News Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results for Fiscal 2025
FISCAL 2025 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Fiscal 2025 full year revenues were
$8.45 billion , a 2% increase compared to$8.25 billion in the prior year, driven by the growth ofDigital Real Estate Services ,Dow Jones andBook Publishing , while net income from continuing operations of$648 million increased 71% compared to$379 million in the prior year -
Full year Total Segment EBITDA was
$1.42 billion , a 14% increase compared to$1.24 billion in the prior year. Reported diluted EPS from continuing operations were$0.84 for the full year compared to$0.47 in the prior year - Adjusted diluted EPS were$0.89 compared to$0.74 in the prior year -
Fourth quarter revenues were
$2.11 billion , a 1% increase compared to$2.09 billion in the prior year, driven by the growth ofDow Jones andDigital Real Estate Services , while net income from continuing operations in the quarter was$86 million , a 28% increase compared to$67 million in the prior year -
Fourth quarter Total Segment EBITDA was
$322 million , a 5% increase compared to$308 million in the prior year. For the fourth quarter, reported EPS from continuing operations were$0.09 as compared to$0.08 in the prior year - Adjusted EPS were$0.19 compared to$0.20 in the prior year -
Dow Jones achieved record revenues for the full year of$2.33 billion , underpinned by higher professional information business revenues driven by growth of 15% at Risk & Compliance and 11% at Dow Jones Energy and higher digital circulation revenues -
REA Group posted record revenues for the full year of
$1.25 billion , a 12% increase compared to the prior year, driven by continued strong Australian residential performance -
In July, announced a new
$1 billion stock repurchase program, which is in addition to our existing stock repurchase program, and intent to accelerate the pace of the buyback
Commenting on the results, Chief Executive
“News Corp reported a sterling performance sustained across the four quarters of Fiscal 2025. For the full year, revenues rose 2 percent to nearly
These robust results have enhanced our financial position and thus our ability to return capital to shareholders. Last month, the Board of Directors authorized a new
The AI age must cherish the value of intellectual property if we are collectively to realize our potential. Much is made of the competition with
Even the President of
FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
The Company reported fiscal 2025 fourth quarter total revenues of
Net income from continuing operations for the quarter was
The Company reported fourth quarter Total Segment EBITDA of
Net income from continuing operations per share attributable to
FULL YEAR RESULTS
The Company reported fiscal 2025 full year total revenues of
Net income from continuing operations for the full year was
Total Segment EBITDA for the full year was
Diluted net income from continuing operations per share attributable to
SEGMENT REVIEW
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For the fiscal years ended
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2025 |
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2024 |
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% Change |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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% Change |
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(in millions) |
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Better/ (Worse) |
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(in millions) |
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Better/ (Worse) |
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Revenues: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
$ |
604 |
|
|
$ |
566 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
$ |
2,331 |
|
|
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
466 |
|
|
|
448 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
1,802 |
|
|
|
1,658 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
512 |
|
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(4 |
)% |
|
|
2,149 |
|
|
|
2,093 |
|
|
3 |
% |
News Media |
|
545 |
|
|
|
566 |
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(4 |
)% |
|
|
2,170 |
|
|
|
2,270 |
|
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(4 |
)% |
Other |
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— |
|
|
|
— |
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|
— |
% |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
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|
— |
% |
Total Revenues |
$ |
2,109 |
|
|
$ |
2,092 |
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|
1 |
% |
|
$ |
8,452 |
|
|
$ |
8,252 |
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2 |
% |
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|
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Segment EBITDA: |
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$ |
151 |
|
|
$ |
137 |
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10 |
% |
|
$ |
588 |
|
|
$ |
542 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
13 |
% |
|
|
601 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
18 |
% |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
(12 |
)% |
|
|
296 |
|
|
|
269 |
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|
10 |
% |
News Media |
|
28 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
(13 |
)% |
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
|
15 |
% |
Other |
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
|
(11 |
)% |
|
|
(223 |
) |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
(6 |
)% |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
322 |
|
|
$ |
