News Corp (NWS) stock
NWSNasdaqNewspapers: Publishing or Publishing & PrintingFiscal year ends June 30Also trades as NWSA, NWSLL
Financials through Q4 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Score 15/3010% above fair value
$31.74−0.44 (-1.37%)
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $17.69BP/E 31.7Yield –
News shares outstanding
Diluted shares outstanding: the weighted share count used for earnings per share, adjusted for stock splits.
News's shares outstanding was 549M at Jun 30, 2026. For fiscal 2026 it was 558M, down 2.0% from the year before. Over ten years it grew -0.4% a year on average. The highest annual figure on record is 593M in fiscal 2021.
Annual shares outstanding
| Period | Period end | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 558M | -2.0% |
| FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | 570M | -0.6% |
| FY2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | 574M | -0.9% |
| FY2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | 579M | -2.3% |
| FY2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | 593M | -0.2% |
| FY2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | 593M | +0.9% |
| FY2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | 588M | 0.0% |
| FY2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | 588M | +0.9% |
| FY2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | 583M | +0.2% |
| FY2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | 581M | -0.2% |
| FY2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | 583M | -0.0% |
| FY2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | 583M | +0.5% |
| FY2014 | Jun 30, 2014 | 580M | +0.1% |
| FY2013 | Jun 30, 2013 | 579M | +0.1% |
| FY2012 | Jun 30, 2012 | 579M | – |
Quarterly shares outstanding
Change is against the same quarter a year earlier.
| Period | Period end | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 549M | -3.4% |
| Q3 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 556M | -2.4% |
| Q2 FY2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 562M | -1.4% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Sep 30, 2025 | 567M | -0.8% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | 569M | -0.7% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | 570M | -0.7% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | 570M | -0.6% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2024 | 571M | -0.5% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | 573M | -0.6% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | 574M | -0.7% |
| Q2 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | 574M | -0.7% |
| Q1 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2023 | 574M | -1.6% |
| Q4 FY2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | 576M | -2.1% |
| Q3 FY2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | 578M | -2.4% |
| Q2 FY2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | 578M | -2.8% |
| Q1 FY2023 | Sep 30, 2022 | 583M | -1.9% |
| Q4 FY2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | 589M | -1.2% |
| Q3 FY2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | 592M | -0.4% |
| Q2 FY2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | 595M | +0.4% |
| Q1 FY2022 | Sep 30, 2021 | 594M | +0.6% |
| Q4 FY2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | 596M | +1.2% |
| Q3 FY2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | 595M | +1.1% |
| Q2 FY2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | 593M | +0.4% |
| Q1 FY2021 | Sep 30, 2020 | 591M | +0.7% |
| Q4 FY2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | 589M | -0.3% |
| Q3 FY2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | 588M | -0.1% |
| Q2 FY2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | 590M | +0.5% |
| Q1 FY2020 | Sep 30, 2019 | 587M | +0.2% |
| Q4 FY2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | 590M | +1.2% |
| Q3 FY2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 589M | +1.0% |
| Q2 FY2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | 587M | +0.8% |
| Q1 FY2019 | Sep 30, 2018 | 586M | +0.4% |
| Q4 FY2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | 583M | +0.2% |
| Q3 FY2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | 583M | +0.2% |
| Q2 FY2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | 583M | +0.2% |
| Q1 FY2018 | Sep 30, 2017 | 583M | +0.4% |
| Q4 FY2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | 582M | – |
| Q3 FY2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | 582M | – |
| Q2 FY2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | 581M | – |
| Q1 FY2017 | Sep 30, 2016 | 581M | – |