News (NWSA) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)
News posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.11 for Q1 2026, up 30.95% year-on-year from 0.09 in Q1 2025, and down 73.88% on a QoQ basis from 0.43 in Q4 2025.
News (NWSA) has 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.11 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 30.95% year-over-year to 0.11; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.36 (up 18.62% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.32, up 1.72% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.11, down from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 11.75 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.71 in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.21 (2023), against an average of 0.96.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 356.63%; it then surged 1745.0% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.73 in 2022, then sank by 71.87% to 0.21 in 2023, then jumped by 62.35% to 0.34 in 2024, then grew by 28.79% to 0.43 in 2025, then slumped by 73.88% to 0.11 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.11 (Q1 2026), 0.43 (Q4 2025), and 11.75 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | 362.63 Bn | 350.34 Bn | 11.41 Bn | - |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 181.67 Bn | 188.27 Bn | 23.68 Bn | - |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 67.91 Bn | 65.77 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -0.27 |
| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 0.02 |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 0.03 |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | - |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | - |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 0.11 |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 0.13 |
| 10 | News | - | - | - | 0.11 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.11 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.43 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.75 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.78 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.71 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.88 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.53 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.73 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.44 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.82 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.48 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.24 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.27 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.11 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 1.31 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.53 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.14 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.51 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -1.15 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.46 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.42 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.31 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.28 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -0.06 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.28 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.39 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.21 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.01 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.06 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.13 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.01 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.03 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | -1.50 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.50 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | -0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | -0.07 |