NEWS CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $34.73, NEWS CORPORATION (NWS) is priced for +11.3% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• News Corp is five businesses under one ticker, and the two that matter most are the highest quality: Dow Jones, the professional-information and Wall Street Journal franchise, and Digital Real Estate Services, which is the company's 61.4% stake in Australia's listed REA Group plus an 80% stake in Move (per the FY2025 10-K, ⟦"its 61.4% interest in REA Group, a publicly-traded company listed on ASX"⟧ and ⟦"its 80% interest in Move"⟧). • The biggest risk is that the legacy media spine keeps erodi
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301 institutional managers reported holding NWS in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 16% of the company; the top 10 hold 12%. 39 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, State Street, BlackRock, among others. On the short side, 10.8M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (7.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
NWS has cut its share count 6.4% over the past five years, spending $1.15B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (14 and counting), raised 2 years straight; the current rate is $0.20 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $506.00M in dividends and $723.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
NWS's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-28 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-27 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-26 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-25 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-24 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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