308 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
$ |
1,415 |
|
|
$ |
1,241 |
|
|
14 |
% |
Fourth Quarter Segment Results
Revenues in the quarter increased
Circulation and subscription revenues increased
During the fourth quarter, total average subscriptions to Dow Jones’ consumer products approached 6.3 million, a 7% increase compared to the prior year. Digital-only subscriptions to Dow Jones’ consumer products grew 9% to over 5.7 million. Total subscriptions to
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2025 |
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2024 |
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% Change |
(in thousands, except %) |
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Better/(Worse) |
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Digital-only subscriptions |
4,126 |
|
3,788 |
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9 % |
Total subscriptions |
4,538 |
|
4,256 |
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7 % |
Barron’s Group |
|
|
|
|
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Digital-only subscriptions |
1,319 |
|
1,290 |
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2 % |
Total subscriptions |
1,432 |
|
1,419 |
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1 % |
Total Consumer |
|
|
|
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Digital-only subscriptions |
5,719 |
|
5,226 |
|
9 % |
Total subscriptions |
6,261 |
|
5,842 |
|
7 % |
Advertising revenues increased
Segment EBITDA for the quarter increased
Full Year Segment Results
Fiscal 2025 full year revenues increased
Circulation and subscription revenues increased
Advertising revenue decreased
Segment EBITDA for fiscal 2025 increased
Fourth Quarter Segment Results
Revenues in the quarter increased
In the quarter, revenues at REA Group increased
Move’s revenues in the quarter increased
Full Year Segment Results
Fiscal 2025 full year revenues increased
In the fiscal year, REA Group’s revenues increased
Move’s revenues in the fiscal year increased
Fourth Quarter Segment Results
Revenues in the quarter decreased
Digital sales decreased 3% compared to the prior year due to a 7% decline from audiobook sales, driven by the revenue trends above. Digital sales represented 25% of Consumer revenues for the quarter compared to 24% for the prior year period. Backlist sales represented approximately 65% of Consumer revenues in the quarter compared to 62% in the prior year.
Segment EBITDA for the quarter decreased
Full Year Segment Results
Fiscal 2025 full year revenues increased
Digital sales increased 5% compared to the prior year, driven by higher audiobooks sales, which included the contribution from Spotify, as well as growth in e-book sales. Digital sales represented 24% of Consumer revenues for the year compared to 23% in the prior year. Backlist sales represented approximately 64% of Consumer revenues for the year compared to 61% in the prior year.
Segment EBITDA for fiscal 2025 increased
News Media
Fourth Quarter Segment Results
Revenues in the quarter decreased
Circulation and subscription revenues increased
Advertising revenues decreased
In the quarter, Segment EBITDA decreased
Digital revenues represented 38% of News Media segment revenues in the quarter, compared to 37% in the prior year, and represented 36% of the combined revenues of the newspaper mastheads. Digital subscribers and users across key properties within the News Media segment are summarized below:
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Closing digital subscribers at News Corp Australia as of
June 30, 2025 were 1,166,000 (993,000 for news mastheads), compared to 1,117,000 (968,000 for news mastheads) in the prior year (Source: Internal data) -
The Times and
Sunday Times closing digital subscribers, including the Times Literary Supplement, as ofJune 30, 2025 were 640,000, compared to 594,000 in the prior year (Source: Internal data). -
The Sun ’s digital offering reached 87 million global monthly unique users inJune 2025 , compared to 112 million in the prior year (Source: Meta Pixel) -
New York Post ’s digital network reached 90 million unique users inJune 2025 , compared to 117 million in the prior year (Source:Google Analytics)
Full Year Segment Results
Fiscal 2025 full year revenues decreased
Circulation and subscription revenues decreased
Advertising revenues decreased
Segment EBITDA for fiscal 2025 increased
CASH FLOW
The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations to free cash flow:
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For the fiscal years ended
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2025 |
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2024 |
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(in millions) |
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Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations |
$ |
978 |
|
|
$ |
897 |
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Less: Capital expenditures |
|
(407 |
) |
|
|
(357 |
) |
Free cash flow |
$ |
571 |
|
|
$ |
540 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations of
Free cash flow in the fiscal year ended
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations less capital expenditures. Free cash flow excludes cash flows from discontinued operations. Free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, since companies and investors may differ as to what items should be included in the calculation of free cash flow.
Free cash flow does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period and should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the net change in cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows prepared in accordance with GAAP, which incorporates all cash movements during the period.
