News (NWS) Total Debt (2016 - 2026)
News' Total Debt came in at $1.99 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 1.4% from $1.96 billion a year earlier and up 0.1% from the prior quarter.
Analysis
News (NWS) Total Debt (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Going back to fiscal Q3 2016, News' Total Debt data covers 42 quarters.
- Total Debt carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Total Debt was $1.96 billion in FY2025 (-6.7%), $2.1 billion in FY2024 (-29.2%), $2.97 billion in FY2023 (-3.3%) and $3.07 billion in FY2022 (+32.7%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Total Debt since fiscal Q1 2025.
- Year-over-year, Total Debt increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 13.4%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 131.2%), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2025 (a decline of 35.3%).
- Business Quant data shows NWS's Total Debt at $1.99 billion (Q3 2026), $1.95 billion (Q2 2026) and $1.96 billion (Q1 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026.
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.99 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.95 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.96 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.96 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.97 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.97 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.90 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.90 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.97 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.97 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.99 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.00 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.27 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.26 Bn |
API Access
News Total Debt 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=total-debt&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=NWS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();