News (NWS) Return on Invested Capital (2013 - 2026)

News' (NWS) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.08% in Q1 2026, up 5.0% year-on-year from 0.07% in Q1 2025, and up 12.21% quarter-over-quarter from 0.07% in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) Return on Invested Capital (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

News' Return on Invested Capital history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.08% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.08% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.08%, a 5.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.24%, up 98.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital advanced to 0.08% in Q1 2026 per NWS's latest filing, from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.08% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.02% (2024), against an average of 0.02%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital changed 0 bps in 2022 and rose 5 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 186 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then advanced by 5 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then jumped by 209 bps to 0.07% in 2025, then increased by 12 bps to 0.08% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NWS Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.08% (Q1 2026), 0.07% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 0.04%
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 0.01%
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -0.01%
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.00%
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 0.00%
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.06%
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - -
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 0.08%
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.04 Bn 9.96 Bn 2.09 Bn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.08%
Dec 31, 2025 0.07%
Sep 30, 2025 0.04%
Jun 30, 2025 0.03%
Mar 31, 2025 0.03%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.02%
Dec 31, 2023 0.02%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.01%