What Does News Corporation’s (NASDAQ:NWS) Share Price Indicate?
News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS), a media company based in United States, received a lot of attention from a substantial price movement on the NasdaqGS in the over the last few months, increasing to $17.55 at one point, and dropping to the lows of $15.85. This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price. A question to answer is whether News’s current trading price of $16.7 reflective of the actual value of the mid-cap? Or is it currently undervalued, providing us with the opportunity to buy? Let’s take a look at News’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if there are any catalysts for a price change. View our latest analysis for News
What is News worth?
The stock seems fairly valued at the moment according to my valuation model. It’s trading around 3.59% below my intrinsic value, which means if you buy News today, you’d be paying a reasonable price for it. And if you believe the company’s true value is $17.32, then there’s not much of an upside to gain from mispricing. Is there another opportunity to buy low in the future? Since News’s share price is quite volatile, we could potentially see it sink lower (or rise higher) in the future, giving us another chance to buy. This is based on its high beta, which is a good indicator for how much the stock moves relative to the rest of the market.
What does the future of News look like?
Investors looking for growth in their portfolio may want to consider the prospects of a company before buying its shares. Although value investors would argue that it’s the intrinsic value relative to the price that matter the most, a more compelling investment thesis would be high growth potential at a cheap price. However, with a relatively muted revenue growth of 1.52% expected over the next couple of years, growth doesn’t seem like a key driver for a buy decision for News, at least in the short term.
What this means for you:
Are you a shareholder? NWS’s future growth appears to have been factored into the current share price, with shares trading around its fair value. However, there are also other important factors which we haven’t considered today, such as the track record of its management team. Have these factors changed since the last time you looked at the stock? Will you have enough conviction to buy should the price fluctuates below the true value?
Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping an eye on NWS, now may not be the most optimal time to buy, given it is trading around its fair value. However, the positive outlook means it’s worth diving deeper into other factors such as the strength of its balance sheet, in order to take advantage of the next price drop.
Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on News. You can find everything you need to know about News in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in News, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.
