NWSA vs RCI vs NYT Stock Comparison

News, Rogers Communications and New York Times Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NWSA News Corp
$29.45 +3.3% 1M +13.1% 1Y
Market cap
$16.19B
P/E
28.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.03B
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
3 wins
RCI Rogers Communications Inc
$31.45 +1.9% 1M -20.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.56B
P/E
26.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.37B
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
4 wins
NYT New York Times Co
$69.42 +11.4% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$11.37B
P/E
28.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.98B
Div. yield
0.01%
Publishing Communication Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Rogers Communications leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Rogers Communications 4, New York Times 4, News 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNWSARCINYTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.19B $17.56B $11.37B RCI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.2x 26.1x 28.9x RCI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.6x 9.1x 25.6x RCI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +8.8% +10.8% NYT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.3% 4.1% 13.2% NYT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% 9.6% — RCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 2.7x — NWSA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.1% -20.9% +23.8% NYT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.2%/yr -7.6%/yr +4.9%/yr NWSA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.2% 29.1% 31.8% NWSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 59/100 79/100 NYT

Percentile Scorecard

NWSARCINYT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNWSARCINYT
Valuation 60 #22 of 53 85 #8 of 49 39 #33 of 53
Growth 84 #8 of 44 46 #25 of 45 95 #3 of 44
Profitability 81 #9 of 42 71 #14 of 45 98 #2 of 42
Financial Health 85 #10 of 61 35 #32 of 49 90 #7 of 61
Shareholder Returns 36 #17 of 26 58 #16 of 37 72 #8 of 26
Overall 69 59 79
  • NWSA ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • RCI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • NYT ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNWSARCINYTSPY
1 month +3.3%+1.9%+11.4% +0.7%
3 months +4.8%-7.8%-8.4% +3.7%
6 months +11.9%-13.7%-12.2% +7.1%
Year to date +12.7%-16.6%0.0% +12.8%
1 year +13.1%-20.9%+23.8% +11.9%
3 years +42.8%-15.4%+71.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +12.6%-5.4%+19.7% +22.8%
5 years +28.6%-32.5%+27.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +5.2%-7.6%+4.9% +10.9%
10 years +142.0%-21.6%+528.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +9.2%-2.4%+20.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNWSARCINYTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.2%29.1%31.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%28.0%38.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.140.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.50-0.720.75 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.7%-61.3%-50.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-23.2%-19.1% -1.2%
52-week high $31.19$40.97$85.86 $779.14
52-week low $22.40$29.79$56.09 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNWSARCINYT
P/E now vs peer median 28.6xmedian 18.7x 25.3xmedian 11.5x 28.6xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 0.6x 1.0xmedian 1.1x 3.7xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.6xmedian 10.6x 4.3xmedian 6.8x 18.8xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 9.0x 2.5xmedian 5.9x 17.9xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.6x 1.5xmedian 1.3x 5.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.49median 0.49 -4.12median 0.25 0.92median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNWSARCINYT
Revenue $9.03B $16.37B $2.98B
Gross profit – $7.23B $1.53B
Operating income – $6.95B $475.01M
Net income $743.00M $733.46M $392.83M
Free cash flow $811.00M $6.69B $623.02M
R&D – – $274.41M
EPS (diluted) $1.03 $1.24 $2.41
Cash & equivalents $2.10B $2.22B $232.66M
Total debt $1.99B $120.01B –
Shares (diluted) 558.40M 541.00M 163.04M
Enterprise value $7.67B $12.15B $8.86B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNWSARCINYT
P/E 28.6x 25.3x 28.6x
P/FCF 20.2x 2.5x 17.9x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x 3.7x 16.9x
P/S 1.8x 1.0x 3.7x
P/B 1.8x 1.5x 5.4x
P/Tangible book 2.2x -1.8x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.6x 4.3x 18.8x
EV/EBIT 15.6x 6.5x 22.1x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 2.8x 3.5x
EV/FCF 20.1x 6.8x 16.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.2x 9.9x 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.49 -4.12 0.92

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNWSARCINYT
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 8.8% 10.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 6.7% 8.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.5% 13.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.1% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 5.9% 22.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 7.2% 27.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.6% -85.0% 22.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 58.4% -1.2% 30.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -50.4% -86.3% 23.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 58.6% -6.1% 31.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 26.5% 14.8% 34.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 7.1% 37.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 42.0% 0.3% 36.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 1.0% 40.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNWSARCINYT
Gross margin – 44.2% 51.4%
EBITDA margin 17.0% 63.8% 18.8%
Operating margin – 42.4% 16.0%
Pretax margin 11.6% 7.8% 16.8%
Net margin 6.3% 4.1% 13.2%
FCF margin 9.0% 40.9% 20.9%
Operating cash flow margin 13.7% 27.8% 22.1%
Return on equity 8.0% 6.3% 19.4%
Return on assets 4.8% 1.1% 13.4%
Return on invested capital 6.6% 9.6% –
Return on capital employed 8.2% 13.3% 20.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 6.2x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNWSARCINYT
Debt / assets 12.8% 46.7% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 2.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 2.7x –
Debt / FCF 2.5x 4.5x –
Liabilities / assets 40.6% 82.1% 31.4%
Equity / assets 59.4% 17.9% 68.6%
Interest coverage – 4.4x –
Current ratio 1.6x 0.7x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.5x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.2x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.47 – 10.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNWSARCINYT
Dividend yield 0.7% 6.4% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 3.9% – 1.6%
Shareholder yield 4.6% 6.4% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 32.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 20.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 33.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 26.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNWSARCINYT
Forward P/E 23.6xFY2027 9.1xFY2026 25.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.25FY2027 $3.46FY2026 $2.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.9%FY2027 -5.5%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.4% 0.0% +18.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.15BFY2027 $15.02BFY2026 $3.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.3%FY2027 -5.0%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% +1.2% +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNWSARCINYT
Held by institutions 100.0% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 637 – 631
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.3% – +2.3%
Institutions buying 344 – 313
Institutions selling 189 – 224
Buyers to sellers 1.82 – 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NWSARCINYT
NWSA 1.00 0.28 0.36
RCI 0.28 1.00 0.14
NYT 0.36 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NWSA, RCI and NYT?

Rogers Communications (RCI) is the largest by market capitalisation: News (NWSA) $16.19B, Rogers Communications (RCI) $17.56B, New York Times (NYT) $11.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, NWSA, RCI and NYT?

Rogers Communications (RCI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (News (NWSA) 28.2x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 26.1x, New York Times (NYT) 28.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rogers Communications (RCI) is cheapest (News (NWSA) 23.6x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.1x, New York Times (NYT) 25.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

New York Times (NYT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: News (NWSA) +6.8%, Rogers Communications (RCI) +8.8%, New York Times (NYT) +10.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

New York Times (NYT) has the highest net margin (News (NWSA) 6.3%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 4.1%, New York Times (NYT) 13.2%). On return on invested capital, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads (News (NWSA) 6.6%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New York Times (NYT) returned the most: News (NWSA) +13.1%, Rogers Communications (RCI) -20.9%, New York Times (NYT) +23.8%. Over five years, News (NWSA) compounded fastest (News (NWSA) +5.2%/yr, Rogers Communications (RCI) -7.6%/yr, New York Times (NYT) +4.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: News (NWSA) 0.00%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 0.00%, New York Times (NYT) 0.01%. News (NWSA) and Rogers Communications (RCI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, News (NWSA) has been the steadiest (News (NWSA) 26.2%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 29.1%, New York Times (NYT) 31.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NWSA, RCI and NYT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rogers Communications (RCI) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.