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How News Corporation stacks up
NWS · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
61/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #197 of 510 · scores higher than 61% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score51 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including NWS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 61?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Communication Services peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 11.3% vs peer median 8.2%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on invested capital: 9.6% vs peer median 6.0%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 68% of peers. Return on assets: 4.8% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NWS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NWS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 460 reported | 9.6% | 6.0% | 63% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 11.3% | 8.2% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 4.8% | 2.7% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 8.0% | 5.4% | 60% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 57.2% | 46.2% | 67% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NWS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 197 | 17.4B CNY (≈$2.4B) | 61 | 50 | |
| 197 | 69.6B JPY (≈$473M) | 61 | 64 | |
| 197 | 1.3B EUR (≈$1.5B) | 61 | 47 | |
| 197 | 84.0B USD | 61 | 51 | |
| 197 | 17.3B USD | 61 | 48 | |
| 197 | 10.4B USD | 61 | 59 | |
| 203 | 1.94T KRW (≈$1.4B) | 60 | 68 | |
| 203 | 743M USD | 60 | 67 | |
| 203 | 2.1B USD | 60 | 64 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score