Growth Metrics

News (NWS) Shares Repurchased (2015 - 2026)

News posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $192.0 million for Q1 2026, up 433.33% year-on-year from $36.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 11.63% on a QoQ basis from $172.0 million in Q4 2025.

News (NWS) has 8 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $192.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Repurchased rose 433.33% year-over-year to $192.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $492.0 million (up 232.43% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $150.0 million, up 28.21% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 stood at $192.0 million, up from $172.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $192.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $18.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $40.0 million (2024), against an average of $64.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Shares Repurchased plunged 78.05%; it then soared 433.33% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $51.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 47.06% to $27.0 million in 2023, then surged by 48.15% to $40.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 330.0% to $172.0 million in 2025, then gained by 11.63% to $192.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $192.0 million (Q1 2026), $172.0 million (Q4 2025), and $92.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.27 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 3.47 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn -
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 100.00 Mn
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn 100.00 Mn
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 192.00 Mn
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 838.31 Mn
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 192.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 192.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 172.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 172.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 92.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 92.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 36.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 36.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 36.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 36.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 40.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 38.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 38.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 34.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 34.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 29.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 29.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 47.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 47.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 18.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 18.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 51.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 51.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 127.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 127.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 54.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 54.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 82.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 82.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 43.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 43.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 23.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 23.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 15.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 15.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 30.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 30.00 Mn