# News Corporation Class A Common Stock (NWSA) — Stock CV

News Corporation is a $15.7B communication services company. Revenue grew 6.8% over the last year, it keeps 6¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~1.0 years of free cash flow. It trades at 28.4× earnings.

> News Corporation is a diversified media and information services conglomerate with significant 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.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: NWSA
- **Sector**: Communication Services
- **Industry**: Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing
- **Headquarters**: NEW YORK, NY
- **Employees**: 21 700
- **Website**: https://www.newscorp.com
- **Market cap**: $15.7B
- **Last price**: $29.12
- **Financial profile**: Solid

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $9.03B
- **Net income**: $573M
- **Free cash flow**: $811M
- **Net debt**: $814M
- **P/E**: 28.4
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 6.8%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 90 |
| Growth | 45 |
| Profitability | 35 |
| Health | 66 |
| Quality | 68 |
| Moat | 45 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 11 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +6.8% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $573M TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +58.6% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $811M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~1.0y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $15.7B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -5.6% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 8/11 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 2.5 — grey
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 1.25%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 28.4

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Became debt-free: cash now exceeds total debt
- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $1.18B net income
- **FY2019** — Revenue crossed $10B: $10.1B for the year
- **FY2016** — First recorded profitable year: $179M net income
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $8.29B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 11-year streak
- **1994** — It became available to a wider public with the release of the Netscape browser in 1994
- **1991** — The BBC introduced a competitor, BBC World Service Television
- **1937** — The Party renamed it Xinhua News Agency, which became the official news agency of the People's Republic of…
- **1933** — Radio broadcasters in the United States negotiated a similar arrangement with the press in 1933
- **1931** — The Chinese Communist Party created its news agency, the Red China News Agency, in 1931

## Strengths

- High gross margin (56.9%)
- Could repay net debt from ~1.4 years of free cash flow

## Watch-outs

- Loss-making in 3 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | $10.4B | $623M | $855M |
| FY2023 | $9.88B | $149M | $593M |
| FY2024 | $10.1B | $266M | $602M |
| FY2025 | $8.45B | $1.18B | $571M |
| FY2026 | $9.03B | $573M | $811M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/NWSA — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.