News (NWS) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2026)
News posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.13 for Q1 2026, up 8.11% year-on-year from 0.12 in Q1 2025, and up 1.86% on a QoQ basis from 0.13 in Q4 2025.
News (NWS) has 12 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.13 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 8.11% year-over-year to 0.13; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.13 (up 8.11% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.13, changed 0.44% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.13, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.18 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.12 in Q1 2025.
- The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.17 (2024), against an average of 0.16.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio surged 104.35%; it then slumped 33.26% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.18 in 2022, then rose by 1.83% to 0.18 in 2023, then plunged by 33.26% to 0.12 in 2024, then rose by 3.35% to 0.13 in 2025, then increased by 1.86% to 0.13 in 2026.
- The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.13 (Q1 2026), 0.13 (Q4 2025), and 0.13 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 362.63 Bn | 350.34 Bn | 11.41 Bn | 0.24 |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 181.67 Bn | 188.27 Bn | 23.68 Bn | 0.23 |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 67.91 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 4.25 Bn | 0.33 |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 0.33 |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 0.30 |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | 0.32 |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | - |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 0.13 |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 0.29 |
| 10 | Paramount Skydance | 12.11 Bn | 10.03 Bn | - | 0.32 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.13 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.13 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.13 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.12 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.12 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.13 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.18 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.08 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.08 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.10 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.03 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.01 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.03 |