The Company believes free cash flow provides useful information to management and investors about the Company’s liquidity and cash flow trends.
OTHER ITEMS
Dividends
The Company declared today a semi-annual cash dividend of
COMPARISON OF NON-GAAP TO
Adjusted Revenues, Total Segment EBITDA, Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA, Adjusted Segment EBITDA, adjusted net income attributable to
Conference call
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Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding trends and uncertainties affecting the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, the Company’s strategy and strategic initiatives, including the sale of the
About
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited; in millions, except per share amounts) |
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For the three months ended
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For the fiscal years ended
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2025 |
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|
2024 |
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Revenues: |
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|
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|
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Circulation and subscription |
$ |
766 |
|
|
$ |
726 |
|
|
$ |
3,009 |
|
|
$ |
2,909 |
|
Advertising |
|
353 |
|
|
|
354 |
|
|
|
1,367 |
|
|
|
1,400 |
|
Consumer |
|
462 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Real estate |
|
358 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
|
|
1,410 |
|
|
|
1,284 |
|
Other |
|
170 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
619 |
|
|
|
659 |
|
Total Revenues |
|
2,109 |
|
|
|
2,092 |
|
|
|
8,452 |
|
|
|
8,252 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
(917 |
) |
|
|
(928 |
) |
|
|
(3,736 |
) |
|
|
(3,814 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
(870 |
) |
|
|
(856 |
) |
|
|
(3,301 |
) |
|
|
(3,197 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
(459 |
) |
|
|
(440 |
) |
Impairment and restructuring charges |
|
(81 |
) |
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
(132 |
) |
|
|
(133 |
) |
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
Interest income (expense), net |
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Other, net |
|
10 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
111 |
|
|
|
(59 |
) |
Income before income tax expense from continuing operations |
|
132 |
|
|
|
110 |
|
|
|
923 |
|
|
|
585 |
|
Income tax expense from continuing operations |
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(275 |
) |
|
|
(206 |
) |
Net income from continuing operations |
|
86 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
648 |
|
|
|
379 |
|
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
690 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
Net income |
|
776 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
1,340 |
|
|
|
354 |
|
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests from continuing operations |
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
(110 |
) |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Net income attributable to |
$ |
743 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
1,180 |
|
|
$ |
266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
565.9 |
|
|
|
569.7 |
|
|
|
567.7 |
|
|
|
571.2 |
|
Diluted |
|
568.6 |
|
|
|
572.8 |
|
|
|
569.9 |
|
|
|
573.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income (loss) attributable to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
0.47 |
|
Discontinued operations |
$ |
1.22 |
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
$ |
1.23 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
1.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
2.08 |
|
|
$ |
0.47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Diluted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Continuing operations |
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
0.47 |
|
Discontinued operations |
$ |
1.22 |
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
$ |
1.23 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
1.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
2.07 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited; in millions) |
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As of |
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As of |
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ASSETS |
|
|
|
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Current assets: |
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
2,403 |
|
|
$ |
1,872 |
|
Receivables, net |
|
1,562 |
|
|
|
1,420 |
|
Inventory, net |
|
327 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
Other current assets |
|
519 |
|
|
|
474 |
|
Current assets of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
340 |
|
Total current assets |
|
4,811 |
|
|
|
4,372 |
|
Non-current assets: |
|
|
|
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Investments |
|
1,016 |
|
|
|
429 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
1,331 |
|
|
|
1,272 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
789 |
|
|
|
805 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
1,930 |
|
|
|
1,948 |
|
|
|
4,373 |
|
|
|
4,336 |
|
Deferred income tax assets, net |
|
254 |
|
|
|
332 |
|
Other non-current assets |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
957 |
|
Non-current assets of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
2,233 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
15,504 |
|
|
$ |
16,684 |
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
|
|
|
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Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable |
$ |
335 |
|
|
$ |
