Buyback yield (TTM)
3.53%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.00%
5Y share count change
-3.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$492.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$760.00M
Key takeaways
- News (NWSA) repurchased about $492.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 3.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM repurchases used about 137% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for News (NWSA)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for News (NWSA)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for News (NWSA)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for News (NWSA)
Latest: $150.00M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, News (NWSA) reported buyback spend of $150.00M – grew 28.2% year-over-year.
Across 2015–2025 (10 years), News buyback spend produced a CAGR of +17.5% – with mixed annual results across the window.
Between 2023 and 2025, News buyback spend plunged 38.3%, falling from $243.00M to $150.00M.
$243.00M stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2023, against a low of $0.00 during 2010.
News Buyback Spend 2025: $150.00M
News buyback spend in 2025 was $150.00M, grew 28.2% from 2024.
News Buyback Spend 2024: $117.00M
2024's buyback spend for News came in at $117.00M, plunged 51.9% below 2023.
News Buyback Spend 2023: $243.00M
News posted buyback spend of $243.00M in 2023, surged 35.8% from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
News Buyback Spend 2022: $179.00M
News buyback spend in 2022 was $179.00M.
News Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
News buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for News (NWSA).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $150.00M | $0.00 | $150.00M | 0.89% | 0.57B | -0.6% | |
| 2024 | $117.00M | $0.00 | $117.00M | 0.75% | 0.57B | -0.9% | |
| 2023 | $243.00M | $0.00 | $243.00M | 2.17% | 0.58B | -2.3% | |
| 2022 | $179.00M | $0.00 | $179.00M | 1.96% | 0.59B | -0.2% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.59B | +0.9% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $69.00M | −$69.00M | — | 0.59B | 0.0% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.59B | +0.9% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | +0.2% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $38.00M | −$38.00M | — | 0.58B | -0.2% | |
| 2016 | $41.00M | $55.00M | −$14.00M | 0.64% | 0.58B | -0.0% | |
| 2015 | $30.00M | $53.00M | −$23.00M | 0.33% | 0.58B | +0.5% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | +0.1% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | +0.2% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | -0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | 0.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | — |
- 2025$150.00M
- 2024$117.00M
- 2023$243.00M
- 2022$179.00M
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$41.00M
- 2015$30.00M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for News (NWSA)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for News (NWSA)
How News splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as News, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $45.71B | |
| $26.25B | |
| $9.97B | |
| $9.13B | |
| $4.50B | |
| $3.50B | |
| $510.99M | |
| $0.00 |
- $45.71B
- $26.25B
- $9.97B
- $9.13B
- $4.50B
- $3.50B
- $510.99M
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $360.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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