News Corp (NWS) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026)
News (NWS) recorded Return on Equity [ROE] of 8.03% in fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 6.48 percentage points from 14.51% a year earlier and down 5.73 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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News Corp (NWS) Return on Equity [ROE] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), News reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 7.98%, down 6.59 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +3.54 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 14.57% in FY2025 (+10.62 pp), 3.94% in FY2024 (+1.88 pp), 2.07% in FY2023 (-6.24 pp) and 8.31% in FY2022 (+3.87 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since fiscal Q3 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] rose in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.79 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Equity [ROE] in the last five years was a gain of 21.94 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2022, against a drop of 6.48 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 13.75% (Q3 2026), 13.90% (Q2 2026) and 14.40% (Q1 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.03% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.75% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.90% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.40% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.51% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.79% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.00% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.84% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.40% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.26% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.19% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.59% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.60% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.66% |
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News Corp Return on Equity [ROE] 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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();