254 |
|
Accrued expenses |
|
1,036 |
|
|
|
986 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
498 |
|
|
|
483 |
|
Current borrowings |
|
25 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
714 |
|
|
|
772 |
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
551 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
2,608 |
|
|
|
3,055 |
|
Non-current liabilities: |
|
|
|
||||
Borrowings |
|
1,937 |
|
|
|
2,093 |
|
Retirement benefit obligations |
|
117 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
Deferred income tax liabilities, net |
|
57 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
904 |
|
|
|
912 |
|
Other non-current liabilities |
|
492 |
|
|
|
472 |
|
Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
995 |
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
||||
Equity: |
|
|
|
||||
Class A common stock |
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Class B common stock |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
11,058 |
|
|
|
11,254 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
(747 |
) |
|
|
(1,889 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(1,543 |
) |
|
|
(1,251 |
) |
|
|
8,774 |
|
|
|
8,120 |
|
Noncontrolling interests |
|
615 |
|
|
|
891 |
|
Total equity |
|
9,389 |
|
|
|
9,011 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
15,504 |
|
|
$ |
16,684 |
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited; in millions) |
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|
For the fiscal years ended
|
||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
Operating activities: |
|
|
|
||||
Net income |
$ |
1,340 |
|
|
$ |
354 |
|
Net (income) loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
(692 |
) |
|
|
25 |
|
Net income from continuing operations |
|
648 |
|
|
|
379 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations: |
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
459 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
Operating lease expense |
|
74 |
|
|
|
72 |
|
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
15 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Impairment charges |
|
12 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
83 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Other, net |
|
(107 |
) |
|
|
64 |
|
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
|
|
|
||||
Receivables and other assets |
|
(96 |
) |
|
|
(85 |
) |
Inventories, net |
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
27 |
|
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
(81 |
) |
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations |
|
978 |
|
|
|
897 |
|
Investing activities: |
|
|
|
||||
Capital expenditures |
|
(407 |
) |
|
|
(357 |
) |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
(96 |
) |
|
|
(38 |
) |
Purchases of investments in equity affiliates and other |
|
(154 |
) |
|
|
(96 |
) |
Proceeds from sales of investments in equity affiliates and other |
|
274 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
Other, net |
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations |
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
(410 |
) |
Financing activities: |
|
|
|
||||
Borrowings |
|
61 |
|
|
|
278 |
|
Repayment of borrowings |
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
(409 |
) |
Repurchase of shares |
|
(150 |
) |
|
|
(117 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
(185 |
) |
|
|
(172 |
) |
Other, net |
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
(63 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations |
|
(524 |
) |
|
|
(483 |
) |
Cash flows from discontinued operations: |
|
|
|
||||
Net cash provided by operating activities from discontinued operations |
|
156 |
|
|
|
201 |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from discontinued operations |
|
253 |
|
|
|
(114 |
) |
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities from discontinued operations |
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
42 |
|
Net cash provided by discontinued operations |
|
370 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents, including discontinued operations |
|
418 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, including discontinued operations |
|
25 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, including discontinued operations, beginning of year |
|
1,960 |
|
|
|
1,833 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, including discontinued operations, end of year |
|
2,403 |
|
|
|
1,960 |
|
Less: Cash and cash equivalents at end of period of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
(88 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
2,403 |
|
|
$ |
1,872 |
|
NOTE 1 – TOTAL SEGMENT EBITDA
Segment EBITDA is defined as revenues less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses. Segment EBITDA does not include: depreciation and amortization, impairment and restructuring charges, equity losses of affiliates, interest (expense) income, net, other, net, income tax (expense) benefit and net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax. Management believes that Segment EBITDA is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operating performance of the Company’s business segments because it is the primary measure used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to evaluate the performance of and allocate resources within the Company’s businesses. Segment EBITDA provides management, investors and equity analysts with a measure to analyze the operating performance of each of the Company’s business segments and its enterprise value against historical data and competitors’ data, although historical results may not be indicative of future results (as operating performance is highly contingent on many factors, including customer tastes and preferences).
