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News Corporation (NWSA) Piotroski F-score

News Corporation's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2026 is 6 out of 9: 6 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, down from 8 in fiscal 2025.

Piotroski F-score, annual

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Annual

Period Piotroski F-score Change (points)
FY2026 6 (2.00)
FY2025 8 (1.00)
FY2024 9 3.00
FY2023 6 (1.00)
FY2022 7 0.00
FY2021 7 3.00
FY2020 4 (2.00)
FY2019 6 2.00
FY2018 4 0.00
FY2017 4 —

How fiscal 2026’s score is made up

Test This year Year before Result Points
Positive return on assets 3.69% 7.33% Pass 1
Positive operating cash flow 1.24b 978.00m Pass 1
Rising return on assets 3.69% 7.33% Fail 0
Cash flow above net income 664.00m (202.00m) Pass 1
Falling long-term leverage 0.13 0.12 Fail 0
Rising current ratio 1.62 1.84 Fail 0
No new shares issued 556,500,000 567,700,000 Pass 1
Rising gross margin 56.89% 55.80% Pass 1
Rising asset turnover 0.58 0.53 Pass 1
Piotroski F-score Mixed 6

How the Piotroski F-score works

One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.

Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:

7–9Strong — most fundamentals improved
4–6Mixed
0–3Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated

Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.

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What Piotroski F-score is

The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.

One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover

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