NWS historical returns
Based on monthly dividend-adjusted prices. See the full breakdown on what if you had invested in NWS.
NWS annual returns by year
Congress trading in NWS
2 members of Congress have disclosed trading NWS — 2 purchases and 2 sales worth an estimated $32,000. Most recent disclosure: Apr 14, 2026.
Insider activity in NWS
NWS's own executives and directors have made 0 open-market purchases ($0) and 5 sales ($3.2M) in the last 90 days, per SEC Form 4 filings. Most recent: Aug 17, 2026.
| Aug 17, 2026 | DeGrazio Marygrace | Chief Accounting Officer | Sell | $526,394 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Delany Julian | Chief Technology Officer | Sell | $50,174 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Allen Ruth | Chief Human Resources Officer | Sell | $623,930 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Pitofsky David B | General Counsel | Sell | $1.5M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Chandrashekar Lavanya | Chief Financial Officer | Sell | $509,807 |
About News Corporation
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes news, data, and business information under The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Energy, Factiva, and Dow Jones Newswires brands through various media channels, including websites, mobile apps, newspapers, newswires, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also provides advertises property and property-related services on its websites and mobile apps, such as realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au, Flatmates.com.au, and property portals, as well as residential, commercial, and share property websites; mortgage broking offering and property-related data services to the financial sector; and Realtor.com, RealPRO SelectSM, ConnectionsSM Plus, Listing Toolkit products, RealChoiceTM Selling, and Realtor.com+TM. In addition, the company publishes and distributes consumer books comprising general fiction, nonfiction, and childrens and religious publishing through print and digital formats under the Harper, William Morrow, Mariner, HarperCollins Children's Books, Avon, Harlequin and Christian publishers, Zondervan, and Thomas Nelson; provides news and information under the The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, and Sunday Mail names; and operates talkSPORT, a sports radio network. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
NWS Key Statistics
NWS in plain English
- P/E ratio (30.8) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of NWS's yearly profit. That's a fairly normal range.
- ROE (7.98%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
- Profit margin (6.35%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
- Dividend yield (0.63%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.
NWS stock: frequently asked questions
What is News Corporation's stock price today?
News Corporation (NWS) last traded at $31.75 on the NASDAQ. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has traded between $25.49 and $35.76.
How much would $1,000 invested in NWS 10 years ago be worth today?
A $1,000 investment in News Corporation made 10 years ago would be worth about $2,492 today (dividends reinvested) — a total return of 149%, or 9.6% per year.
Does NWS pay a dividend?
Yes. News Corporation currently pays a dividend yielding about 0.63% per year at today's share price.
What is NWS's P/E ratio?
NWS trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 30.8, and 21.0 times expected forward earnings. The P/E ratio tells you how many dollars investors pay for each $1 of the company's annual profit.
Do members of Congress trade NWS stock?
Yes — 2 members of Congress have disclosed trades in NWS under the STOCK Act, totaling 2 purchases and 2 sales worth an estimated $32,000.
What is News Corporation's ticker symbol?
News Corporation trades under the ticker symbol NWS on the NASDAQ.
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