Total Segment EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure and should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, net income (loss) from continuing operations, cash flow from continuing operations and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP. In addition, this measure does not reflect cash available to fund requirements and excludes items, such as depreciation and amortization and impairment and restructuring charges, which are significant components in assessing the Company’s financial performance. The Company believes that the presentation of Total Segment EBITDA provides useful information regarding the Company’s operations and other factors that affect the Company’s reported results. Specifically, the Company believes that by excluding certain one-time or non-cash items such as impairment and restructuring charges and depreciation and amortization, as well as potential distortions between periods caused by factors such as financing and capital structures and changes in tax positions or regimes, the Company provides users of its consolidated financial statements with insight into both its core operations as well as the factors that affect reported results between periods but which the Company believes are not representative of its core business. As a result, users of the Company’s consolidated financial statements are better able to evaluate changes in the core operating results of the Company across different periods. The following tables reconcile net income from continuing operations to Total Segment EBITDA for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
For the three months ended |
|||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Change |
|
% Change |
|||
|
(in millions) |
|
|
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
|
86 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
28 |
% |
Reconciling items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income tax expense from continuing operations |
|
46 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
7 |
% |
Other, net |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
** |
|
Interest (income) expense, net |
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
** |
|
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
300 |
% |
Impairment and restructuring charges |
|
81 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
65 |
% |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
120 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
4 |
% |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
322 |
|
|
$ |
308 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
5 |
% |
** Not meaningful |
|
For the fiscal years ended |
|||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Change |
|
% Change |
|||
|
(in millions) |
|
|
|||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
|
648 |
|
|
|
379 |
|
|
|
269 |
|
|
71 |
% |
Reconciling items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income tax expense from continuing operations |
|
275 |
|
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
33 |
% |
Other, net |
|
(111 |
) |
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
(170 |
) |
|
** |
|
Interest (income) expense, net |
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
** |
|
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
15 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
150 |
% |
Impairment and restructuring charges |
|
132 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
)% |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
459 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
4 |
% |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
1,415 |
|
|
$ |
1,241 |
|
|
$ |
174 |
|
|
14 |
% |
** Not meaningful |
NOTE 2 – ADJUSTED REVENUES, ADJUSTED TOTAL SEGMENT EBITDA AND ADJUSTED SEGMENT EBITDA
The Company uses revenues, Total Segment EBITDA and Segment EBITDA excluding the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, fees and costs, net of indemnification, related to the claims and investigations arising out of certain conduct at The News of the World (the “U.K. Newspaper Matters”), charges for other significant, non-ordinary course legal or regulatory matters (“litigation charges”) and foreign currency fluctuations (“Adjusted Revenues,” “Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA” and “Adjusted Segment EBITDA,” respectively) to evaluate the performance of the Company’s core business operations exclusive of certain items that impact the comparability of results from period to period such as the unpredictability and volatility of currency fluctuations. The Company calculates the impact of foreign currency fluctuations for businesses reporting in currencies other than the
The calculation of Adjusted Revenues, Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, since companies and investors may differ as to what type of events warrant adjustment. Adjusted Revenues, Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA and Adjusted Segment EBITDA are not measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be construed as substitutes for amounts determined under GAAP as measures of performance. However, management uses these measures in comparing the Company’s historical performance and believes that they provide meaningful and comparable information to investors to assist in their analysis of our performance relative to prior periods and our competitors.
The following tables reconcile reported revenues and reported Total Segment EBITDA to Adjusted Revenues and Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
Revenues |
|
|
Total Segment EBITDA |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
For the three months ended |
|
|
For the three months ended |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Difference |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Difference |
||||
|
(in millions) |
|
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||
As reported |
$ |
2,109 |
|
|
$ |
2,092 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
|
$ |
322 |
|
|
$ |
308 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
Impact of acquisitions |
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Impact of divestitures |
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Impact of foreign currency fluctuations |
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Net impact of |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
As adjusted |
$ |
2,095 |
|
|
$ |
2,090 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
|
$ |
329 |
|
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
Total Segment EBITDA |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
For the fiscal years ended |
|
|
For the fiscal years ended |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Difference |
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
Difference |
||||
|
(in millions) |
|
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||
As reported |
$ |
8,452 |
|
|
$ |
8,252 |
|
|
$ |
