
General Counsel 		16,000   Disposition at $21.82 per share. 349,120
01/04/2021 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 José María Aznar
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 Natalie Bancroft
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,744   49,831
01/04/2021 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
01/04/2021 José María Aznar
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
01/04/2021 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
01/04/2021 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
01/04/2021 Natalie Bancroft
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
01/04/2021 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,744   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
10/01/2020 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,847   40,370
10/01/2020 José María Aznar
Director 		2,847   40,370
10/01/2020 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,847   40,370
10/01/2020 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,847   40,370
10/01/2020 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,847   40,370
10/01/2020 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,847   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
10/01/2020 José María Aznar
Director 		2,847   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
10/01/2020 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,847   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
10/01/2020 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,847   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
10/01/2020 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,847   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
08/15/2020 Keith Rupert Murdoch
Executive Chairman; Director 		93,451   1,432,603
08/15/2020 Robert James Thomson
Chief Executive Officer; Director 		223,504   3,426,316
08/15/2020 Keith Rupert Murdoch
Executive Chairman; Director 		97,657   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $15.33 per share. 1,497,081
08/15/2020 Susan Lee Panuccio
Chief Financial Officer 		55,938   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $15.33 per share. 857,529
08/15/2020 David B. Pitofsky
General Counsel 		40,778   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $15.33 per share. 625,126
08/15/2020 Robert James Thomson
Chief Executive Officer; Director 		254,273   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $15.33 per share. 3,898,005
08/15/2020 Keith Rupert Murdoch
Executive Chairman; Director 		191,108   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
08/15/2020 Susan Lee Panuccio
Chief Financial Officer 		105,106   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
08/15/2020 David B. Pitofsky
General Counsel 		81,217   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
08/15/2020 Robert James Thomson
Chief Executive Officer; Director 		477,777   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 José María Aznar
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 James Rupert Murdoch
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,476   29,910
07/01/2020 Peter L. Barnes
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 José María Aznar
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 Lachlan Keith Murdoch
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 James Rupert Murdoch
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 Masroor Taale Siddiqui
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
07/01/2020 Ana Paula Machado Pessoa
Director 		2,476   Derivative/Non-derivative trans. at $0 per share. 0
06/05/2020 David B. Pitofsky
General Counsel 		11,433   Disposition at $13.26 per share. 151,601
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MarketWatch News on NWS

  4. News Corp to buy Investor's Business Daily for $275 million

    9:35 a.m. March 25, 2021

    - Tomi Kilgore

  5. News Corp to buy Investors Business Daily for $275 mln from O'Neil Capital Management

    9:19 a.m. March 25, 2021

    - Tomi Kilgore

  8. Facebook agrees to payment deals with 3 Australian news publishers

    6:05 p.m. Feb. 25, 2021

    - Associated Press

  9. Australia passes law requiring Google, Facebook to pay for news

    10:21 p.m. Feb. 24, 2021

    - Associated Press

  11. Australia’s prime minister urges Facebook to lift news blockade

    9:59 p.m. Feb. 18, 2021

    - Associated Press

  14. News Corp. to provide Google with news in return for 'significant payments'

    9:04 a.m. Feb. 17, 2021

    - Tomi Kilgore

  15. News Corp., Alphabet's Google agree to global news partnership

    9:04 a.m. Feb. 17, 2021

    - Tomi Kilgore

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Other News on NWS

  1. News Corp. prices upsized $1B notes offering

    9:23 a.m. April 9, 2021

    - Seeking Alpha

  3. The Housing Market Is Crazier Than It’s Been Since 2006

    12:00 a.m. April 3, 2021

    - Nicole Friedman

  6. Cable-News Viewership Falls After Trump’s Exit

    5:18 p.m. March 30, 2021

    - Benjamin Mullin

  7. Why Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Stock Was Gaining Today

    10:45 a.m. March 29, 2021

    - Motley Fool

  8. News Corp to Buy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Consumer-Publishing Arm

    9:35 a.m. March 29, 2021

    - Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

  9. Wall Street Breakfast: Archegos Implosion

    7:17 a.m. March 29, 2021

    - Seeking Alpha

  12. News Corp to Buy Investor’s Business Daily for $275 Million

    1:01 p.m. March 25, 2021

    - Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

  13. News Corp. to acquire Investor's Business Daily for $275M

    9:22 a.m. March 25, 2021

    - Seeking Alpha

  16. Tight Supply Is Limiting Home Sales at Start of Spring

    1:37 p.m. March 22, 2021

    - Nicole Friedman

  17. Insider Weekends: Content Is King

    11:49 a.m. March 22, 2021

    - Seeking Alpha

  18. U.K. Investigating Penguin Random House’s Simon & Schuster Takeover

    10:37 a.m. March 22, 2021

    - Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

  19. To Buy a Home in the Pandemic, Relatives Team Up on Bids

    5:30 a.m. March 20, 2021

    - Nicole Friedman

  20. NFL Stops the Clock on Streaming Consolidation

    1:58 p.m. March 19, 2021

    - Dan Gallagher

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At a Glance

News Corp.

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Phone

1 2124163400

Industry

Publishing

Sector

Media/Entertainment

Fiscal Year-end

06/2021

View SEC Filings

Revenue

$9.01B

Net Income

$-1.27B

Employees

23,500

Annual Report for NWS

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Press Releases on NWS

  5. News Corp To Acquire Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media Segment

    7:00 a.m. March 29, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  6. News Corp Announces Acquisition of Investor’s Business Daily

    9:15 a.m. March 25, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  7. News Corp and Facebook Reach Agreement in Australia

    5:00 p.m. March 15, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  10. HarperOne To Publish AMERICAN PORTRAIT: The Story Of Us, Told By Us

    8:15 a.m. Feb. 25, 2021

    - PR Newswire - PRF

  12. News Corp and Google Agree to Global Partnership on News

    10:00 a.m. Feb. 17, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  13. News Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results for Fiscal 2021

    5:00 p.m. Feb. 4, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  15. News Corp to Report Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Earnings

    10:00 a.m. Jan. 26, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  16. Keith Poole Named Editor in Chief of the New York Post Group

    10:00 a.m. Jan. 5, 2021

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  17. Statement By News Corp Regarding Multistate Litigation Against Google

    1:54 p.m. Dec. 17, 2020

    - BusinessWire - BZX

  19. News Corp to Participate in UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference

    5:30 p.m. Dec. 2, 2020

    - BusinessWire - BZX

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