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Also trades as: NWS (NASDAQ) · $vol 42M · NWS.AX (ASX) · $vol 7M · 0K7U.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · NWSLV.AX (ASX) · $vol 0M · NWSAL (OTC) · $vol 0M

NWSA NASDAQ

News Corporation
1W: -3.7% 1M: +2.8% 3M: +4.3% YTD: +11.9% 1Y: +9.6% 3Y: +41.0% 5Y: +27.7%
$29.31
-0.66 (-2.19%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.7%
$29 $30 $31 $32 $32
NASDAQ · Communication Services · Publishing · Tech Score Buy · Power 58 · $16.4B mcap · 476M float · 0.859% daily turnover · Short 44% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 85% of companies Debt: 14.5% of company value Bonds: $81.1M held by 112 funds, 120 bp over Treasuries → 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 $0.21 (down 99.3%), News Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.92B against a stock market value of $17.24B.
Distance to default 11.48 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-28, 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.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$15.5B +0.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: -1.5%
Total Liabilities
$6.3B +3.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: -3.7%
Shareholders Equity
$8.5B -2.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +0.8%
Cash & Investments
$2.1B -12.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: -1.3%
Total Debt
$2.9B -0.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -4.1%
Net Debt
$820M +52.7% ▲

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Balance Sheet
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Assets —
Cash$1.8B$1.8B$2.0B$2.4B$2.1B
Short-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0
Cash & ST Investments$1.8B$1.8B$2.0B$2.4B$2.1B
Net Receivables$1.5B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B$1.8B
Inventory$311M$311M$296M$327M$302M
Other Current Assets$458M$484M$613M$519M$328M
Total Current Assets$4.1B$4.1B$4.4B$4.8B$4.5B
Property, Plant & Equip.$3.0B$3.1B$2.9B$2.1B$2.2B
Goodwill & Intangibles$7.8B$7.6B$7.5B$6.3B$6.4B
Long-Term Investments$488M$427M$430M$1.0B$1.0B
Other Non-Current Assets$1.4B$1.3B$1.2B$1.0B$1.3B
Total Non-Current Assets$13.1B$12.9B$12.3B$10.7B$11.1B
Total Assets$17.2B$16.9B$16.7B$15.5B$15.5B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$411M$440M$314M$335M$412M
Short-Term Debt$266M$0$33M$2M$0
Deferred Revenue$604M$622M$551M$498M$543M
Other Current Liabilities$818M$524M$475M$438M$425M
Total Current Liabilities$3.5B$3.2B$3.1B$2.6B$2.8B
Long-Term Debt$2.7B$2.9B$2.9B$1.8B$2.0B
Other Non-Current Liab.$638M$580M$617M$609M$610M
Total Non-Current Liabilities$4.6B$4.8B$4.6B$3.5B$3.5B
Total Liabilities$8.1B$8.0B$7.7B$6.1B$6.3B
— Equity —
Common Stock$6M$6M$6M$6M$6M
Retained Earnings-$2.3B-$2.1B-$1.9B-$747M-$312M
Accumulated OCI-$1.3B-$1.2B-$1.3B-$1.5B-$1.5B
Total Stockholders Equity$8.2B$8.1B$8.1B$8.8B$8.5B
Total Liabilities & Equity$17.2B$16.9B$16.7B$15.5B$15.5B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$4.2B$4.2B$4.1B$2.9B$2.9B
Net Debt$2.3B$2.4B$2.1B$537M$820M
Total Investments$488M$427M$430M$1.0B$1.0B

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