TTM
6.3%
YoY change
+1.31pp
Trough year (2013)
1.9%
Peak year (2021)
9.1%
Latest annual
8.6%
FCF Margin history chart for News (NWSA) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: 8.6%
FCF Margin change chart for News (NWSA) from 2010 to 2025
Latest: +1.31pp
FCF Margin history table for News (NWSA) from 2010 to 2025
| 2025 | 8.6% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2024 | 7.3% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2023 | 7.4% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.2% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2021 | 9.1% | +5.25pp | ||
| 2020 | 3.8% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2019 | 3.5% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2018 | 4.4% | +1.43pp | ||
| 2017 | 2.9% | -5.47pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.4% | +2.26pp | ||
| 2015 | 6.1% | +0.54pp | ||
| 2014 | 5.6% | +3.70pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.9% | -3.60pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.5% | -3.10pp | ||
| 2011 | 8.6% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2010 | 8.2% | — |
- 20258.6%+1.31pp
- 20247.3%-0.11pp
- 20237.4%-0.83pp
- 20228.2%-0.82pp
- 20219.1%+5.25pp
- 20203.8%+0.26pp
- 20193.5%-0.82pp
- 20184.4%+1.43pp
- 20172.9%-5.47pp
- 20168.4%+2.26pp
- 20156.1%+0.54pp
- 20145.6%+3.70pp
- 20131.9%-3.60pp
- 20125.5%-3.10pp
- 20118.6%+0.38pp
- 20108.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from News's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at News (NWSA)
According to News's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 6.3%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
News (NWSA) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 8.60% (2025) – expanded 1.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 9.05%, reached in 2021; the historical low of 1.90% was recorded in 2013.
News FCF Margin by Year
News FCF Margin 2025: 8.6%
News posted free cash flow margin of 8.60% in 2025, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2024.
News FCF Margin 2024: 7.3%
In 2024, News reported free cash flow margin of 7.30%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2023.
News FCF Margin 2023: 7.4%
News free cash flow margin in 2023 was 7.40%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2022.
News FCF Margin 2022: 8.2%
2022's free cash flow margin for News came in at 8.23%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2021.
News FCF Margin 2021: 9.1%
News free cash flow margin in 2021 was 9.05%.
See more financial history for News (NWSA).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Communication Services peers of News (NWSA), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 25.4% | |
| 22.4% | |
| 20.1% | |
| 18.2% | |
| 15.2% | |
| 14.4% | |
| 13.7% | |
| 7.3% |
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