News Corp (NWS) Operating Leases (2019 - 2026)
News' Operating Leases was $840 million in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 7.1% from $904 million a year earlier and down 1.6% from the prior quarter.
News Corp (NWS) Operating Leases (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
From fiscal Q1 2020 onward, News has reported Operating Leases for 28 quarters.
- Operating Leases has now declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -5.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Leases was $904 million in FY2025 (-0.9%), $912 million in FY2024 (-19.1%), $1.13 billion in FY2023 (+19.1%) and $947 million in FY2022 (-15.1%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Operating Leases in data going back to fiscal Q1 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Leases was higher in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 7.7%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Leases over five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 21.7%); the worst was fiscal Q2 2025 (a decline of 20.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, NWS's Operating Leases in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 was $854 million (Q3 2026), $897 million (Q2 2026) and $900 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 840.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 854.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 897.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 900.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 904.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 879.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 872.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.04 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 912.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.05 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.08 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.09 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 888.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 947.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.04 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.08 Bn |
News Corp Operating Leases 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=operating-leases&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-leases", "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=operating-leases&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();