NWS — NEWS CORP

US Communications Publishing equity mkt cap 38.5B
34.55 +2.28% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 25.65 · high 35.17

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+2.28%
1 week+4.16%
1 month+16.13%
3 months+14.86%
6 months+30.13%
Year to date+16.06%
1 year+0.96%
3 years+60.03%
5 years+51.67%

Technicals

RSI 1471.0
vs 50-day avg+11.10%
vs 200-day avg+16.72%
Volatility 1y27.7%
Max drawdown 1y-27.07%
Avg volume 30d1.1M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.87%
Paid last 12m0.3000
Payments in 12m3
Paying since2016-03-07

Measured signals that fired on NWS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-18Cluster sale: three or more insiders
insider
-0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-10Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-06Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-16Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-12Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-17Pitofsky David B
General Counsel
Open-market sale51.4K28.761.5M
2026-08-17Allen Ruth
Chief Human Resources Officer
Open-market sale21.5K28.99623.9K
2026-08-17DeGrazio Marygrace
Chief Accounting Officer
Open-market sale18.3K28.76526.4K
2026-08-17Chandrashekar Lavanya
Chief Financial Officer
Open-market sale17.8K28.66509.8K
2026-08-17Delany Julian
Chief Technology Officer
Open-market sale1.7K28.7250.2K
2026-08-15Thomson Robert J
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax240.6K29.167.0M
2026-08-15Thomson Robert J
Chief Executive Officer
Disposition to issuer203.8K29.165.9M
2026-08-15Pitofsky David B
General Counsel
Shares withheld for tax38.0K29.161.1M
2026-08-15Thomson Robert J
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax20.1K29.16585.5K
2026-08-15Thomson Robert J
Chief Executive Officer
Shares withheld for tax18.7K29.16545.4K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
STATE STREET CORP334.2M11.7M
SOF Ltd278.9M9.8M
Independent Franchise Partners LLP259.8M9.1M
BlackRock, Inc.213.6M7.5M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC173.4M6.1M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC151.3M5.3M
L1 Capital Pty Ltd120.7M4.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC110.6M3.9M
Starboard Value LP73.8M2.6M
Perpetual Ltd70.9M2.5M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
8-K2026-08-202026-08-19on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-192026-08-18on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-182026-08-15on EDGAR ↗
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Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d56.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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