News Corp Class B (NWS)

• Market cap: $19.5B
• 1 day: -0.63%
• 5 days: 0.06%
• 1 month: 2.28%
• 3 months: 5.93%
• 6 months: 8.53%
• Year to date: 13.57%
• 1 year: 18.52%
• 5 years: 130.24%
• 10 years: 156.81%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Entertainment

About: News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with large 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: 22,300

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

554% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.32M | Put options by funds: $508K

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 60 | Existing positions closed: 30

33% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 129 | Existing positions reduced: 97

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.45B [Q1] → $2.68B (+$228M) [Q2]

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 301 [Q1] → 323 (+22) [Q2]

1.29% less ownership

Funds ownership: 42.63% [Q1] → 41.34% (-1.29%) [Q2]

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 3 (-1) [Q2]