News Corp [NASDAQ: NWSA] plunged by -$0.2 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $25.55. The company report on April 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM that Realtor.com® March Housing Report: Housing Market Takes a Step in a Buyer-Friendly Direction.
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News Corp stock has also loss -2.81% of its value over the past 7 days. However, NWSA stock has inclined by 5.14% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 31.50% and gained 4.07% year-on date.
The market cap for NWSA stock reached $14.49 billion, with 379.95 million shares outstanding and 375.74 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 2.89M shares, NWSA reached a trading volume of 3311077 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about News Corp [NWSA]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for NWSA shares is $32.02 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on NWSA stock is a recommendation set at 1.56. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Macquarie have made an estimate for News Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on February 08, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Morgan Stanley raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on August 16, 2023, representing the official price target for News Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $17 to $25, while Loop Capital kept a Buy rating on NWSA stock. On October 17, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for NWSA shares from 30 to 17.
The Average True Range (ATR) for News Corp is set at 0.47, with the Price to Sales ratio for NWSA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.45. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.78, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.04. Price to Free Cash Flow for NWSA in the course of the last twelve months was 20.18 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.33.
NWSA stock trade performance evaluation
News Corp [NWSA] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -2.81. With this latest performance, NWSA shares dropped by -1.24% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 31.50% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 46.67% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for NWSA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 44.51, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 40.32, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 47.97 for News Corp [NWSA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 25.77, while it was recorded at 25.76 for the last single week of trading, and 22.35 for the last 200 days.
News Corp [NWSA]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
News Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.33 and a Current Ratio set at 1.44.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for News Corp [NWSA] stock
With the latest financial reports released by the company, News Corp posted 0.09/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.05/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 80.00%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for NWSA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for News Corp go to -2.38%.
News Corp [NWSA]: Institutional Ownership
The top three institutional holders of NWSA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in NWSA stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in NWSA stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.
