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Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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0 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
2 signals unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
0/3
Efficiency
1/2
Free cash flow growth runs well ahead of the sector — up 41.3% against a median of 35.2% — yet earnings per share barely moved, rising just -50.2% year over year while the sector added 0.6%. That gap signals cash is flowing but profit is not translating into shareholder value at the pace peers achieve. Return on equity sits at 6.6%, -62% below the sector median 17.3%, a material weakness in how capital is deployed. The F-Score of 4/9 reflects mixed fundamentals: the balance sheet carries modest strain with Debt/EBITDA at 1.6×, better than the sector median, yet profitability signals are soft and efficiency metrics lag. On valuation, the P/E of 30.4× trades near the sector median 28.5×, offering no discount to offset the quality shortfall. The most recent quarter beat consensus handily, and analysts model steady earnings ahead, but the realized track record shows growth has stalled — a disconnect worth monitoring as the forward case rests on a reacceleration that has not yet appeared.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHTR | Charter Communications | 5/9 | 32% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
When results land on 2026-11-04, track whether FCF growth holds above the sector median (currently 35.2% ahead) and whether EPS growth — sitting 8189% below the median at 0.62% — shows any recovery. The F-Score profitability block at 3/4 is worth rechecking against the prior quarter to see if that signal firms or fades.
Pull the most recent annual report on SEC EDGAR and focus on the Leverage and Liquidity section — the F-Score scores 0/3 there despite a current ratio 59% above the sector median. Management's discussion should clarify how Debt/EBITDA of 2.54x is being managed relative to cash generation.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — ROE or Debt/EBITDA are useful starting points given NWSA's ROE sits 62% below the sector median. No single name in that table is ranked above the others; the comparison is yours to draw.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +26%+6%+42%
Over 4 years: 3.782.331.981.61
Over 4 years: +3%+2%+7%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| 24% |
| CMCSA | Comcast | 6/9 | 22% | -0% | 17% |
| DIS | Disney | 7/9 | 12% | +3% | 19% |
| EA | Electronic Arts | 6/9 | 13% | +1% | 15% |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation | 5/9 | 15% | +5% | — |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | 5/9 | 36% | +15% | 32% |
| META | Meta Platforms | 4/9 | 30% | +22% | 41% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 6/9 | 43% | +16% | 29% |
| NWSA | News Corp. | 4/9 | 7% | +7% | — |
| OMC | Omnicom | 3/9 | -1% | +10% | 3% |
| T | AT&T | 6/9 | 18% | +3% | 19% |
| TMUS | T-Mobile | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | 21% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive | 7/9 | -11% | +18% | -2% |
| VZ | Verizon | 5/9 | 17% | +3% | 21% |
A sample of 14 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →