News Corp Class B (NWS) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 80 Communication Services companies.
News Corp Class B (NWS) scores 4.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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News Corp Class B (NWS) has a Lemma Quality Score of 4.5 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 49th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. The median across the group is 4.6, and the top quarter begins at 6.0, so News Corp Class B is in line with the typical company here.
News Corp Class B’s profitability score is 3.7 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 3.7 among 77 Communication Services companies, that is in line with the group and the 50th percentile. Low margins and returns leave little cushion, so a downturn or a cost increase reaches the bottom line quickly.
There is no solvency score for News Corp Class B: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 62 Communication Services companies the median for this pillar is 4.8. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
News Corp Class B’s growth score is 2.5 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 4.7 among 64 Communication Services companies, that is well below the group and the 23rd percentile. Weak growth means revenue and earnings have been flat or shrinking against peers, which can be cyclical or a sign of a market that is maturing.
Efficiency scores 7.6 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 76 Communication Services companies is 6.1, so News Corp Class B is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 78th percentile. A strong efficiency reading usually shows up as healthy cash conversion: reported profit arriving as real cash rather than staying on the balance sheet.
Predictability scores 5.0 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 80 Communication Services companies is 4.5, so News Corp Class B is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 58th percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
This is a lopsided profile. Efficiency scores 7.6 but growth only 2.5, a gap of 5.1 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Closing the gap on growth would do the most for the overall. At the median of Communication Services companies, 4.7, News Corp Class B would score about 5.0 instead of 4.5. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Communication Services companies closest to News Corp Class B in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading News Corp Class B scores 4.5 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
News Corp Class B ranks at the 49th percentile of the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.0, against News Corp Class B’s 4.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for NWS are in the app.
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