News (NWSA) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.28
- Estimate
- $0.26
- Surprise
- +7.7%
- Score today
- 5.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
News (NWSA) beat the $0.26 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.28 — a clear 7.7% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- News Corp Says Media Segment EBITDA Drops 40% Amid Lower Revenues, With Adjusted EBITDA Also Declining 40%; Digital Reve — benzinga, 2026-11-04
- News Corp Says Media Revenues Decline 1% As Print Advertising Weakness Offsets Growth In Circulation, Subscriptions And — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates NWSA Sell at 5.6/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +7.7% surprise compares with a +17.8% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited number of third-party suppliers
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (3.5% away)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $30.56
- Price target
- $31.35
- Stop
- $29.16
- Upside to target
- +2.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 29.7× trailing but 20.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
NWSA at TrendMatrix's latest read
Communication and media names are subscriber-economics stories; engagement and ARPU trends behind the print drive the reaction.
- Industry
- Entertainment
- Market cap
- $16.44B
- P/E (fwd)
- 20.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 29.7
- 52-week range
- $22.20–$31.66
- Off 52-week high
- 3.5%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- Volume vs avg
- 1.83×
- Score today
- 5.6/10