News Co. (NASDAQ:NWS – Get Free Report) declared a Semi-Annual dividend on Thursday, August 8th, Zacks reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 11th will be given a dividend of 0.10 per share on Wednesday, October 9th. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 11th.
News has a dividend payout ratio of 23.5% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.
News Stock Performance
NASDAQ:NWS traded up $0.99 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $28.75. 720,462 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 763,221. News has a one year low of $20.01 and a one year high of $29.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.36. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $27.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.38 billion, a PE ratio of 79.86 and a beta of 1.35.
News Company Profile
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates in six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other.
Read More
- Five stocks we like better than News
- What Investors Need to Know About Upcoming IPOs
- MarketBeat Week in Review – 8/5 – 8/9
- REIT Stocks – Best REIT Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio Today
- Cassava Sciences: A Hot Stock to Trade, Invest, or Avoid?
- Stocks with Unusual Volume: How to Find Unusual Volume Stocks in Real Time
- The Cannabis Sector: Profitability Takes Center Stage
Receive News & Ratings for News Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for News and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.