News Corporation (NWSA) earnings on August 4, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More News Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

NWSA beat earnings estimates with adjusted EPS of $0.35 versus $0.21 expected, and sales also exceeded forecasts. The stock closed up 1.40% after reaching an intraday high of 1.96%.

NWSA price around the earnings

29.06

Change: +1.6%

2026-08-05, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
28.10 28.73 29.36 29.99 28.61
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August 4, 2026 August 5, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published

Strong recent earnings history (100% beat rate, +8.7% surprise) and strong analyst target (+22.9%). Trajectory cooling into event.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Cooled from 45.6 to 41.4 over 6 days. 14d trend strength negative despite positive 30d trend.

Analysts

Evidence

Analysts covering the stock
8
Average price target
35.18
Lowest price target
29.4
Highest price target
43
Upside to price target
22.9%
Quarterly earnings growth
-13.6%
Revenue growth
8.8%
Forward EPS
1.29
Trailing EPS
0.79
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
0
  • Strong buy: 2
  • Buy: 5
  • Hold: 1
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
2
Buy
5
Hold
1
Sell
0
Strong sell
0

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
News

There is no news coverage available for this event.

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
27.95
Average true range (ATR)
2.9%
Distance to 52-week high
-7.4%
14-day change (14d)
-1.2%
30-day change (32d)
+5.0%
30-day relative strength
+3.2%
SPY change (32d)
+1.7%
Nearest support
27.73
Distance to nearest support
0.8%
Nearest resistance
27.96
Distance to nearest resistance
0%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.6
  • Major: 27.73 (0.8% away, 0.27 ATR, 42 touches)
  • Major: 27.51 (1.6% away, 0.54 ATR, 36 touches)
  • Major: 27.39 (2% away, 0.7 ATR, 31 touches)
  • Major: 27.96 (0% away, 0.01 ATR, 64 touches)
  • Major: 28.22 (1% away, 0.33 ATR, 44 touches)
  • Major: 28.46 (1.8% away, 0.64 ATR, 21 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+8.7%
  • May 7, 2026: actual EPS 0.21 vs estimate 0.2 (surprise +5.5%)
  • February 5, 2026: actual EPS 0.4 vs estimate 0.37 (surprise +6.9%)
  • November 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.22 vs estimate 0.19 (surprise +16.8%)
  • August 5, 2025: actual EPS 0.19 vs estimate 0.18 (surprise +5.6%)

Expected move

Implied move
+3.4%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
3.7%
75th percentile move
6.5%
90th percentile move
8.7%
Up / down moves
11 / 9
Average up move
+3.9%
Average down move
-4.5%

Monitoring and close

What News Corporation reported

There is no monitoring data available for this event.

Pre-market second reading after the results

There is no second reading available for this event.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+1.4%
Max favorable move (MFE)
2%
Max adverse move (MAE)
1.8%