News CorpNWSA:NSQ

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33.05
0.17 / 0.51%
10.13m
69.49%
1.53
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As of May 20 2013 21:00 BST.Data delayed by at least 15 minutes.
Overview
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Income statement

Income statement in USD

Year on year News Corp's net income fell 56.96% from 2.74bn to 1.18bn despite relatively flat revenues. A contributing factor has been an increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 18.88% to 18.88%. View full income statement

REVENUE
Gross margin37.79%
Net profit margin17.35%
Operating margin20.95%
NET INCOME
Return on assets9.51%
Return on equity20.41%
Return on investment11.91%

Growth rates in USD

Year on year, growth in dividends per share increased 20.00% while earnings per share excluding extraordinary items fell by 58.61%. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Printing & Publishing industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked in-line with the industry average relative to its peers.

DIVIDEND PER SHARE
Div yield(5 year avg)0.01%
Div growth rate (5 year)8.45%
Payout ratio (TTM)10.13%
EARNINGS PER SHARE
EPS growth(5 years)-15.2716
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		81.95

Cash flow in USD

In 2012, cash reserves at News Corp fell by 3.05bn. However, the company earned 3.79bn from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 11.24%. In addition the company used 1.42bn on investing activities and also paid 5.12bn in financing cash flows. View full cash flow statement

CASH FLOW
Cash flow per share3.14
Price/Cash flow per share10.31
CASH
Book value per share12.96
Tangible book value per share0.6872

Balance sheet in USD

News Corp has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 32.71%, a lower figure than the previous year's 54.42%. View full balance sheet

TOTAL ASSETS
Current ratio1.88
Quick ratio1.57
TOTAL DEBT
Total debt/total equity0.548
Total debt/total capital0.3271
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