News Corporation (NWSA): Today's Featured Media Laggard
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), down 12.3%, and
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News Corporation operates as a diversified media company worldwide. News Corporation has a market cap of $38.01 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 41.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 36.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate News Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates News Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full News Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 10.2%,
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), up 8.1%, and
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), up 5.2%, were all gainers within the media industry with
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) being today's featured media industry leader.
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