Seasonality
NWS seasonality — News Corp (Class B)
Over the last 11 years, NWS's strongest month on average has been November (+8.0%) and its weakest March (-3.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.49% | +5.04% | 70% | +11.9% | -3.7% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.54% | +1.42% | 60% | +21.4% | -15.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -3.25% | -0.71% | 50% | +6.5% | -27.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.58% | +1.38% | 60% | +13.7% | -11.6% | 10 |
| May | +2.74% | +4.13% | 60% | +20.0% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.58% | +2.21% | 60% | +19.8% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.01% | +1.16% | 60% | +11.4% | -3.6% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.29% | +2.32% | 60% | +18.1% | -11.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.77% | -2.70% | 30% | +5.5% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.51% | -0.60% | 50% | +11.1% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +8.01% | +7.46% | 67% | +36.8% | -6.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.25% | +0.23% | 50% | +11.6% | -13.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NWS
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.0 | -13.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | -2.2 | -5.9 | 11.4 | 10.0 | -7.8 | 0.1 | -8.8 | -2.3% | |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -5.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | -2.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | -11.8 | -3.4 | 0.7 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | -0.6 | 9.5 | -3.3 | -9.3 | 13.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -5.0 | 3.9 | 10.5 | -5.2 | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 10.8 | -15.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 9.4 | -5.1 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 11.6 | +39.5% |
| 2022 | -1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -11.6 | -11.7 | -9.6 | 8.8 | -0.2 | -10.6 | 11.1 | 13.5 | -5.2 | -18.0% |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 21.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.7 | -5.2 | -3.5 | -6.3 | 5.5 | -2.9 | -4.5 | 4.4 | +26.6% |
| 2020 | -3.7 | -10.9 | -27.7 | 13.7 | 20.0 | -2.5 | 6.8 | 18.1 | -7.2 | -6.9 | 36.8 | -0.2 | +22.5% |
| 2019 | 11.9 | 2.9 | -6.2 | 0.0 | -6.7 | 19.8 | -3.6 | 5.2 | 1.0 | -1.3 | -6.7 | 10.2 | +25.6% |
| 2018 | 5.1 | -6.0 | -1.8 | 0.9 | -4.9 | 2.6 | -3.5 | -11.1 | 0.0 | -1.9 | 0.5 | -13.8 | -30.4% |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | -3.7 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -6.8 | -0.4 | 1.8 | 18.0 | 1.2 | +40.7% |
| 2016 | -1.3 |