Growth Metrics

News (NWS) FCF Margin (2012 - 2026)

News posted quarterly FCF Margin of 18.26% for Q1 2026, down 255.0% year-on-year from 11.78% in Q1 2025, and up 226.76% on a QoQ basis from 5.59% in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 15 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 18.26% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 255.0% year-over-year to 18.26%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.44% (down 72.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 6.76%, up 21.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 18.26%, up from 5.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 20.81% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 8.81% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 5.59% (2025), against an average of 7.96%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin surged 1420 bps; it then sank 1633 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.13% in 2022, then soared by 313 bps to 12.93% in 2023, then tumbled by 41 bps to 7.6% in 2024, then decreased by 26 bps to 5.59% in 2025, then jumped by 227 bps to 18.26% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 18.26% (Q1 2026), 5.59% (Q4 2025), and 0.19% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 41.59%
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 19.63%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -5.35%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 53.52%
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 44.24%
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 47.40%
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 15.91%
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 18.26%
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 42.24%
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 22.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 18.26%
Dec 31, 2025 5.59%
Sep 30, 2025 0.19%
Jun 30, 2025 1.52%
Mar 31, 2025 20.81%
Dec 31, 2024 7.60%
Sep 30, 2024 -2.34%
Jun 30, 2024 3.11%
Mar 31, 2024 18.96%
Dec 31, 2023 12.93%
Sep 30, 2023 -8.81%
Jun 30, 2023 19.43%
Mar 31, 2023 15.37%
Dec 31, 2022 3.13%
Sep 30, 2022 -5.45%
Jun 30, 2022 5.24%
Mar 31, 2022 19.78%
Dec 31, 2021 9.39%
Sep 30, 2021 -1.32%
Jun 30, 2021 1.61%
Mar 31, 2021 21.28%
Dec 31, 2020 10.27%
Sep 30, 2020 2.93%
Jun 30, 2020 11.18%
Mar 31, 2020 7.59%
Dec 31, 2019 1.82%
Sep 30, 2019 -3.85%
Jun 30, 2019 4.54%
Mar 31, 2019 6.11%
Dec 31, 2018 4.34%
Sep 30, 2018 -0.79%
Jun 30, 2018 4.75%
Mar 31, 2018 9.03%
Dec 31, 2017 6.51%
Sep 30, 2017 -3.21%
Jun 30, 2017 9.23%
Mar 31, 2017 7.84%
Dec 31, 2016 10.07%
Sep 30, 2016 -16.13%
Jun 30, 2016 9.57%
Mar 31, 2016 9.68%
Dec 31, 2015 6.85%
Sep 30, 2015 3.87%
Jun 30, 2015 3.23%
Mar 31, 2015 11.32%
Dec 31, 2014 12.40%
Sep 30, 2014 6.26%
Jun 30, 2014 5.12%
Mar 31, 2014 14.39%
Dec 31, 2013 11.97%
Sep 30, 2013 -0.39%
Jun 30, 2013 -1.06%
Mar 31, 2013 15.09%
Dec 31, 2012 0.65%
Sep 30, 2012 -7.08%