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NWS NASDAQ

News Corporation
1W: -1.9% 1M: +1.6% 3M: +0.4% YTD: +10.0% 1Y: +8.7% 3Y: +51.2% 5Y: +41.5%
$32.76
-0.71 (-2.12%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.6%
$32 $33 $34 $35 $35
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Buy · Power 62 · $17.6B mcap · 290M float · 0.452% daily turnover · Short 45% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 86% of companies Debt: 14.2% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.22 (down 99.3%), News Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.92B against a stock market value of $17.64B.
Distance to default 11.54 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $994.5M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 26.8%; Altman Z'' 2.53. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.2B +9.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +0.0%
Capital Expenditures
$426M -4.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +1.8%
Free Cash Flow
$811M +11.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: -0.9%
Dividends Paid
$204M -10.3% ▼
Buybacks
$782M -421.3% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$307M -157.8% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$760M$149M$269M$480M$743M
Depreciation & Amort.$688M$823M$440M$459M$485M
Stock-Based Comp.$59M$92M$0$0$0
Change in Working Capital-$93M-$82M-$139M-$206M-$145M
Other Non-Cash Items$65M$98M$497M$318M$113M
Operating Cash Flow$1.4B$1.1B$1.1B$1.1B$1.2B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$499M-$499M-$357M-$407M-$426M
Acquisitions (Net)-$1.5B-$60M-$38M-$96M-$122M
Investment Purchases-$112M-$60M-$96M-$154M-$60M
Investment Sales$41M$60M$81M$274M$89M
Other Investing-$5M-$15M-$114M$230M$0
Investing Cash Flow-$2.1B-$574M-$524M-$153M-$519M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$852M-$75M-$131M-$142M$0
Stock Repurchased-$179M-$243M-$117M-$150M-$782M
Dividends Paid-$175M-$174M-$172M-$185M-$204M
Other Financing-$94M-$9M-$21M-$86M-$53M
Financing Cash Flow$404M-$501M-$441M-$563M-$1.0B
Net Change in Cash-$414M$11M$39M$531M-$307M
Cash End of Period$1.8B$1.8B$1.9B$2.4B$2.1B
Free Cash Flow$855M$593M$741M$727M$811M

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