News Corp stock holds near a 52-week high.
Published on 08/27/2026 at 12:22 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
News Corp stock held at $35.24 on August 26, 2026, after a 0.26% gain, while the share price sat just below a 52-week high of $35.35 and a market value of $18.932 billion. The latest reported quarter showed $2.34 billion in revenue and adjusted EPS of $0.35, both tied to fiscal Q4 2026.
Quarterly numbers still matter
The company said Q4 fiscal 2026 revenue rose 7% year over year to $2.34 billion, while adjusted EPS nearly doubled to $0.35 from the prior-year period. Those figures point to a business that is still benefiting from its mix of digital real estate, Dow Jones and book publishing.
For context, the trailing-12-month snapshot showed $9.03 billion in revenue, $573 million in net income attributable to common shareholders and diluted EPS of $1.03. The market has also marked the stock at a 34.21 P/E on the same quote page, which leaves valuation tied closely to whether that earnings trend can hold.
Price action stays firm
The stock finished August 26 at $35.24 after trading between $34.96 and $35.35, and volume came in at 660,000 shares versus a 65-day average of 1.49 million. The move leaves the shares 19.37% higher year to date, a sharper run than the S&P 500's 12.13% gain over the same span.
That gap matters because the stock is now trading close to its 52-week ceiling, so even modest follow-through can change the setup quickly. The share count has also moved well ahead of its one-year pace, with a 3.47% return over the last 12 months versus an 18.71% rise for the S&P 500.
What the business sells
News Corp's media portfolio spans The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, digital real estate services, book publishing and the New York Post, which gives the company multiple revenue streams instead of one dominant product line. That mix is the reason the latest quarter can matter beyond the headline revenue figure alone.
One visible product pillar is Dow Jones, where the company has tied performance to content, data products and subscriptions across financial and professional audiences. The 7% revenue growth in that unit helped support the broader Q4 result.
Share level to watch
As of August 26, 2026, News Corp traded at $35.24 on Nasdaq, with a pre-market quote of $35.01 at 4:01 a.m. EDT on August 27, 2026. The stock's 52-week range stands at $25.49 to $35.35, so the current level leaves little room before another test of that high.
Company: News Corporation Ltd.
ISIN: US65249B1098
Ticker: NWS
Exchange: Nasdaq
Price (as of August 26, 2026): $35.24 USD
Market cap: $18.932 billion
Sector / Industry: Communication Services / Entertainment
Index membership: Nasdaq-100
