News Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
News ratio analysis
News earned a net margin of 6.3% in FY 2026, down from 14.0% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 6.7%, meaning News generated 0.07 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.23 versus 0.22 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.62.
At the end of FY 2026, NWS traded at 29.3 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 15.3 to 75.8, with a median of 43.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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News financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 29.29 | 16.61 | 61.72 | 75.85 | 15.33 | 43.68 | — | 53.69 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 1.86 | 2.31 | 1.97 | 1.42 | 0.91 | 1.54 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 1.02 | 1.01 |
| Price / book | 1.97 | 2.23 | 2.00 | 1.41 | 1.15 | 1.76 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.76 |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 14.0% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 6.0% | 3.5% | -14.1% | 1.5% | -16.8% | -9.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.0% | 6.8% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 8.2% | 9.1% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.7% | 13.4% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 7.6% | 4.0% | -16.7% | 1.7% | -16.3% | -6.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.7% | 7.6% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 3.6% | 2.0% | -8.9% | 1.0% | -9.3% | -5.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.62 | 1.84 | 1.43 | 1.28 | 1.16 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 1.33 | 1.56 |
| Revenue growth | 6.8% | 2.4% | 3.0% | -22.9% | 11.0% | 3.9% | -10.6% | 11.6% | 10.9% | -1.8% |
| EPS growth | -50.2% | 350.0% | 76.9% | -75.2% | 87.5% | — | -930.8% | — | — | -523.3% |