News Corp (Class B) (NWS)
S&P 500 · Communication Services · data since 2013-06-19 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.48%
7d
-6.88%
30d
+5.82%
YTD
+2.27%
1y
-9.40%
News Corp (Class B) (NWS) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.0 | -13.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | -2.2 | -5.9 | 7.6 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -5.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | -2.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | -11.8 | -3.4 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | -0.6 | 9.5 | -3.0 | -9.3 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -4.7 | 3.9 | 10.5 | -5.2 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | -15.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 9.4 | -4.7 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 11.6 |
| 2022 | -1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -11.6 | -11.7 | -9.6 | 8.8 | -0.2 | -10.1 | 11.1 | 13.5 | -5.2 |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 21.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | -5.2 | -3.5 | -6.3 | 5.9 | -2.9 | -4.5 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | -3.7 | -10.9 | -27.0 | 13.7 | 20.0 | -2.5 | 6.8 | 18.1 | -6.6 | -6.9 | 36.8 | -0.2 |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 2.9 | -5.5 | 0.0 | -6.7 | 19.8 | -3.6 | 5.2 | 1.7 | -1.3 | -6.7 | 10.2 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | -6.0 | -1.2 | 0.9 | -4.9 | 2.6 | -3.5 | -11.1 | 0.8 | -1.9 | 0.5 | -13.8 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 3.1 | -3.7 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -6.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 18.0 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | -4.4 | -14.5 | 17.1 | -2.2 | -4.8 | -5.4 | 15.2 | 7.4 | -0.7 | -12.8 | -3.6 | -1.3 |
| 2015 | -4.2 | 16.5 | -5.7 | -1.9 | -4.0 | -4.8 | 0.2 | -3.1 | -6.6 | 20.8 | -6.6 | -3.5 |
| 2014 | -12.4 | 14.6 | -6.7 | -1.0 | 0.3 | 5.2 | -1.4 | 0.3 | -6.5 | -6.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 2013 | · | · | · | · | · | -1.0 | 4.6 | -1.6 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| Avg | 1.8 | 0.9 | -1.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | -1.9 | 0.4 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.8% | +0.9% | -1.7% | +0.1% | +1.4% | +0.7% | +2.1% | +1.2% | -1.9% | +0.4% | +4.8% | -0.1% |
| Win rate | 54%/13 | 62%/13 | 46%/13 | 46%/13 | 54%/13 | 50%/14 | 62%/13 | 54%/13 | 46%/13 | 46%/13 | 54%/13 | 46%/13 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-51.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±8.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
52%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+36.79%
2020-11
Worst month
-27.04%
2020-03
Longest streaks
6▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About News Corp (Class B)
News Corp (Class B) turns eyeballs into earnings — with price receipts on this site going back to 2013. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2013) would be about $208 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +36.79%; its worst, March 2020 at -27.04%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.