News Corp (NWS) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)
News' Debt Ratio was 0.13 in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 1.1% from 0.13 a year earlier but down 0.1% from the prior quarter.
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News Corp (NWS) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
From fiscal Q3 2016 onward, News has reported Debt Ratio for 42 quarters.
- In earlier fiscal years, Debt Ratio was 0.13 in FY2025 (+0.4%), 0.13 in FY2024 (-28.1%), 0.18 in FY2023 (-1.6%) and 0.18 in FY2022 (+29.2%).
- Quarterly Debt Ratio has moved between 0.12 (fiscal Q3 2025) and 0.18 (fiscal Q1 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Debt Ratio has increased for three straight quarters, with an average decline of 10.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio over five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 104.4%); the worst was fiscal Q2 2025 (a decline of 33.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, NWS's Debt Ratio in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was 0.13 (Q3 2026), 0.13 (Q2 2026) and 0.13 (Q1 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.13 |
| 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 |
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News Corp Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "NWS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();