News (NWS) EBITDA Margin (2012 - 2026)
News posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 8.65% for Q1 2026, up 113.0% year-on-year from 4.06% in Q1 2025, and down 44.33% on a QoQ basis from 15.54% in Q4 2025.
News (NWS) has 15 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 8.65% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 113.0% year-over-year to 8.65%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.23% (down 45.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.19%, up 397.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.65%, down from 15.54% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 19.21% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.75% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 6.15% (2022), against an average of 7.64%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBITDA Margin plunged 943 bps; it then soared 748 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 6.15% in 2022, then jumped by 122 bps to 13.63% in 2023, then jumped by 41 bps to 19.21% in 2024, then decreased by 19 bps to 15.54% in 2025, then sank by 44 bps to 8.65% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 8.65% (Q1 2026), 15.54% (Q4 2025), and 9.89% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 362.63 Bn | 350.34 Bn | 11.41 Bn | 32.30% |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 181.67 Bn | 188.27 Bn | 23.68 Bn | 9.16% |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 67.91 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -27.76% |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | -7.14% |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 5.91% |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | 9.00% |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | 4.15% |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 8.65% |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 22.62% |
| 10 | Paramount Skydance | 12.11 Bn | 10.03 Bn | - | -92.99% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.89% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 19.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.02% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.26% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.81% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.63% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.68% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.83% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.72% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.15% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.08% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.75% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.29% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.51% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -4.29% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 5.95% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 14.33% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 3.40% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -20.85% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -46.16% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 6.25% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -9.91% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -1.14% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.22% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 6.62% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -1.74% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -2.15% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 4.20% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 1.51% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 22.16% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 1.72% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 3.54% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 3.41% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -8.94% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -6.45% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 12.96% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 8.19% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -42.45% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 9.73% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 16.29% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 9.63% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 14.64% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 8.42% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 14.61% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 6.81% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 5.76% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 7.75% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 12.93% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 4.17% |