News Corporation is an entertainment business based in Australia. News Corporation shares (NWS) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. News Corporation has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $9.9 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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| 52-week range | $23.44 - $36.21 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $33.5956 |
| 200-day moving average | $29.753 |
| Target price | $38.35 |
| PE ratio | 88.45 |
| Dividend yield | $0.2 (0.9%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.37 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$34.78
| 1 week (2023-11-23) | 0.52% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-11-03) | 1.22% |
| 3 months (2023-09-01) | 2.47% |
| 6 months (2023-06-02) | 22.38% |
| 1 year (2022-12-02) | 21.52% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-12-03) | 12.27% |
| 3 years (2020-12-03) | 41.27% |
| 5 years (2018-12-03) | 87.09% |
Valuing News Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of News Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
News Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 88x. In other words, News Corporation shares trade at around 88x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
News Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 10.1003. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into News Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
News Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.2 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a News Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $9.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 7.84% |
| Gross profit TTM | $4.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.77% |
| Return on equity TTM | 2.05% |
| Profit margin | 1.4% |
| Book value | 13.782 |
| Market capitalisation | $19.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 47.32% of net profits
Recently News Corporation has paid out, on average, around 47.32% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.9% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), News Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0.9% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In News Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.2 per share.
While News Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that News Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 September 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, News Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $23.44 up to $36.21. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while News Corporation's is 1.363. This would suggest that News Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates in six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and OPIS through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children's, and religious books; provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, and other commercial licensees through satellite and internet distribution; and broadcasts rights to live sporting events. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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