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News (NWSA) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is News Financial Strength?

News has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

News's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 10.44. News's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.39. As of today, News's Altman Z-Score is 1.91.


Competitive Comparison of News's Financial Strength

For the Entertainment subindustry, News's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


News's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, News's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where News's Financial Strength falls into.



News Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

News's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was $-18 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was $188 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $3,882 Mil.

News's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*188/-18
=10.44

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

News's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(171 + 3882) / 10308
=0.39

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

News has a Z-score of 1.91, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that News is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.91 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


News  (NAS:NWSA) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

News has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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News Business Description

Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with significant presence in the us, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. The company also has a strong presence in the Australian subscription video market through 65%-owned Foxtel, and streaming platforms such as sport-focused Kayo and entertainment-focused Binge. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings business in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the biggest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable us digital property advertising business, Move.
Executives
Marygrace Degrazio officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kelly Ayotte director C/O NEWS CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Susan Panuccio officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NEWS CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
David B Pitofsky officer: General Counsel C/O NEWS CORPORATION, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kevin Halpin officer: Deputy Chief Financial Officer 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Joel Klein director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
James R Murdoch director C/O LUPA SYSTEMS, 363 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
John Elkann director 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10003
Elaine L. Chao director C/O DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., ONE DOLE DRIVE, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91362
Ana Paula Pessoa director 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10003
Masroor Siddiqui director 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10003
Natalie Bancroft director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jose Maria Aznar director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Lachlan K Murdoch director C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Cruden Financial Services Llc 10 percent owner C/O MCDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP, 100 LIBERTY STREET, RENO NV 89501