200 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,415 |
|
|
$ |
1,241 |
|
|
$ |
174 |
|
Impact of acquisitions |
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Impact of divestitures |
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Impact of foreign currency fluctuations |
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Net impact of |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
As adjusted |
$ |
8,413 |
|
|
$ |
8,244 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,435 |
|
|
$ |
1,253 |
|
|
$ |
182 |
|
Foreign Exchange Rates
Average foreign exchange rates used in the calculation of the impact of foreign currency fluctuations for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
Fiscal Year 2025 |
||||||
|
Q1 |
|
Q2 |
|
Q3 |
|
Q4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year 2024 |
||||||
|
Q1 |
|
Q2 |
|
Q3 |
|
Q4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Revenues and Adjusted Segment EBITDA by segment for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
For the three months ended |
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
(in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
|||||||
Adjusted Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
$ |
595 |
|
|
$ |
566 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
448 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
512 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
News Media |
|
539 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
% |
Adjusted Total Revenues |
$ |
2,095 |
|
|
$ |
2,090 |
|
|
— |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
$ |
150 |
|
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
157 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
News Media |
|
27 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
(18 |
)% |
Other |
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
(15 |
)% |
Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
329 |
|
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
For the fiscal years ended |
|||||||||
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
(in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
|||||||
Adjusted Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
$ |
2,320 |
|
|
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
1,811 |
|
|
|
1,658 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
2,131 |
|
|
|
2,093 |
|
|
2 |
% |
News Media |
|
2,151 |
|
|
|
2,262 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
% |
Adjusted Total Revenues |
$ |
8,413 |
|
|
$ |
8,244 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Adjusted Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
$ |
588 |
|
|
$ |
542 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
609 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
269 |
|
|
12 |
% |
News Media |
|
152 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
|
11 |
% |
Other |
|
(214 |
) |
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
(5 |
)% |
Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
1,435 |
|
|
$ |
1,253 |
|
|
15 |
% |
The following tables reconcile reported revenues and Segment EBITDA by segment to Adjusted Revenues and Adjusted Segment EBITDA by segment for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
For the three months ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
As Reported |
|
Impact of Acquisitions |
|
Impact of Divestitures |
|
Impact of Foreign Currency Fluctuations |
|
|
|
As Adjusted |
||||||||||||
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
604 |
|
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
595 |
|
|
|
466 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
488 |
|
News Media |
|
545 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
539 |
|
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Revenues |
$ |
2,109 |
|
|
$ |
(9 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,095 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
151 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
150 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
157 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
55 |
|
News Media |
|
28 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Other |
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(60 |
) |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
322 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
329 |
|
|
For the three months ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
As Reported |
|
Impact of Acquisitions |
|
Impact of Divestitures |
|
Impact of Foreign Currency Fluctuations |
|
|
|
As Adjusted |
||||||||||||
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
566 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
566 |
|
|
|
448 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
448 |
|
|||
|
|
512 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
512 |
|
News Media |
|
566 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
564 |
|
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Revenues |
$ |
2,092 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(2 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,090 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
137 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
57 |
|
News Media |
|
32 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
33 |
|
Other |
|
(53 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
308 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the fiscal year ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
As Reported |
|
Impact of Acquisitions |
|
Impact of Divestitures |
|
Impact of Foreign Currency Fluctuations |
|
|
|
As Adjusted |
||||||||||||
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
2,331 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,320 |
|
|
|
1,802 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
1,811 |
|
|
|
|
2,149 |
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,131 |
|
News Media |
|
2,170 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,151 |
|
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Revenues |
$ |
8,452 |
|
|
$ |
(26 |
) |
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
(8 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
8,413 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
588 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
588 |
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
609 |
|
|
|
296 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
300 |
|
News Media |
|
153 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
152 |
|
Other |
|
(223 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
(214 |
) |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
1,415 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
1,435 |
|
|
For the fiscal year ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
As Reported |
|
Impact of Acquisitions |
|
Impact of Divestitures |
|
Impact of Foreign Currency Fluctuations |
|
|
|
As Adjusted |
||||||||||||
|
