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NEWS CORP CL B (NASD)
NWS 20.19 -0.01 (-0.05%) Vol.  1,962,069 16:00 ET

Zacks Rank: 4 - Sell


Day Low - High 20.08 - 20.31
52wk Low - High 13.83 - 20.31
Avg Volume 2,401,711
Industry PUBLSHG-NEWSPRS
Market Cap 50.92 B
Div - Yield 0.19 - 0.94
PE (forward) 14.53
PEG Ratio .93
Current Year Est. 1.39
EPS Last Year 1.21
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# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
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S&P5009.43%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
NEWS CORP CL B NWS 4
NY TIMES A NYT 2
GANNETT INC GCI 3
JOURNAL COMM-A JRN 3
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 3.00
ABR (Last Week) 3.00
# of Recs in ABR 4
Average Target Price 21.33
Rank in Industry 9 out of 10
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4 stars Buy 20%
3 stars Hold 40%
2 stars Sell 20%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR NWS
Zacks Equity Research: Report for NWS
Feb 02, 2012
Zacks Blog: Yahoo Co-Founder Yang Resigns
Jan 19, 2012
Zacks Blog: Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Vitamin Shoppe, The Sherwin-Williams Company, News Corp and Aurizon Mines
Jan 11, 2012
Momentum: News Corp Inc
Jan 11, 2012
Zacks Blog: The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Yahoo, AT&T, News Corp, Verizon Communications and Google
Sep 19, 2011
Zacks Blog: ...And the Drama Continues for Yahoo
Sep 16, 2011
Zacks Blog: Company News for July 18, 2011
Jul 18, 2011
Zacks Blog: NY Times Lowers High Cost Debts
Jul 14, 2011
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NEWS
Ask Top Guru Donald Yacktman Your Investing Question - GuruFocus
Feb 07, 2012
Ask Top Mutual Fund Manager Donald Yacktman Your Investing Question - GuruFocus
Feb 07, 2012
News Corp (NWS) Showing Bullish Technicals With Support At $19.80 - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
Institutional Investors Gain Integrated Access to Dow Jones News Through FactSet - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
News Corp Looks to Continue to Trade Above its Annual-High Share Price Today - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
News Corp Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.20% - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs: News Corp, Penske, Sovran - TheStreet.com
Feb 06, 2012
Watch for News Corp to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.20% Yesterday - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2011
Next Quarter
03/2012
This Year
06/2012
Next Year
06/2013
Average Estimate 0.35 0.35 1.39 1.63
Number of Estimates 4 3 4 3
Low Estimates 0.33 0.32 1.37 1.62
High Estimate 0.36 0.38 1.45 1.64
Year Ago EPS 0.28 0.26 1.14 1.39
EPS Growth 23.21% 33.33% 21.93% 17.27%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
News Corporation's diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting; the publication of newspapers, magazines, books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of digital broadcasting; the development of conditional access and subscriber management systems; and the creation and distribution of popular on-line programming.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.21
Sales 33405
Net Income 2702
Price/Earnings 16.69
Price/Book 1.9
Price/Cash Flow 12.41
Price/Sales 1.5


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