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Q4 FY26 earnings call · Aug 5, 2026TL;DR. News Corp posted record Q4 and full-year fiscal 2026 results, with Q4 revenue up 11% to $2.34 billion, total segment EBITDA up 31% to $423 million, and full-year free cash flow up 42% to $811 million, driven by Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones and HarperCollins, while announcing a $1.5 billion Anthropic IP settlement and accelerating share buybacks to $643 million.
- + Q4 revenue rose 11% to $2.34 billion and total segment EBITDA surged 31% to $423 million, the highest fourth quarter profit on record.
- + Digital Real Estate Services Q4 revenue rose 19% to $553 million and EBITDA jumped 46% to $222 million, led by REA Group's 21% revenue gain and Realtor.com's third straight quarter of double-digit growth.
- + Dow Jones Q4 revenue rose 7% and EBITDA grew 20% to $181 million with margins up 310 bps, supported by 11% Risk & Compliance growth and digital advertising up 10%, with the company on track toward its $1 billion EBITDA goal.
- + Buybacks accelerated to $643 million in fiscal 2026, over four times the prior year's $150 million, and a semi-annual dividend of $0.10 per share was declared.
- + News Corp expects to benefit from a $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement compensating authors and publishers for IP claims related to AI, with further 'cash-rich legal sequels' expected.
- − Management warned of a particularly difficult prior-year comparison in News Media for Q1 fiscal 2027.
- − Dow Jones Energy Q4 revenue grew only 4% to $76 million, impacted by the Middle East conflict and timing of new contracts.
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average monthly unique audience of news.com.au | 12M | the year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Average monthly unique visitors to realcommercial.com.au | 2.9M | the year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Average monthly unique visitors to realestate.com.au | 12.7M | the year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Average monthly visits to realestate.com.au | 146.4M | the year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Digital sales as percentage of global consumer revenues | 23% | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| FY2026 Average Monthly Unique Users | 58M | FY2026 filing | — |
| HarperCollins publications in digital formats | 150,000 | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| News Corp Australia aggregate digital closing subscribers | 981,000 | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Total Segment EBITDA non-GAAP | $1.63B | fiscal 2026 filing | — |
Figures exactly as the company stated them in writing · click a metric with a to chart its history · period links open the stating document · "filing" marks figures stated in the 10-K/10-Q · YoY needs an exactly comparable prior-year period
Versus peers
Entertainment — same industry group| Company | Mkt cap | YTD | Rev growth Y/Y | P/E | Short % shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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NWS
this stock
News Corp
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$15.41B | +6.4% | +6.8% | — | — |
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NFLX
Netflix Inc
|
$296.24B | -26.7% | +15.9% | 22.4 | 2.3% |
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DIS
Walt Disney Co
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$176.19B | -8.6% | +3.4% | 21.1 | 1.1% |
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WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
|
$77.48B | +7.4% | +53.5% | — | 2.4% |
|
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
|
$40.26B | +20.6% | +8.8% | — | 9.8% |
Peers by industry group · P/E from as-reported trailing EPS · short % is of shares outstanding
At a glance
key data from every sectionPerformance
| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS | +0.1% | -5.5% | +8.1% | -0.6% | +6.4% |
| SPY | +2.0% | +1.7% | +11.3% | +2.2% | +14.3% |
| vs SPY | -1.9% | -7.2% | -3.2% | -2.8% | -7.9% |
Capital returns
Dividends per share over the trailing 365 days by ex-date · buyback figures as last reported in SEC filings ("spent" derived as authorized − remaining; when several programs run concurrently, authorized is their combined total per the newest filing) · components shown separately — trailing-year buyback spend isn't tracked, so no combined shareholder yield is derived.