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NWSA · Analysis updated Nov 10, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
Why is News Corporation Class A Common Stock (NWSA) stock moving?
News Corp beat fiscal Q1 estimates, with adjusted EPS of $0.28 versus $0.24 expected and sales of $2.281B versus $2.253B. The beat was overshadowed by the media segment, where EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA each fell 40%, media revenues slipped 1%, and adjusted revenues fell 4% on print advertising weakness. Digital is becoming a larger part of the mix (41% of news media revenue versus 38% previously), with subscription growth at News Corp Australia and The Times offset by weaker digital audiences at The Sun and New York Post. The market data shows the stock rose 3.7% on Nov 4 to $30.56 on about 6.3M shares, then fell 13.3% on Nov 5 to $26.48 on roughly 9.8M shares and about 107K trades, the heaviest session in the window, which points to the segment weakness outweighing the headline beat. Since then the stock has held in a tight range of about $26.00 to $26.70 on falling volume, closing at $26.61 on Nov 10, roughly 14% below the Oct 22 close of $31.08. The Nov 5 to Nov 6 lows near $26.00 to $26.47 now act as a floor and the Nov 5 gap area near $29.70 as overhead reference. Company filings show routine 8-K disclosures of ongoing buybacks under a $1B authorization, which provide some underlying bid but are not new news. No analyst rating or guidance change appears in the supplied items, and the 10-Q was filed Nov 5 with no details supplied here.
News behind the analysis
- News Q1 Adj. EPS $0.28 Beats $0.24 Estimate, Sales $2.281B Beat $2.253B EstimateFiscal Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.28 and sales of $2.281B both came in above analyst estimates.
- News Corp Says Media Segment EBITDA Drops 40% Amid Lower Revenues, With Adjusted EBITDA Also Declining 40%; Digital Revenues Increase Their Contribution to 41% of News Media Segment Revenues, Up From 38%, While Digital Subscription Growth at News Corp Australia and The Times Contrasts With Declining Digital Audiences at The Sun and New York PostMedia segment EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA both fell 40%, while digital revenue rose to 41% of news media revenue from 38%.
- News Corp Says Media Revenues Decline 1% As Print Advertising Weakness Offsets Growth In Circulation, Subscriptions And Foreign Currency Benefits, While Adjusted Revenues Fall 4%Media revenues fell 1% and adjusted revenues fell 4% as print advertising weakness outweighed circulation and subscription gains; advertising revenues fell 2%.
About News Corporation Class A Common Stock
News Corp is a global media and information company that owns Dow Jones (The Wall Street Journal, Barron's), a majority stake in Australia's REA Group and the US site Realtor.com, book publisher HarperCollins, and newspapers in the UK and Australia such as The Times, The Sun and The Australian. It is controlled by the Murdoch family through the voting Class B shares (NWS). NWSA is the non-voting Class A share, and more than half of the business now comes from digital and recurring subscription revenue.
How it makes money
Revenue was roughly $9.0 billion in fiscal 2026 (year ending June). It comes from four main areas: Dow Jones (news subscriptions, advertising, and professional data and risk-compliance information), Digital Real Estate Services (listing fees from real-estate agents on REA Group and Realtor.com, which earn the highest profit margins), Book Publishing at HarperCollins (print books, e-books and audiobooks), and News Media (newspaper subscriptions, newsstand sales and advertising). Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate and Book Publishing drive most of the company's profit.
What usually moves NWSA
- Australian and US housing market activity
- Dow Jones digital subscription and professional information growth
- Advertising market conditions
- HarperCollins bestseller and backlist sales
- Share buybacks and portfolio moves such as asset sales