At the time of writing, News Corp [NWSA] stock is trading at $28.06, down -0.07%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The NWSA shares have lost -2.74% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.32%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
News Corp [NASDAQ: NWSA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 04, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy. Previously, Citigroup started tracking the stock with Buy rating on January 10, 2025, and set its price target to $36. On February 08, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform. Loop Capital upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $25 on January 25, 2023. Loop Capital downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on October 17, 2022, and downed its price target to $17. In a note dated July 28, 2022, Macquarie downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $21.10.
For the past year, the stock price of News Corp fluctuated between $22.65 and $30.69. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $39 within the next 12 months. News Corp [NASDAQ: NWSA] shares were valued at $28.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 38.99% based on the average NWSA price forecast.
Analyzing the NWSA fundamentals
According to News Corp [NASDAQ:NWSA], the company’s sales were 9.81B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -13.46% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.71% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.25, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.48. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.96.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 27.89 points at the first support level, and at 27.71 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 28.33, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 28.59.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that News Corp [NASDAQ:NWSA] has a current ratio of 1.73. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.65, while the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.69, the price to book ratio is 1.96 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.70.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kline David R, Chief Technology Officer, that happened on Sep 05 ’24 when 10000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Kline David R completed a deal on Sep 05 ’24 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Technology Officer Kline David R sold 13704.0 shares on Aug 15 ’24.
