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Annual report 2026
added 08-07-2026

News Corporation Financial Ratios 2026-2011 | NWS

Brief overview of News Corporation's financial ratios

Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2021–2025 interval.

Key multiples at the end of the period are P/E 25.91x (median 40.13x), EV/EBITDA 36.71x (median 25.45x), P/S 9.13x (median 5.77x). Valuation is 44.2% above five-year reference levels. The premium requires support from earnings and returns.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 3.9% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 8.5%, ROA 4.8%, ROCE 4.7%. Business quality is below comfortable levels on current returns. Better margins or turnover are needed.

The cash conversion cycle increased 205.4 days to 258 days, weakening working-capital efficiency.

Conclusion

News Corporation's profile looks stretched: price anticipates improvement that current quality ratios do not yet confirm.

Annual Financial Ratios News Corporation

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

31.5 16.3 61.2 79.0 16.5 40.1 -10.2 51.6 -5.8 -11.7 43.6 -56.5 42.1 18.6 - -

P/S

2.0 2.3 2.0 5.8 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 - -

EPS

1.0 2.1 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.6 -2.2 0.3 -2.6 -1.3 0.3 -0.3 0.4 0.9 -3.6 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

16 B 16.8 B 14.4 B 10.6 B 8.5 B 11 B 11.4 B 11.8 B 12.6 B 1.44 B 1.85 B 1.01 B -75 M 566 M 3.04 B 4.58 B

EBITDA per Share

0.87 0.81 0.77 0.72 0.63 1.15 1.1 2.13 1.84 - - - - - - -

EV/EBITDA

32.9 36.7 32.8 25.5 22.8 15.8 7.2 6.3 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.5 141.2 10.2 - -

PEG

-13.84 -5.73 -4.52 -6.69 - - 0.01 0.47 0.06 0.02 0.2 0.35 -0.8 0.15 - -

P/B

1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 - -

P/CF

- - 14.8 11.3 7.6 10.7 16.6 22.5 22.5 36.1 11.2 18.3 21.2 55.5 - -

ROE %

6.72 13.45 2.95 1.93 7.58 3.61 -15.13 1.70 -16.26 -6.83 1.55 -1.23 1.80 4.02 - -

ROA %

3.69 7.61 1.59 0.92 3.62 1.97 -8.90 0.99 -9.26 -5.07 1.16 -0.97 1.45 3.23 - -

ROCE %

- - - - - - - 4.73 4.60 3.60 2.58 2.49 -3.72 1.04 - -

Current Ratio

- - - - - - - 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.1 - -

DSO

67.1 64.4 61.2 243.5 64.9 52.7 55.7 55.9 65.2 60.9 56.5 58.0 61.9 64.9 - -

Operating Cycle

67.1 64.4 61.2 243.5 64.9 52.7 55.6 - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

67.1 64.4 61.2 243.5 64.9 52.7 55.6 - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios News Corporation

2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

0.16 0.34 0.2 0.34 0.2 0.38 0.18 0.38 0.21 0.27 0.05 0.27 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.12 0.07 0.18 0.14 0.4 0.33 0.73 0.13 0.39 0.06 0.39 -1.24 0.15 -0.39 0.15 -0.39 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.17 -0.14 0.12 -0.14 0.12 -0.5 -0.03 -0.66 -0.04 -0.03 -0.04 -0.01 - -0.04 0.08 0.24 0.11 0.26 0.05 0.26 0.56 2.42 -0.16 - - - - - -

EBITDA per Share

0.22 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.31 0.2 0.19 0.3 0.3 0.32 0.3 0.31 0.61 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.56 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.22 - - - - - -

ROE %

6.71 6.96 7.41 7.38 7.56 7.57 6.84 5.92 5.26 4.30 3.22 3.50 2.53 2.64 3.12 3.37 5.14 6.83 10.24 10.33 10.66 8.96 7.29 6.78 4.89 1.84 -0.28 -3.21 -3.13 0.56 0.66 4.23 2.44 1.97 0.18 -0.29 -2.16 -2.91 -4.64 -5.40 -2.22 -0.59 2.44 4.03 4.00 3.85 4.41 3.43 4.12 2.97 3.09 2.81 12.88 11.67 0.22 11.25 -1.00 - - - - - -

ROA %

3.79 3.95 4.03 3.93 4.01 3.98 3.59 3.90 2.76 2.45 1.51 1.81 1.27 1.33 1.56 1.73 2.76 3.71 5.66 5.66 5.77 4.81 3.86 3.62 2.62 0.98 -0.10 -1.78 -1.72 0.30 0.34 2.40 1.24 1.08 -0.07 -0.22 -1.63 -2.19 -3.49 -4.05 -1.64 -0.35 1.93 3.19 3.16 3.06 3.51 2.74 3.29 2.37 2.47 2.25 0.17 0.97 0.17 - - - - - - - -

DSO

76.7 68.2 75.1 68.2 70.0 65.1 72.5 68.4 70.0 26.8 34.7 65.7 58.3 57.5 59.2 56.3 54.8 27.7 58.5 53.1 54.6 26.2 57.5 50.7 52.6 57.1 55.8 57.2 60.1 57.1 63.1 60.8 62.5 61.4 69.6 57.4 58.5 27.5 64.7 60.9 58.6 53.0 59.9 56.0 58.5 54.2 61.9 60.4 63.4 55.5 60.9 59.3 60.8 54.4 29.4 - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- - - 68.2 67.5 - 72.5 68.4 - - - 65.7 56.6 - 59.2 56.3 54.8 27.7 58.5 53.1 54.6 26.2 57.5 50.7 52.6 57.1 55.8 57.2 60.1 57.1 63.1 60.8 62.5 61.4 69.6 57.4 58.5 27.5 64.7 60.9 58.6 53.0 59.9 56.0 58.5 54.2 61.9 60.4 63.4 55.5 60.9 59.3 60.8 54.4 29.4 - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - - 68.2 67.5 - 72.5 68.4 - - - 65.7 56.6 - 59.2 56.3 54.8 27.7 58.5 53.1 54.6 26.2 57.5 50.7 52.6 57.1 55.8 57.2 60.1 57.1 63.1 60.8 62.5 61.4 69.6 57.4 58.5 27.5 64.7 60.9 58.6 53.0 59.9 56.0 58.5 54.2 61.9 60.4 63.4 55.5 60.9 59.3 60.8 54.4 29.4 - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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