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NEWS CORPEvidence as of 2026-09-02Overview · NEWS CORP
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, Bar…
Management team
- Mr. Arthur Bochner · Executive VP & Chief Communications OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- James Marcovitz · Senior VP & Deputy General CounselFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. David L. Kline · Executive VP & CTOFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael L. Bunder · Senior VP, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The surviving evidence presents a mixed picture (evidence balance: Mixed, -0.2; confidence high). Reported revenue has varied across recent quarters, with US$ 2,577,000,000 in Q1 2025 (ended 2024-09-30), US$ 2,362,000,000 in Q2 2026 (ended 2025-12-31), and US$ 2,185,000,000 in Q3 2026 (ended 2026-03-31). Net income across the last three reported quarters rose from US$ 112,000,000 in Q1 2026 (ended 2025-09-30) to US$ 193,000,000 in Q2 2026, then compressed to US$ 89,000,000 in Q3 2026, producing net margins of roughly 5.2% (Q1 2026), 8.2% (Q2 2026) and 4.1% (Q3 2026).
Balance-sheet and market signals coexist: long‑term debt fell materially from US$ 2,907,000,000 as of 2024-09-30 to about US$ 1,962–1,989,000,000 around mid‑2025 through 2026-06-30, while cash moved from US$ 1,778,000,000 (2024-09-30) to US$ 2,403,000,000 (FY 2025) and US$ 2,095,000,000 (FY 2026), implying a small net cash position of about US$ 106,000,000 on those line items as of 2026-06-30. Market metrics are mixed: six‑month momentum is strong at +29.2% (87th percentile), 12‑1 momentum is negative at -4.0% (27th percentile), volatility is elevated (90‑day annualized +27.1%, 83rd percentile), beta to SPY is low at 0.29, and the stock sits above both the 50‑ and 200‑day SMAs with a golden cross and a 55‑day cross age as of 2026-09-01.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Reported quarterly revenues have varied across the last 12 quarters, with 2,577,000,000 USD in the quarter 2024-07-01 to 2024-09-30 (Q1 2025) and 2,362,000,000 USD in the quarter 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-31 (Q2 2026), and 2,185,000,000 USD in the quarter 2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31 (fiscal Q3 2026, ended 31 March 2026).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001564708-24-000599Net income for the last three reported quarters rose from 112,000,000 USD in the quarter 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 (Q1 2026) to 193,000,000 USD in the quarter 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-31 (Q2 2026), then fell to 89,000,000 USD in the quarter 2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31 (fiscal Q3 2026, ended 31 March 2026).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001564708-25-000573Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
The company's Management's Discussion and Analysis section, filed 2026-08-07, states that it contains forward-looking statements and cautions readers that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties.
Management's discussion · filed 2026-08-07The Management's Discussion and Analysis, filed 2026-08-07, describes the company as reporting five operating segments (Dow Jones; Digital Real Estate Services; Book Publishing; News Media; and other segments) and says fiscal 2026 and 2025 each included 52 weeks, with the company maintaining a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to June 30.
Management's discussion · filed 2026-08-07Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Six-month momentum is +29.2% and ranks in the 87th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateThe 12-1 momentum metric is -4.0% and ranks in the 27th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
13F-reporting institutional holders reported a combined position value of $9.45B as of the quarter ended 31 March 2026 (13F reporting lag applies).
13F holdings · 585 filers · as of 2026-03-31STATE STREET CORP is the largest reported 13F holder with a reported position value of $970.3M and a quarter-over-quarter reported change of 37.3%.
13F holdings · 585 filers · as of 2026-03-31Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Multiple outlets published ASX disclosure notices about News Corp's ongoing $1 billion share repurchase program, with daily updates filed to the ASX.
News · gurufocus.com · 2026-08-31Repeated ASX disclosure headlines about the share buyback appeared in other outlets as well, including gurufocus and kalkinemedia.
News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-08-18Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Robert J. Thomson (Chief Executive Officer) reported an open-market sale of $7.0M for 240,578 shares on 2026-08-15 (filing shows no trading plan flag).
Form 4 · Thomson Robert J (Chief Executive Officer) · $0 code M · 2026-08-15Lavanya Chandrashekar (Chief Financial Officer) reported a sale of $510k for 17,785 shares on 2026-08-17 (filing shows no trading plan flag).
Form 4 · Chandrashekar Lavanya (Chief Financial Officer) · $510k sold · 2026-08-17Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The quoted share price used in the valuation model is $30.63 (price date 2026-09-01).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeAs of 2026-06-30 the company reported $2,095,000,000 in cash and $1,989,000,000 in long-term debt, implying a small net cash position of about $106,000,000 on those line items alone.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several contemporaneous data points support a favorable read: reported cash exceeding long-term debt (~$2.095B vs. $1.989B) and a material reduction in long-term debt from 2024 levels present a balance-sheet improvement (evidence strength: moderate–strong). Ongoing share repurchases and multiple ASX disclosures about the $1B buyback, plus reported higher quarterly buyback cash outflow, align with active capital-return activity (evidence strength: moderate). Institutional activity showing large 13F positions and inflows (State Street increase, Vanguard new position) combined with positive six‑month momentum, price above 50/200 SMAs and multiple buy-side analyst buy ratings provide market-confirming signals (evidence strength: moderate). These jointly rebut bear points that focus only on short-term EPS volatility and insider sales by showing concurrent balance-sheet repair, shareholder return actions, and institutional support (counterevidence strength: moderate).
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.30
39 surviving claims rest on 21 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 20% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read is moderately robust: 39 surviving claims draw on a fairly broad set of sources, so individual source errors would not automatically collapse the whole set. However, one analyst accounts for a fifth of the surviving claims and the desk’s 97% debate survival rate suggests low internal challenge — both increase the risk that shared assumptions or an under‑questioned source could propagate errors.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 3rd of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
6-month relative strength ranks 2nd of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
90-day volatility ranks 5th of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
dividend yield ranks 2nd of 5 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.
What this was built from
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19 filings· 3 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.0 to the score
11 documents· 1 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.1 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.6 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
7 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.3 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.
Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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