What is News Corporation's goodwill?

News Corporation (NWS) reported goodwill of $4.49B in Q1 2026.

How has News Corporation's goodwill changed year-over-year?

News Corporation's goodwill increased by 4.7% year-over-year, from $4.29B to $4.49B.

What is the long-term trend for News Corporation's goodwill?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), News Corporation's goodwill has grown at a -1.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.65B to $4.37B.

What does goodwill mean?

The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.

News Corporation NWS Goodwill

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$518.44M+0.1%

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$5.05B+72.6%

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$2.82B0.0%

Segments

By segment

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Dow Jones$3.25B+0.9%

Digital Real Estate Services$1.89B+7.4%

Book Publishing$913M+2.7%

News Media$306M+4.8%

News and Information Services Segment$135M+3.1%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.2B+8.8%

Net income$89.0M-13.6%

EPS (diluted)$0.16-11.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.2B+3.6%

Total debt$2.9B+0.2%

Total equity$8.6B+4.6%

Total assets$15.5B-6.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$499.0M-2.3%

CapEx$100.0M+7.5%

Free cash flow$399.0M-4.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$16.12B-15.0%

Enterprise value$16.88B-13.4%

P/E14.2×-1.9×

P/S1.8×-0.4×

Profitability

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Net margin12.9%+7.1pp

FCF margin6.4%-1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.5%+7.6pp

Debt / equity0.3×0.0×

Current ratio1.7×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by News Corporation in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

The official record: News Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is News Corporation's goodwill?: News Corporation (NWS) reported goodwill of $4.49B in Q1 2026.
How has News Corporation's goodwill changed year-over-year?: News Corporation's goodwill increased by 4.7% year-over-year, from $4.29B to $4.49B.
What is the long-term trend for News Corporation's goodwill?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), News Corporation's goodwill has grown at a -1.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.65B to $4.37B.
What does goodwill mean?: The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.