Growth Metrics

News (NWS) Profit After Tax (2012 - 2026)

News posted quarterly Profit After Tax of $121.0 million for Q1 2026, up 13.08% year-on-year from $107.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 50.0% on a QoQ basis from $242.0 million in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 15 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at $121.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Profit After Tax rose 13.08% year-over-year to $121.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.3 billion (up 107.46% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $648.0 million, up 83.05% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax for Q1 2026 stood at $121.0 million, down from $242.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $776.0 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $9.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $107.0 million (2025), against an average of $156.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Profit After Tax soared 1864.29%; it then plunged 96.36% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Profit After Tax shows it stood at $67.0 million in 2022, then surged by 132.84% to $156.0 million in 2023, then soared by 96.15% to $306.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 20.92% to $242.0 million in 2025, then sank by 50.0% to $121.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $121.0 million (Q1 2026), $242.0 million (Q4 2025), and $112.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 5.28 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 2.25 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -2.91 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -389.10 Mn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 175.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 53.00 Mn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 85.70 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 121.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 248.16 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -734.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 121.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 242.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 112.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 776.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 107.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 306.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 119.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 71.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 64.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 156.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 54.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 9.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 59.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 67.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 40.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 247.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 104.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 235.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 196.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -14.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 96.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 261.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 34.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -397.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -1.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 85.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -227.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -42.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 10.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 95.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 128.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -355.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -66.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 87.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -424.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -289.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 95.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -149.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 63.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 129.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 95.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 -147.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 87.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 175.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 29.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 61.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 151.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 38.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -1.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 332.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 1.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 -83.00 Mn