News Corp Q1 FY2027: sales up 6.4%, EBITDA up 18.5%, EPS beats
News Corp's fiscal 2027 first quarter was a margin story: revenue rose 6.4% to $2.28 billion while Total Segment EBITDA climbed 18.5% to $403 million, and adjusted EPS of $0.28 beat the $0.2618 consensus. The catch is cash — free cash flow was negative $89 million. Read the scorecard as strong operating momentum first, then the balance sheet section for why the cash line looks far worse than the income statement.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP EPS of $0.29 compares with $0.20 a year ago, and adjusted EPS of $0.28 compares with $0.22. The adjusted figure beat the $0.2618 consensus by roughly 7.0%. Note the gap between GAAP and adjusted runs the unusual way this quarter: a $38 million gain on the REA India divestiture, sitting in Other, net, lifted GAAP net income above the adjusted number.
Revenue of $2.28 billion was up 6.4% from $2.14 billion, but $43 million — about two points of that — was a foreign-currency tailwind, so adjusted revenue grew 4.0%. Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing and Dow Jones did the lifting, while News Media slipped 1.0%. Constant-currency growth was also 4.0%, so the underlying trend is real, just smaller than the headline.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-11-05
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