NASDAQ$NWSA

News Corp · Q2 2025 earnings

Q2 2025 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

News Corp's financial performance saw revenue growth driven by Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, and Dow Jones, with a significant increase in net income and Total Segment EBITDA.

News Corp reported a 5% increase in revenue to $2.24 billion, driven by growth in Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, and Dow Jones. Net income from continuing operations surged 58% to $306 million, and Total Segment EBITDA rose 20% to $478 million. The company also announced an agreement to sell Foxtel to DAZN for A$3.4 billion.

  • Revenues increased by 5% to $2.24 billion, primarily driven by growth in Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing and Dow Jones.
  • Net income from continuing operations increased by 58% to $306 million.
  • Total Segment EBITDA increased by 20% to $478 million.
  • Agreement announced to sell Foxtel to DAZN for A$3.4 billion enterprise value.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.24B

Previous: $2.59B-13.5%
EPS

$0.38

Previous: $0.26+45.5%
WSJ Digital-Only Subscriptions

3.8M

No prior period
WSJ Total Subscriptions

4.2M

No prior period
Barron's Group Digital-Only Subscriptions

1.3M

No prior period
Barron's Group Total Subscriptions

1.5M

No prior period
Total Consumer Digital-Only Subscriptions

5.4M

No prior period
Total Consumer Subscriptions

5.9M

No prior period
Realtor.com Avg Monthly Unique Users

61.4M

No prior period
News Corp Australia Digital Subscribers

1.1M

No prior period
The Times & Sunday Times Digital Subscribers

616.0K

No prior period
The Sun Global Monthly Unique Users

70.0M

No prior period
New York Post Digital Network Unique Users

90.0M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$157M

Previous: -$236M+33.5%
Net Income

$306M

Previous: $156M+96.2%
Operating Income

$430M

Previous: $473M-9.1%
Gross Profit

$1.16B

Previous: $1.31B-11.0%

Revenue & EPS history

News Corp · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.24B

Q2 2025-13.5%vs Q2 2024
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

News Corp · $1.61B total across 3 segments · Q1 2024

  • News Media
    $548M-0.9%
  • Dow Jones
    $537M+4.3%
  • Book Publishing
    $525M+7.8%

Forward guidance

No specific forward guidance provided in the document.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2025

Historical avgQ2 2025

+1.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.5%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.2%

Avg return

30 days after

57%

29 / 51 earnings

Positive

+13.2%

Q1 2021

Best reaction

-18.6%

Q3 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q3 2026-1.2%-1.4%+0.7%
Q2 2026-7.1%-4.1%+1.7%
Q1 2026+6.7%+6.9%+3.8%
Q3 2025-1.5%-0.7%-2.4%
Q2 2025-0.8%+2.3%-2.8%
Q1 2025+4.0%+1.3%+1.4%
Q4 2024+6.6%+5.8%+2.0%
Q3 2024+1.5%+4.3%+11.3%
Q2 2024+5.1%+5.6%+6.7%
Q1 2024-2.3%-2.1%+2.5%
Q4 2023+4.4%+2.8%+3.5%
Q3 2023+8.7%+10.3%+15.3%
Q2 2023-10.9%-9.9%-23.3%
Q1 2023-2.9%+8.0%+8.6%
Q4 2022+7.9%+10.7%-1.1%
Q3 2022-18.6%-15.7%-17.5%
Q2 2022+1.4%+2.1%-5.1%
Q1 2022+5.8%+1.7%-6.8%
Q4 2021+1.5%-0.2%-7.3%
Q3 2021+5.4%+5.8%+0.4%
Q2 2021+8.1%+11.8%+22.8%
Q1 2021+13.2%+20.2%+38.0%
Q4 2020+7.6%+12.0%+12.5%
Q3 2020+12.6%+9.5%+34.0%
Q2 2020+0.3%+0.3%-21.8%
Q1 2020-5.4%-3.2%-2.5%
Q4 2019+7.2%+9.8%+10.3%
Q3 2019+3.6%+0.9%+2.6%
Q2 2019-3.1%-4.0%-0.9%
Q1 2019+6.2%+3.2%-6.9%
Q4 2018-12.1%-9.6%-16.4%
Q3 2018-6.9%-4.4%-4.2%
Q2 2018-1.8%+1.0%+2.6%
Q1 2018+7.6%+8.0%+17.0%
Q4 2017-5.2%-6.1%-7.3%
Q3 2017-0.4%-0.6%+5.6%
Q2 2017+9.2%+7.6%+1.8%
Q1 2017-0.4%+1.9%-0.5%
Q4 2016+3.7%+5.3%+7.4%
Q3 2016+3.7%
Q2 2016-6.1%
Q1 2016-3.0%
Q4 2015+8.4%
Q3 2015-7.2%
Q2 2015+4.4%
Q1 2015+1.7%
Q4 2014-2.3%
Q3 2014+5.2%
Q2 2014+11.0%
Q1 2014-2.5%
Q4 2013-2.0%
Q3 2013
Q2 2013
Q1 2013
Q4 2012
Q3 2012
Q2 2012
Q1 2012

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