Growth Metrics

News (NWS) Payables (2013 - 2026)

News posted quarterly Payables of $384.0 million for Q1 2026, up 3.5% year-on-year from $371.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 9.65% on a QoQ basis from $425.0 million in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 14 years of Payables data on file, last reported at $384.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Payables rose 3.5% year-over-year to $384.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $384.0 million (up 3.5% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $335.0 million, up 31.89% from the prior year.
  • Payables for Q1 2026 stood at $384.0 million, down from $425.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Payables topped out at $440.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $243.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Payables is $365.0 million (2024), against an average of $349.6 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Payables reached 50.21% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 42.27% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Payables shows it stood at $308.0 million in 2022, then fell by 21.1% to $243.0 million in 2023, then soared by 50.21% to $365.0 million in 2024, then gained by 16.44% to $425.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 9.65% to $384.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Payables figures came in at $384.0 million (Q1 2026), $425.0 million (Q4 2025), and $368.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Payables (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.89 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 19.96 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 1.11 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 2.60 Bn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 524.00 Mn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 123.09 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 384.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 210.81 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 906.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 384.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 425.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 368.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 335.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 371.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 365.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 374.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 254.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 269.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 243.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 324.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 440.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 407.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 308.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 348.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 411.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 317.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 351.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 309.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 321.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 336.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 291.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 322.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 351.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 342.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 375.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 406.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 411.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 432.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 625.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 537.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 605.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 230.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 216.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 235.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 222.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 229.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 240.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 240.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 217.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 227.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 248.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 272.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 238.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 225.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 320.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 272.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 276.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 245.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 242.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 238.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 242.00 Mn