NWSNews Corp (Class B)

$28.96-4.7% 1Y

Debt and balance sheet

Can NWS take a bad year?

News Corp (Class B) carries $235M of net debt at 0.04× EBITDA.

$235M

Net debt · as at Sep 30, 2026 · 0.04 times trailing EBITDA

Net debt / EBITDA
0.04×

Net debt / EBITDA · −0.05× a year ago · higher than a year ago

Debt / equity
0.24×

Debt / equity

Annualised volatility
27%

Annualised volatility · S&P 500 17% · 1.6 times the S&P 500's own swing

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Total debtSep 30, 2026
$2.01B
Cash and short-term investments
$1.78B
Net debt
$235M
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$5.72B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$5.23B
Debt / equity
0.24×
Total debt / EBITDA
0.35×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
27%
Worst drawdown on file
−52%
Below its 52-week high
18%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.

Debt and solvency

What it owes against what it owns, and the Altman Z″ score built from it.

How far it has fallen

How much the price moves, how deep and how long its falls have run, and the return per unit of volatility.

News Corp (Class B) (NWS) Debt, Cash and Altman Z-Score · Ryufin