Growth Metrics

News (NWSLL) 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 (NWSLL) 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

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DateValue
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