News Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Media & Entertainment
  • ISIN: US65249B1098
USD
24.27
0.01 (0.04%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is News Corp. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
3
Flat results in Dec 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 1,076 MM
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 14.09 times
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 4.74 times
4
With ROCE of 11.46%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.92 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -12.20%, its profits have risen by 6.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 3
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -12.20% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to News Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Media & Entertainment should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Media & Entertainment)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is News Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
News Corp.
-11.1%
-0.45
26.25%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.71
19.28%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-0.22%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.33%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
15.47
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.45
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.01
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.86
Tax Ratio
29.83%
Dividend Payout Ratio
24.56%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
8.96%
ROE (avg)
6.70%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
24
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.91
EV to EBIT
16.72
EV to EBITDA
11.40
EV to Capital Employed
1.92
EV to Sales
1.95
PEG Ratio
3.02
Dividend Yield
0.45%
ROCE (Latest)
11.46%
ROE (Latest)
7.93%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bullish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.06% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 2,362 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 521 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 22.06 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 409 MM has Grown at 55.51%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 220.69 MM has Grown at 57.68%

-5What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 1,076 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 14.09 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.74 times

Here's what is working for News Corp.

Net Sales
Highest at USD 2,362 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 521 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 22.06 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 409 MM has Grown at 55.51%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 263 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 220.69 MM has Grown at 57.68%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 139.97 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.06% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for News Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 1,076 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 14.09 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.74 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio