Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate News Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding News Corporation’s stock price such as:

• News Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why News Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for NWS from analysts
• NWS’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About News Corporation (NWS)

Before we jump into News Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australasia, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes news, data, and business information under the The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Energy, Factiva, and Dow Jones Newswires brands through various media channels, including websites, mobile apps, newspapers, newswires, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also provides advertises property and property-related services on its websites and mobile apps, such as realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and Flatmates.com.au, and property portals, as well as residential, commercial, and share property websites; mortgage broking offering and property-related data services to the financial sector; and Realtor.com, RealPRO SelectSM, ConnectionsSM Plus, Listing Toolkit products, RealChoiceTM Selling, and Realtor.com+TM. In addition, the company publishes and distributes consumer books comprising general fiction, nonfiction, and children’s and religious publishing through print and digital formats under the Harper, William Morrow, Mariner, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Avon, Harlequin and Christian publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson; provides news and information under the The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, and Sunday Mail names; and operates talkSPORT, a sports radio network. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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News Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of August 21, 2026, 2:00 PM, CST, News Corporation’s stock price was $34.385.

News Corporation is up 1.79% from its previous closing price of $33.780.

During the last market session, News Corporation’s stock traded between $33.660 and $34.570. Currently, there are approximately 546.50 million shares outstanding for News Corporation.

News Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 32.8, which is high compared to the Media industry median of 20.5. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

News Corporation Stock Price History

News Corporation’s (NWS) price is currently up 9.96% so far this month.

During the month of August, News Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $35.310 and a low of $31.540.

Over the last year, News Corporation has hit prices as high as $35.310 and as low as $25.490. Year to date, News Corporation’s stock is up 16.05%.

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What Caused News Corporation Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of August 20, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded News Corporation’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate News Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on News Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

News Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a C, which means it is considered to be Average.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about News Corporation (NWS) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of News Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of August 20, 2026, News Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -1.30%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 47 and is considered to be Average.

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News Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of August 21, 2026, News Corporation’s stock price is $34.385, which is up 1.79% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like News Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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