News Corporation beats earnings estimates in 3 of the last 4 quarters, converts 153% of net income to free cash flow, and carries a strong Piotroski F-Score of 8/9, but the stock is in a confirmed downtrend with the 200-day moving average declining at negative 1.7% per month and 17% short interest.
Thesis pillars
- Superior Free Cash Flow Conversion→Stable
- Earnings Beat Consistency→Stable
- Confirmed Price Downtrend↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
News Corporation (NWS) Stock Analysis
Catalyst-Driven edge
Communication Services · Entertainment
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $32.45: Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8; Weak growth.
News Corporation is a global media and information services company with segments including Digital Real Estate Services (a 61.4% interest in REA Group and an 80% interest in Move), Dow Jones, Book Publishing and News Media. It earns revenue from subscriptions, advertising,... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $32.45: Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 22d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: moderate.
About News Corporation
About News Corporation
News Corp generated $2.33 billion from its Dow Jones segment, $2.15 billion from Book Publishing, $2.17 billion from News Media, and $1.80 billion from Digital Real Estate Services in fiscal 2025, spanning brands including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, HarperCollins Publishers, realestate.com.au and Realtor.com. The Wall Street Journal and Barron's Group together counted 6.26 million total subscriptions, while Realtor.com averaged approximately 72 million monthly unique users.
Dow Jones earns revenue from consumer subscriptions (WSJ, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily), advertising, licensing content to third-party and AI platforms, and enterprise products such as Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Factiva and Newswires sold to financial professionals. Digital Real Estate Services combines News Corp's 61.4% stake in REA Group, whose realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au sell property-listing subscriptions to Australian real estate agents, and its 80% stake in Move, which operates Realtor.com under a trademark license from the National Association of Realtors and earns most of its revenue from listing advertisement, lead-generation and referral products. Book publishing and newspaper operations depend on third-party paper suppliers and printing and distribution partners, whose costs and disruptions the 10-K flags directly. The company also depends on a single or limited number of suppliers for certain technology services -- it relies on Amazon Web Services for cloud infrastructure and Google for workspace and enterprise services.
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News Corp's digital reach is filtered through infrastructure and distribution it does not control: the company relies on Amazon Web Services for cloud-based services across many business activities and on Google for workspace and enterprise tools, single-vendor dependencies the 10-K says could disrupt operations if either supplier raised prices sharply or terminated its arrangement on short notice. A related but separate exposure sits in traffic generation -- large digital platforms drive a significant share of visits to News Corp's digital properties through algorithms outside the company's control, and the 10-K specifically flags that recent platform changes have already reduced traffic to some properties, particularly in the U.K.
See also: Communication Services · Entertainment
From News Corporation's most recent 10-K filing, extracted October 11, 2026.
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updated 2026-10-15Recent Developments — News Corporation
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- NEWS No tornadoes confirmed after storms in Catawba County: NWS - Queen City News — Queen City News neutral
- NEWS News (NWS) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Missouri EF-2 tornado traveled over 36 miles on Monday: NWS - FOX4KC.com — FOX4KC.com neutral
- NEWS News Corporation (NWS) Stock Falls on Q4 2026 Earnings - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative negative
- NEWS News Corporation (NWS) Stock Falls on Q4 2026 Earnings - quiverquant.com — quiverquant.com negative
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Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $32.45: Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $31.11. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $37.32 (+15.0% upside). Prior stop was $31.11. Stop-loss: $31.11.
Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8; Weak growth.
News Corporation trades at a P/E of 31.6 (forward 21.6). TrendMatrix value score: 7.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover NWS with a consensus score of 4.3/5.
What does News Corporation do?News Corporation is a global media and information services company with segments including Digital Real Estate...
News Corporation is a global media and information services company with segments including Digital Real Estate Services (a 61.4% interest in REA Group and an 80% interest in Move), Dow Jones, Book Publishing and News Media. It earns revenue from subscriptions, advertising, property listings and book sales.