News (NWS) Retained Earnings (2013 - 2026)

News' (NWS) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$452.0 million in Q1 2026, up 69.48% year-on-year from -$266.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 70.15% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) Retained Earnings (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

News' Retained Earnings history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$452.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 69.48% year-over-year to -$452.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$452.0 million, a 69.48% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$747.0 million, up 40.29% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings advanced to -$452.0 million in Q1 2026 per NWS's latest filing, from -$1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at -$452.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at -$2.4 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$1.5 billion (2025), against an average of -$1.5 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings plunged 149.02% in 2022 and soared 69.48% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at -$1.3 billion in 2022, then slumped by 56.02% to -$2.0 billion in 2023, then advanced by 19.61% to -$1.6 billion in 2024, then increased by 3.81% to -$1.5 billion in 2025, then surged by 70.15% to -$452.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NWS Retained Earnings figures stand at -$452.0 million (Q1 2026), -$1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.6 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 50.97 Bn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -2.95 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 55.87 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn -85.54 Mn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn -111.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -1.50 Bn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn -1.38 Bn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - -124.00 Mn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - -452.00 Mn
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.04 Bn 9.96 Bn 2.09 Bn 11.77 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -452.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -747.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.96 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -1.47 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -1.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -2.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -2.48 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -941.00 Mn