NWS
News B·NASDAQ
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NWS fundamentals
News B (NWS) released its earnings on Feb 5, 2026: revenue was 2.36B (YoY +5.54%), beat estimates; EPS was 0.4 (YoY +21.21%), beat estimates.
Revenue / YoY
2.36B
+5.54%
EPS / YoY
0.4
+21.21%
Report date
Feb 5, 2026
NWS Earnings Call Summary for Q2,2026
- Revenue Growth: 6% Q2 revenue to $2.4B, driven by Dow Jones (8% growth) and Realtor.com (10% growth). EBITDA up 9% to $521M.
- AI Payday: $1.5B Anthropic licensing deal for pirated books, with HarperCollins authors set to benefit starting Q4.
- Buyback Acceleration: $172M Q2 share repurchases (4x YoY pace), with H2 buybacks expected to surge post-$380M Foxtel loan repayment.
- Dow Jones Dominance: 10% EBITDA growth to $191M (30% margin), led by 20% B2B risk compliance growth and record $87M digital ad revenue.
- Real Estate Strength: Realtor.com engagement 5x peers, 29% market share, and 13% lead volume gains despite housing market softness.
- Balance Sheet Strength: Moody's positive outlook, $1.2B cash, no debt maturities until 2030, and shares undervalued vs. NAV.
EPS
Actual | 0.03 | -0.03 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Forecast | 0.0188 | -0.084 | 0.0021 | 0.0964 | 0.0594 | 0.0552 | 0.133 | 0.2825 | 0.1457 | 0.0828 | 0.12 | 0.2022 | 0.0483 | 0.0852 | 0.1179 | 0.2213 | 0.1128 | 0.1576 | 0.1681 | 0.3109 | 0.141 | 0.1994 | 0.1939 | 0.3652 | ||||||||||||||||
Surprise | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | +59.57% | +64.29% | +3709.52% | +252.70% | +51.52% | +189.86% | +72.93% | +55.75% | +9.81% | +346.86% | 0.00% | -30.76% | +86.34% | +64.32% | +35.71% | +17.49% | -2.48% | +7.87% | +24.93% | +6.14% | +20.57% | -4.71% | +13.46% | +9.53% |
Revenue
Actual | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.27B | 1.92B | 2.12B | 2.41B | 2.33B | 2.49B | 2.50B | 2.72B | 2.49B | 2.67B | 2.48B | 2.52B | 2.45B | 2.43B | 2.50B | 2.59B | 2.42B | 2.58B | 2.58B | 2.24B | 2.01B | 2.11B | 2.14B | 2.36B |
Forecast | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.35B | 1.83B | 1.96B | 2.23B | 2.19B | 2.25B | 2.35B | 2.64B | 2.49B | 2.58B | 2.48B | 2.57B | 2.38B | 2.49B | 2.48B | 2.56B | 2.45B | 2.49B | 2.58B | 2.19B | 2.00B | 2.09B | 2.11B | 2.31B |
Surprise | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -3.42% | +4.99% | +7.92% | +8.33% | +6.63% | +10.55% | +6.42% | +2.84% | -0.10% | +3.82% | 0.00% | -1.85% | +2.87% | -2.27% | +0.63% | +0.83% | -1.29% | +3.40% | -0.09% | +2.42% | +0.24% | +0.72% | +1.64% | +2.44% |
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