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News Corporation NWS

14 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2024 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2024
$8.5B
▲ 2.4% vs FY2023
EPS · FY24
$2.07
Dividend / sh · FY24
Payout · FY24
16%
ROE · FY24
14.0%
Net margin · FY24
14.0%
Dividend coverage
-13.0×
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Result
USD 8.5B
Revenue, FY2024 · full 14-year series below
Revenue Net income
48128.51.2201120142017202020232024
48128.51.22015201820212024

14 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 2.07
Diluted EPS, FY2024
EPS Dividend
0.81.62.42.07201120142017202020232024
0.81.62.42.072015201820212024

The dividend was paid in a year without profit.

Profitability
14.0%
Return on equity, FY2024
ROE
48121614.0%201120142017202020232024
48121614.0%2015201820212024
Operating margin10.9%
Net margin14.0%
Return on assets7.3%

Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 335.0M
returned in FY2024 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 185.0M
Net buybacksUSD 150.0M
Share of profit28.4%
Consecutive raises

USD 185.0M in dividends and USD 150.0M in buybacks — 28% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
−1.3% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−6.6%
−1.3%
−0.1%
Net income
+23.7%
EPS, diluted
+25.4%
Returned to shareholders
−1.8%
+16.2%
+27.3%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.19B
Shares outstanding, FY2024
0.580.19201120142017202020232024
0.200.192015201820212024
Change, 5 years
Change, 10 years

A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.

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Balance sheet
USD 15.5B
total assets, end of FY2024
Total assetsUSD 15.5B
EquityUSD 8.8B
CashUSD 2.4B
Gross debtUSD 2.0B
Net debtUSD -441.0M
Current ratio1.84×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
14 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
Revenue $B
8.5
8.3
8.0
10.4
9.4
9.0
10.1
9.0
8.1
8.3
8.5
8.5
8.9
8.7
Operating income $B
0.9
0.6
0.4
0.8
0.5
−1.5
0.4
−1.1
−0.6
0.2
0.6
−0.2
0.2
−2.4
EBITDA $B
1.3
0.9
0.7
1.4
1.0
−1.0
0.9
−0.7
−0.3
0.6
1.0
·
·
·
Income tax $B
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.0
−0.1
0.2
−0.6
−0.4
−0.3
Net income $B
1.2
0.3
0.1
0.6
0.3
−1.3
0.2
−1.5
−0.7
0.2
−0.1
0.2
0.5
−2.1
EPS, diluted $
2.07
0.46
0.26
1.05
0.56
−2.16
0.26
−2.60
−1.27
0.30
−0.26
0.41
0.87
−3.58
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.00
0.00
·
·
Payout %
16
65
117
28
49
−12
104
−10
−21
82
−20
10
4
−1
ROE %
14.0
3.3
1.8
7.6
4.2
−15.2
1.7
−15.1
−6.6
1.5
−1.2
1.9
4.0
·
Shares out B
0.19
0.19
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.58
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
40 of 40
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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