News Corp (Class A) cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, News Corp (Class A)'s operations generated $1.24bn of cash; it spent $426m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $811m. It returned $204m in dividends and $641m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jun 2016 | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 851 | 501 | 1,029 | 831 | 878 | 494 | 757 | 928 | 780 | 1,237 | 1,354 | 1,092 | 1,098 | 978 | 1,237 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 483 | 548 | 552 | 498 | 505 | 449 | 472 | 659 | 644 | 680 | 688 | 415 | 440 | 459 | 485 |
| Stock-based pay | 44 | 49 | 32 | 53 | 55 | 38 | 76 | 73 | 69 | 128 | 59 | 87 | 91 | 84 | 77 |
| Capital spending | 375 | 332 | 358 | 308 | 256 | 256 | 364 | 572 | 438 | 390 | 499 | 347 | 357 | 407 | 426 |
| Free cash flow | 476 | 169 | 671 | 523 | 622 | 238 | 393 | 356 | 342 | 847 | 855 | 745 | 741 | 571 | 811 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 432 | 120 | 639 | 470 | 567 | 200 | 317 | 283 | 273 | 719 | 796 | 658 | 650 | 487 | 734 |
| Dividends paid | 13 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 147 | 152 | 158 | 161 | 158 | 163 | 175 | 174 | 172 | 185 | 204 |
| Share buybacks | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 179 | 243 | 117 | 150 | 641 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 64 | 214 | 511 | 189 | 85 | 231 | 499 | 422 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 112 | 113 | 114 | 120 | 117 | 118 | 122 | 128 |
| Capital spending | 75 | 82 | 93 | 157 | 81 | 99 | 100 | 146 |
| Free cash flow | −11 | 132 | 418 | 32 | 4 | 132 | 399 | 276 |
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