News Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade C
NWSA · Communication Services
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 67 days, change +5 days YoY
AR growth 10.0% vs revenue growth 2.4%
Revenue 2.4%, CFFO 9.0%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 22.9%, COGS data unavailable
CapEx growth 14.0% vs revenue 2.4%. Normal
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 0.83. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.6B, FCF/NI = 0.48
Accruals ratio = 1.3%. Low accruals
Cash $2.4B covers 82% of debt $2.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $6.3B = 72% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.1x. Healthy
Other assets -94.2% vs revenue 2.4%. Normal
Write-offs normal
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10