News Corp Class B
About: News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with significant presence in the US, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings business in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable US digital property advertising business, Move. The 65% interest in Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider, was sold in April 2025. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, was struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's EBITDA.
Employees: 23,900
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
1,313% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.99M | Put options by funds: $424K
39% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 33
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 4 (+1) [Q1 2025]
32% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 91
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 292 [Q4 2024] → 301 (+9) [Q1 2025]
0.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 43.57% [Q4 2024] → 42.66% (-0.91%) [Q1 2025]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.51B [Q4 2024] → $2.45B (-$64M) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for NWS.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about NWS published over the past 30 days
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
U.S. Inventory Surpasses 1 Million Homes for the First Time Since Winter of 2019
Recovery Splits the Map as the West and South Bounce Back, and Other Regions Struggle to Catch Up AUSTIN, Texas , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. housing market is staging a comeback, but the rebound is sharply divided, according to the May Monthly Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com ®. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. topped 1 million for the first time since Winter 2019, but only metros in the South or West have fully returned to pre-pandemic inventory levels as the Northeast and Midwest remain stuck in a supply squeeze.
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PRNewsWire
1 week ago
International Shoppers Were a Larger Share of U.S. Housing Demand During the First Quarter of 2025
Despite larger international housing shopper share in the U.S., demand from Canada – the leading source – has fallen AUSTIN, Texas , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International demand was a larger share of U.S. housing demand, as 1.9% of Realtor.com® online traffic came from international home shoppers in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 1.7% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report from Realtor.com ® . This overall growth comes despite a decline in demand from Canada, the top source of international home shopping to the U.S., from 40.7% in the first quarter of 2024 to 34.7% in the first quarter of 2025.
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PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Class of 2025, Start Packing: These 10 Cities Are the Ultimate Grad-Friendly Rental Markets
Austin, Texas ranks first with the lowest rent-to-income ratio and a booming tech scene Minneapolis, Minn., and Raleigh, N.C.
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PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Despite Recession Fears, Nearly 30% of Home Shoppers Say a Downturn Could Make Them More Likely to Buy a Home
54.4% of surveyed buyers said a recession would have no impact on their decision to purchase a home Inventory shortages and budget constraints are the biggest barriers to entry for buyers Declining concerns about overbidding point to a calmer and less competitive market AUSTIN, Texas , May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As economic anxiety intensifies, a new survey from Realtor.com ® reveals that U.S. homebuyers are bracing for a potential recession, but is there a silver lining? While 63.4% of surveyed home shoppers said they expect a recession within the next 12 months, marking one of the highest levels of concern since 2019, nearly 30% indicated that a recession would make them somewhat more likely to purchase a home.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Renters Spent 23.4% of their Incomes on Rent in April, Significantly Under the "30% Rule"
Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Boston and San Diego are the least affordable markets for renters while Oklahoma City, Okla; Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Raleigh N.C.; and Minneapolis, Minn.
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Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
News Corporation (NWSA) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Michael Florin - Senior Vice President and Head, Investor Relations Robert Thomson - Chief Executive Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Kane Hannan - Goldman Sachs Entcho Raykovski - Evans & Partners David Joyce - Seaport Research Frank Huber - Huber Research Alan Gould - Loop Capital Evan Karatzas - UBS Operator Welcome to the News Corp's Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded.
Positive
Reuters
1 month ago
News Corp beats quarterly estimates on Dow Jones, digital real estate services segments growth
News Corp beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by growth in its Dow Jones business and online real estate services, sending its shares up about 3% in extended trading.
Negative
Deadline
1 month ago
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson Bashes Donald Trump's Tariffs In Q3 Earnings Call: “Economic Slap In The Face”
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson kicked off the company's third quarter earnings call with a few words about Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, offering a bit of a cheeky take on the across-the-board levies that have sent markets gyrating.
Positive
WSJ
1 month ago
News Corp Revenue Boosted by Gains at Dow Jones, HarperCollins
Digital and print Wall Street Journal subscriptions totaled 4.34 million for the March quarter, the company says.
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Business Wire
1 month ago
News Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corporation (“News Corp” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Commenting on the results, Chief Executive Robert Thomson said: “The sustained strength of News Corp's third quarter reflects the Company's strategic transformation. We have pursued digital growth, realigned our assets, focused relentlessly on cost discipline and asserted the essential value of our intellectua.
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