Is NEWS CORP (NWSA) undervalued?
NEWS CORP trades on a P/E of 29.64 against earnings growth of 58.2% a year over the last 3 years, giving a PEG ratio of 0.51 — below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth.
Earnings figures are measured from NWSA’s filed annual accounts, not estimated. PEG compares price to earnings growth alone — it says nothing about debt, cash generation, or what an acquirer would pay. Read it alongside the figures below rather than on its own.
What it would cost to buy NWSA
Enterprise value is what it would cost to take the whole company: every share at today’s price, plus the debt an acquirer assumes, less the cash they receive. For NEWS CORP that is $16.94B.
Every term below is a line item from a filed statement. The numbers beside each one open the filing it came from — balance-sheet figures arrive already scaled, so there is no “in thousands” to catch you out.
558.4M shares · weighted-average diluted (multi-class issuer: no single cover-page count)
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Diluted earnings per shareto 2026-06-30 | $1.03 |
| P/E ratioto 2026-06-30 | 29.6 |
| Earnings growth (3-year CAGR)to 2026-06-30 | 58.2% |
| PEG ratioto 2026-06-30 | 0.5 |
| Market capitalisationto 2026-06-30 | $17.05B |
| Total debtto 2026-06-30 | $1.99B |
| Net debtto 2026-06-30 | −$106.0M |
| Enterprise valueto 2026-06-30 | $16.94B |
| EBITDA | — |
| Free cash flowto 2026-06-30 | $811.0M |
| EV / EBITDA | — |
| EV / Salesto 2026-06-30 | 1.9× |
| Free cash flow yieldto 2026-06-30 | 4.8% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — |
| Return on capital employed | — |
Earnings growth is measured across NEWS CORP’s own filed annual accounts. PEG conventionally uses forecast growth from analyst estimates; filings contain only history, so this is trailing growth and will read differently from a PEG quoted elsewhere.
Not shown, and why
- EBITDA
- operating income not reported for a full year.
- EV / EBITDA
- operating income not reported for a full year.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- operating income not reported for a full year.
- Return on capital employed
- operating income not reported for a full year.
Against the sector
No sector comparison: fewer than four companies in the reference set share NWSA’s industry classification.
Market ratios
Price-based ratios from market data. Anything drawn from a filed statement is in the enterprise-value section above, with its source.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $30.52 |
| PEGY ratio | — |
| Dividend yield | 0.66% |
| Price / book | — |
| Price / sales | — |
| Return on equity | 6.6% |
| Profit margin | — |
| Operating margin | — |
| Debt / equity | 23.33 |
| Current ratio | — |
| Beta | 0.97 |
| 52-week range | $22.20 – $31.66 |
Not reported for NWSA: pegy ratio, price / book, price / sales, profit margin, operating margin, current ratio. A dash means the figure was not available from the source, not that it is zero.
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About NWSA’s valuation
- What is the PEG ratio for NEWS CORP (NWSA)?
- NEWS CORP has a PEG ratio of 0.51, from a P/E of 29.64 and earnings growth of 58.2% a year measured across 3 years of filed accounts. That is below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth. Note that PEG is conventionally quoted against forecast growth; this uses reported history, so it will differ from a PEG you see elsewhere.
- Is NWSA undervalued right now?
- That depends on the measure. On PEG, NWSA reads 0.51, below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth. The PEG ratio compares price to earnings growth alone — it ignores debt, cash generation and asset backing, so it is a starting point rather than a conclusion. The enterprise-value measures above account for debt and cash; they often tell a different story.
- What is the PEGY ratio for NWSA?
- The PEGY ratio for NEWS CORP is —. PEGY adds the dividend yield of 0.66% to the growth rate in the denominator, which gives a fairer reading of companies returning cash as income rather than growth.
- Where do these NWSA figures come from?
- Market price and capitalisation come from live market data; earnings, growth and dividend figures come from NEWS CORP's published financial statements. Every derived ratio on this page shows the arithmetic that produced it.
This page describes published financial data. It is not investment advice and makes no recommendation to buy or sell NWSA.