News Corp.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Media & Entertainment
  • ISIN: US65249B1098
USD
24.98
0.37 (1.5%)
  • 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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Strong Buy

Comparison

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

1
The company is Net-Debt Free
2
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
3
Flat results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 997 MM
4
With ROCE of 11.46%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.93 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 -13.44%, 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 -13.44% 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?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
News Corp.
-13.44%
-0.33
24.49%
S&P 500
22.24%
1.67
13.28%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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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%
stock-recommendationValuation

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
1.93
EV to EBIT
16.85
EV to EBITDA
11.49
EV to Capital Employed
1.93
EV to Sales
1.96
PEG Ratio
3.04
Dividend Yield
0.45%
ROCE (Latest)
11.46%
ROE (Latest)
7.93%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bullish
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
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

2What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.28% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 4,222 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 997 MM

Here's what is working for News Corp.

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 4,222 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -3.28% (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

Depreciation
Highest at USD 122 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for News Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 997 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)