Down 13% on Nov 5, a down day for the market: the S&P 500 fell 4%, 86% of stocks fell, and newspaper stocks a median 2%.
NWSA's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 7. It dipped below its 10-day low, then closed back above it.
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| The company | A $620M profit |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 5 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -4.6% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
NWSA is #4 of 5 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: NWSA -4.2%, NYT -1%.
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, after the close (in 86 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $2.3B, 6% more than a year ago.
“The Company reported fiscal 2027 first quarter total revenues of $2.28 billion, a 6% increase compared to $2.14 billion in the prior year, primarily driven by higher revenues at Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing and Dow Jones.”
| Line | Q1 FY27 | Q1 FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Circulation and Subscription | $823M | $782M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 5)
No outlook figures read from this release.
“Net income for the quarter was $215 million, a 43% increase compared to $150 million in the prior year, primarily driven by higher Total Segment EBITDA, as discussed below, and higher Other, net, primarily due to a gain related to the divestiture of REA India’s remaining business, partially offset by higher income tax expense.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 4)
Sales fell 0.7% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2021 to 2026.
Pays $0.20 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | -6.3% | -13.3% | not yet |
| Aug 5, 2026 | +3.0% | +2.1% | -1.3% |
| May 7, 2026 | -0.8% | -0.1% | -2.9% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $9B in 2026. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
RSI 33.9, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.
5 insiders sold $3.2M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
2 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: NWSA is under 0.1% of SPYI, under 0.1% of IVV, and under 0.1% of SPY, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 (SPY's as filed by IVV).
News Corporation is a diversified media and information services conglomerate with major 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 platform 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.
“The Company’s digital real estate services businesses operate in highly competitive markets that are evolving rapidly in response to new technologies, business models and practices, product and service offerings and changing consumer and customer preferences.”
NWSA scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #4 of 5 in Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 13% on Nov 5, a down day for the market: the S&P 500 fell 4%, 86% of stocks fell, and newspaper stocks a median 2%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
NWSA scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #4 of 5 in Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind NWSA's 7.
5 insiders sold $3.2M across 5 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is David B. Pitofsky, General Counsel, who sold $1.5M on Aug 17. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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