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Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Lower valuation, weak fundamentals
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2 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.
Stable quality
2 signals unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Revenue growth at 2.4% year over year trails the sector median of 8.5% by -71%, and FCF growth of 5.0% lags the median by -86% — two signals that the top line and cash generation are running well behind peers. Against that, the P/E of 13.9× sits -54% below the sector median of 30.4×, and the current ratio of 1.84 runs +85% above its median, so the discount is real and the near-term liquidity position is sound. EPS grew 350.0% year over year, +2,135% ahead of the sector median, though that figure sits alongside weak revenue, which limits how far earnings momentum can carry. The F-Score of 6/9 and a composite of 56/100 against the sector median describe a business that is stable rather than deteriorating; consensus is mixed against the realized record, so the market's forward models carry the usual optimism caveat.
| 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.
The market prices in an earnings decline; analyst sentiment is strengthening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When NWSA reports on 2026-08-06, track whether revenue growth closes the gap on the sector median of 8.49% — it currently sits 71% below it. Also check whether FCF growth recovers from its 86% shortfall, and whether the EPS gain of 15.7% YoY holds without one-time items inflating it.
On SEC EDGAR, open the most recent 10-K and focus on management's explanation for the weak FCF growth and the revenue slowdown. Cross-reference their capital allocation commentary with the F-Score efficiency signal of 1/2, which flags that asset productivity has not kept pace with the sector.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — P/E, current ratio, or revenue growth YoY. NWSA's P/E of 30.4× sits 54% below the sector median, so placing it alongside a handful of peers gives a clearer sense of whether that gap reflects a structural discount or a sector-wide shift.
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%
Over 4 years: 3.782.331.98
Over 4 years: +3%+2%
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 | 7/9 | 20% | +17% | — |
| 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. | 6/9 | 14% | +2% | — |
| 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 →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.