(in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
|
1,658 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,658 |
|
|||
|
|
2,093 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,093 |
|
News Media |
|
2,270 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,262 |
|
Other |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Revenues |
$ |
8,252 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(8 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
8,244 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Segment EBITDA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
$ |
542 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
542 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
|
269 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
269 |
|
News Media |
|
133 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
137 |
|
Other |
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(203 |
) |
Total Segment EBITDA |
$ |
1,241 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
1,253 |
|
NOTE 3 – ADJUSTED NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEWS CORPORATION STOCKHOLDERS AND ADJUSTED EPS
The Company uses net income (loss) attributable to
The following tables reconcile reported net income attributable to
|
For the three months ended
|
|
For the three months ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
Net income attributable to stockholders |
|
EPS |
|
Net income attributable to stockholders |
|
EPS |
||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
$ |
86 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
67 |
|
|
|
||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests from continuing operations |
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
||||
Net income attributable to |
$ |
53 |
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Impairment and restructuring charges |
|
81 |
|
|
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
|
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
4 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other, net |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
Tax impact on items above |
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
Impact of noncontrolling interest on items above |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
As adjusted |
$ |
106 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
$ |
114 |
|
|
$ |
0.20 |
|
|
For the fiscal year ended
|
|
For the fiscal year ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
Net income attributable to stockholders |
|
EPS |
|
Net income attributable to stockholders |
|
EPS |
||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
$ |
648 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
379 |
|
|
|
||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests from continuing operations |
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(110 |
) |
|
|
||||
Net income attributable to |
$ |
480 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
269 |
|
|
$ |
0.47 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
Impairment and restructuring charges (a) |
|
132 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
|
|
|
133 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
|
Equity losses of affiliates |
|
4 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other, net |
|
(111 |
) |
|
|
(0.19 |
) |
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
0.10 |
|
Tax impact on items above |
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(0.07 |
) |
Impact of noncontrolling interest on items above |
|
31 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
As adjusted |
$ |
510 |
|
|
$ |
0.89 |
|
|
$ |
427 |
|
|
$ |
0.74 |
|
(a) |
|
During the fiscal year ended |
NOTE 4 – CONSTANT CURRENCY REVENUES
The Company believes that the presentation of revenues excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations (“constant currency revenues”) provides useful information regarding the performance of the Company’s core business operations exclusive of distortions between periods caused by the unpredictability and volatility of currency fluctuations. The Company calculates the impact of foreign currency fluctuations for businesses reporting in currencies other than the
Constant currency revenues are not measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be construed as substitutes for revenues as determined under GAAP as measures of performance. However, management uses these measures in comparing the Company’s historical performance and believes that they provide meaningful and comparable information to investors to assist in their analysis of our performance relative to prior periods and our competitors.
The following tables reconcile reported revenues to constant currency revenues for the three months and fiscal years ended
|
Q4 Fiscal 2024 |
|
Q4 Fiscal 2025 |
|
FX impact |
|
Q4 Fiscal 2025 constant currency |
|
% Change - reported |
|
% Change - constant currency |
||||||||||
|
($ in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
726 |
|
|
$ |
766 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
757 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
4 |
% |
Advertising |
|
354 |
|
|
353 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
351 |
|
— |
% |
|
(1 |
)% |
|||
Consumer |
|
487 |
|
|
|
462 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
458 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
(6 |
)% |
Real estate |
|
345 |
|
|
|
358 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
365 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
Other |
|
180 |
|
|
|
170 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
173 |
|
|
(6 |
)% |
|
(4 |
)% |
Total revenues |
$ |
2,092 |
|
|
$ |
2,109 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
2,104 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
449 |
|
|
$ |
486 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
482 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
Advertising |
|
102 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
Other |
|
15 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
(7 |
)% |
|
(7 |
)% |
Total |
$ |
566 |
|
|
$ |
604 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
600 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
— |
% |
|
— |
% |
Advertising |
|
37 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
14 |
% |
Real estate |
|
345 |
|
|
|
358 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
365 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
Other |
|
64 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
66 |
|
|
— |
% |
|
3 |
% |
|
$ |
448 |
|
|
$ |
466 |
|
|
$ |
(9 |
) |
|
$ |
475 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
REA Group revenues |
$ |
305 |
|
|
$ |
318 |
|
|
$ |
(9 |
) |
|
$ |
327 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
|
Q4 Fiscal 2024 |
|
Q4 Fiscal 2025 |
|
FX impact |
|
Q4 Fiscal 2025 constant currency |
|
% Change - reported |
|
% Change - constant currency |
||||||||||
|
