NWSA stock forecast: what analysts expect
Wall Street analysts covering News Corporation currently rate the stock a Strong Buy on average, with a mean 12-month price target of $36.16 — +26.9% versus the last price of $28.49. Targets reflect analyst opinion, not a guarantee.
NWSA historical returns
Based on monthly dividend-adjusted prices. See the full breakdown on what if you had invested in NWSA.
NWSA annual returns by year
Insider activity in NWSA
NWSA'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.
NWSA Key Statistics
NWSA in plain English
- P/E ratio (27.7) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of NWSA'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 (0.70%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.
NWSA stock: frequently asked questions
What is News Corporation's stock price today?
News Corporation (NWSA) last traded at $28.49 on the NASDAQ. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has traded between $22.20 and $31.66.
Is NWSA stock a buy or a sell?
Wall Street analysts' consensus rating on NWSA is "Strong Buy", with an average 12-month price target of $36.16 — about +26.9% versus the current price of $28.49. Analyst targets are opinions, not guarantees; always do your own research.
How much would $1,000 invested in NWSA 10 years ago be worth today?
A $1,000 investment in News Corporation made 10 years ago would be worth about $2,282 today (dividends reinvested) — a total return of 128%, or 8.6% per year.
Does NWSA pay a dividend?
Yes. News Corporation currently pays a dividend yielding about 0.70% per year at today's share price.
What is NWSA's P/E ratio?
NWSA trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 27.7, and 18.8 times expected forward earnings. The P/E ratio tells you how many dollars investors pay for each $1 of the company's annual profit.
What is News Corporation's ticker symbol?
News Corporation trades under the ticker symbol NWSA on the NASDAQ.
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