NWS vs NYT
News Corp. and NEW York Times Co., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | NWS | NYT |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.0B | $2.8B |
| Net income | $573.0M | $344.0M |
| Gross margin | — | 50.8% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 12.2% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 17.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.03 | $2.09 |
| Dividend / share | — | $0.72 |
| Payout ratio | 35.6% | 32.1% |
| Free cash flow | $811.0M | $550.5M |
| Equity | $8.5B | $2.0B |
| Net debt / equity | −0.01× | — |
| Current ratio | 1.62× | 1.54× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | −0.7% | 9.6% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 11.7% | 28.0% |
NWS bills 3.2× the revenue of NYT, and NYT keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (12.2% against 8.2%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | NWS | NYT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $9.0B | $2.8B |
| FY2024 | $8.5B | $2.6B |
| FY2023 | $8.3B | $2.4B |
| FY2022 | $8.0B | $2.3B |
| FY2021 | $10.4B | $2.1B |
| FY2020 | $9.4B | $1.8B |
| FY2019 | $9.0B | $1.8B |
| FY2018 | $10.1B | $1.7B |
| FY2017 | $9.0B | $1.7B |
| FY2016 | $8.1B | $1.6B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | NWS | NYT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $573.0M | $344.0M |
| FY2024 | $1.2B | $293.8M |
| FY2023 | $266.0M | $232.4M |
| FY2022 | $149.0M | $173.9M |
| FY2021 | $623.0M | $220.0M |
| FY2020 | $330.0M | $100.1M |
| FY2019 | $-1.3B | $140.0M |
| FY2018 | $155.0M | $125.7M |
| FY2017 | $-1.5B | $4.3M |
| FY2016 | $-738.0M | $29.1M |