($ in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Consumer |
$ |
487 |
|
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
458 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
(6 |
)% |
Other |
|
25 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
32 |
|
28 |
% |
|
28 |
% |
|||
|
$ |
512 |
|
|
$ |
494 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
490 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(4 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
News Media: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
275 |
|
|
$ |
278 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
273 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
(1 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
215 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
Other |
|
76 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
61 |
|
|
(21 |
)% |
|
(20 |
)% |
Total News Media segment revenues |
$ |
566 |
|
|
$ |
545 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
539 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
140 |
|
|
$ |
146 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
(1 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
63 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
(2 |
)% |
|
(6 |
)% |
Other |
|
25 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
(60 |
)% |
|
(60 |
)% |
Total News |
$ |
228 |
|
|
$ |
218 |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
207 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(9 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
News Corp Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
99 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
102 |
|
|
(2 |
)% |
|
1 |
% |
Advertising |
|
94 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
87 |
|
|
(11 |
)% |
|
(7 |
)% |
Other |
|
41 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
42 |
|
|
— |
% |
|
2 |
% |
Total News Corp Australia revenues |
$ |
236 |
|
|
$ |
224 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
$ |
231 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
|
Fiscal 2024 |
|
Fiscal 2025 |
|
FX impact |
|
Fiscal 2025 constant currency |
|
% Change - reported |
|
% Change - constant currency |
||||||||||
|
($ in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
2,909 |
|
|
$ |
3,009 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
$ |
2,996 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
3 |
% |
Advertising |
|
1,400 |
|
|
1,367 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
1,362 |
|
(2 |
)% |
|
(3 |
)% |
|||
Consumer |
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
2,043 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
Real estate |
|
1,284 |
|
|
|
1,410 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
1,421 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
Other |
|
659 |
|
|
|
619 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
622 |
|
|
(6 |
)% |
|
(6 |
)% |
Total revenues |
$ |
8,252 |
|
|
$ |
8,452 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
$ |
8,444 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
1,771 |
|
|
$ |
1,884 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
1,880 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
Advertising |
|
405 |
|
|
|
396 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
396 |
|
|
(2 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
Other |
|
55 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
51 |
|
|
(7 |
)% |
|
(7 |
)% |
Total |
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
$ |
2,331 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
2,327 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
10 |
|
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
(30 |
)% |
|
(30 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
136 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
151 |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
Real estate |
|
1,284 |
|
|
|
1,410 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
1,421 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
Other |
|
228 |
|
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
237 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
4 |
% |
|
$ |
1,658 |
|
|
$ |
1,802 |
|
|
$ |
(14 |
) |
|
$ |
1,816 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
10 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
REA Group revenues |
$ |
1,114 |
|
|
$ |
1,250 |
|
|
$ |
(14 |
) |
|
$ |
1,264 |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
13 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Consumer |
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
$ |
2,043 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
Other |
|
93 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
102 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
10 |
% |
|
$ |
2,093 |
|
|
$ |
2,149 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
2,145 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
News Media: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
1,128 |
|
|
$ |
1,118 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
1,109 |
|
|
(1 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
859 |
|
|
|
820 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
$ |
815 |
|
|
(5 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
Other |
|
283 |
|
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
232 |
|
|
(18 |
)% |
|
(18 |
)% |
Total News Media segment revenues |
$ |
2,270 |
|
|
$ |
2,170 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
$ |
2,156 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
|
Fiscal 2024 |
|
Fiscal 2025 |
|
FX impact |
|
Fiscal 2025 constant currency |
|
% Change - reported |
|
% Change - constant currency |
||||||||||
|
($ in millions) |
|
Better/(Worse) |
||||||||||||||||||
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
569 |
|
|
$ |
578 |
|
|
$ |
15 |
|
|
$ |
563 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
(1 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
262 |
|
|
240 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
$ |
234 |
|
(8 |
)% |
|
(11 |
)% |
|||
Other |
|
98 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
(55 |
)% |
|
(56 |
)% |
Total News |
$ |
929 |
|
|
$ |
862 |
|
|
$ |
22 |
|
|
$ |
840 |
|
|
(7 |
)% |
|
(10 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
News Corp Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Circulation and subscription |
$ |
419 |
|
|
$ |
405 |
|
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
410 |
|
|
(3 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
Advertising |
|
366 |
|
|
|
343 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
$ |
348 |
|
|
(6 |
)% |
|
(5 |
)% |
Other |
|
144 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
$ |
148 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
3 |
% |
Total News Corp Australia revenues |
$ |
929 |
|
|
$ |
895 |
|
|
$ |
(11 |
) |
|
$ |
906 |
|
|
(4 |
)% |
|
(2 |
)% |
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