Growth Metrics

News (NWS) Retained Earnings (2013 - 2026)

News posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$1.5 billion for Q1 2026, down 3.78% year-on-year from -$1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 201.96% on a QoQ basis from -$509.0 million in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 14 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$1.5 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 3.78% year-over-year to -$1.5 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.5 billion (down 3.78% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$747.0 million, up 40.29% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$1.5 billion, down from -$509.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at -$509.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$2.3 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$1.3 billion (2023), against an average of -$1.3 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Retained Earnings sank 56.02%; it then surged 67.66% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it 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 soared by 67.66% to -$509.0 million in 2025, then sank by 201.96% to -$1.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$1.5 billion (Q1 2026), -$509.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$664.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 47.56 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 62.39 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -14.43 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -1.43 Bn
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - -124.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn 7.84 Bn
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -493,000.00
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - -1.54 Bn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn -1.38 Bn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - 59.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -509.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -664.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -747.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.29 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.96 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -1.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -1.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -2.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -2.91 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -965.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -2.98 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -1.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -1.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -1.47 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -2.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 -1.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -1.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -1.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -1.08 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 -970.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -874.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -829.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -832.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -581.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -964.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -219.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -1.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 -986.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 60.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -923.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 204.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -582.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 467.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 444.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 302.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 610.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 225.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 257.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 489.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 271.00 Mn