News (NWS) Shares Repurchased (2015 - 2026)
News (NWS) posted Shares Repurchased of $185 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 413.9% from $36 million a year earlier but down 3.6% from the prior quarter.
News (NWS) Shares Repurchased (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), News' Shares Repurchased came in at $641 million, up 327.3% from FY2025.
- Annual Shares Repurchased shows a four-year compound annual growth rate of 37.6% (FY2022 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, News' Shares Repurchased was $150 million in FY2025 (+28.2%), $117 million in FY2024 (-51.9%), $243 million in FY2023 (+35.8%) and $179 million in FY2022.
- Quarterly Shares Repurchased has run from a low of $18 million in fiscal Q3 2023 to a high of $192 million in fiscal Q3 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Repurchased has increased in each of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 179.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Shares Repurchased in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with growth of 433.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a decline of 78.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Repurchased for the three prior fiscal quarters was $192 million (Q3 2026), $172 million (Q2 2026) and $92 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 185.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 192.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 172.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 92.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 36.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 40.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 38.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 34.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 27.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 47.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 51.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 127.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 54.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 82.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 43.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 23.00 Mn |
News Shares Repurchased 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=shares-repurchased&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-repurchased", "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=shares-repurchased&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();