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News Corp (Class A) NWSA

News Corp (Class A) scores average on business quality (5.4 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$29.12Oct 10, 2026
Business qualityAverage
Next earningsNov 5, 2026
Insiders, 90 daysQuiet

Why it matters

  1. What News Corp (Class A) does

    News Corp generates revenue through digital real estate services, subscription video broadcasting, and Dow Jones information services. Businesses and consumers pay for professional data, property listings, and news content.

  2. What it does best

    Dow Jones anchors its publishing ecosystem through high-margin professional subscriptions, delivering a 56.9 percent gross margin that outpaces the New York Times at 51.4 percent. This proprietary financial data and real-time news creates extreme switching costs for institutional clients.

  3. The main risk

    Print publishing revenue declines continue to threaten legacy cost structures, eroding operating margins if digital growth fails to offset physical newspaper drops.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityWeak

Operating margins stand at 12.8 percent alongside a 41 percent free cash flow margin. Profitability is stabilizing as high-margin digital products replace legacy print operations, though return on equity remains modest at 6.6 percent.

MoatFair

Dow Jones and REA Group secure a middle-of-the-pack sector rank with a 43rd percentile operating margin. Brand legacy and proprietary data lock in enterprise clients against nimble web-only rivals.

GrowthSlow

Revenue rose to $9.0 billion from $8.5 billion last year, accelerating past the 2024 low of $8.3 billion. Digital real estate and professional information services drive the top-line recovery.

Financial healthStrong

Debt-to-equity sits low at 0.2, backed by $2.1 billion in cash and negative net debt of $106 million. Free cash flow reached $805 million, reflecting a strengthening balance sheet.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.

Our sealed record on NWSA

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is NWSA a good business?

News Corp (Class A) scores average on the Cluenex quality check (5.4 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth slow and financial health strong.

Are insiders buying NWSA?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.

When does NWSA report earnings?

Nov 5, 2026.

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “News Corp (Class A) (NWSA)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/nwsa/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.