Growth Metrics

News (NWS) Dividends Paid - Common (2012 - 2026)

News posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $45.0 million for Q1 2026, up 25.0% year-on-year from $36.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 21.05% on a QoQ basis from $57.0 million in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 15 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $45.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common rose 25.0% year-over-year to $45.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $206.0 million (up 11.35% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $185.0 million, up 7.56% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q1 2026 stood at $45.0 million, down from $57.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $61.0 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $27.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $47.0 million (2025), against an average of $45.2 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Dividends Paid - Common slipped 9.68%; it then soared 34.29% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Dividends Paid - Common shows it stood at $58.0 million in 2022, then fell by 1.72% to $57.0 million in 2023, then changed by 0.0% to $57.0 million in 2024, then changed by 0.0% to $57.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 21.05% to $45.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $45.0 million (Q1 2026), $57.0 million (Q4 2025), and $47.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn -
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 129.00 Mn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 38.00 Mn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 61.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 45.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 90.83 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 45.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 45.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 47.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 47.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 57.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 36.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 36.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 35.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 35.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 57.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 30.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 30.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 28.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 28.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 58.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 58.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 27.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 58.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 58.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 31.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 31.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 61.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 61.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 28.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 28.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 59.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 27.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 27.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 59.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 59.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 24.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 24.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 60.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 60.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 20.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 20.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 58.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 58.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 19.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 19.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 59.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 22.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 22.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 59.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 59.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 21.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 21.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 58.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 58.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 23.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 23.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 59.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 59.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 19.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 19.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 59.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 21.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 21.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 59.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 59.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 16.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 16.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 59.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 18.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 18.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 59.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 59.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 14.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 14.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 58.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 58.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 16.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 16.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 12.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 12.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 17.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 17.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 10.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 10.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 12.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -12.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 12.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 12.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 11.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 11.00 Mn