​

News Ownership | Who Owns News?

OverviewForecastRevenueFinancialsChartTranscripts

News Ownership Summary

News is owned by 39.93% institutional investors, 0.07% insiders, and 60.00% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.79% of NWSA shares. State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF is the top mutual fund, with 4.58% of its assets in News shares.

NWSA Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockNews39.93%0.07%60.00%
SectorCommunication Services Stocks 26.61%16.14%57.25%
IndustryEntertainment Stocks 26.74%19.26%54.00%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group49.86M8.79%$1.30B
State street38.82M6.74%$970.31M
Independent franchise partners llp30.92M5.37%$770.95M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de29.89M5.19%$745.17M
Barclays18.17M3.15%$452.96M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/13.46M2.34%$335.45M
59 north capital management, lp12.45M2.16%$310.40M
Dodge & cox12.26M2.13%$305.55M
Point72 asset management11.22M1.95%$279.61M
Geode capital management10.68M1.85%$265.64M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Asset value investors3.96M99.18%$98.78M
Cooper investors pty1.58M16.07%$39.41M
Northern right capital management1.40M12.41%$34.87M
59 north capital management, lp12.45M9.26%$310.40M
Dendur capital lp2.34M7.46%$71.89M
Metropolis capital8.84M7.44%$220.26B
West tower group86.36K6.72%$2.15M
Harspring capital management480.00K6.30%$11.97M
Independent franchise partners llp30.92M5.40%$770.95M
Logan stone capital565.32K3.91%$14.09M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
State street38.82M0.03%11.75M
Barclays18.17M0.11%8.94M
Norges bank7.23M0.02%7.23M
Vanguard fiduciary trust2.11M0.01%2.11M
Metropolis capital8.84M7.44%1.84M

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Contour asset management---5.15M
Millennium management221.98K0.00%-2.64M
Qube research---2.46M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/13.46M0.04%-1.83M
Whale rock capital management---1.67M

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank7.23M0.02%7.23M$188.79M
Vanguard fiduciary trust2.11M0.01%2.11M$52.62M
Madison avenue partners, lp1.45M2.66%1.45M$44.63M
J. goldman & co lp1.30M1.00%1.30M$39.86M
Acadian asset management1.14M0.04%1.14M$28.30M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Glen eagle advisors-1.00
Mendota financial group-3.00
Greenline partners-4.00
Northwest financial advisors-4.00
Nemes rush group-6.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 2025403-33.17%226,591,815-41.46%390.86%173-43.83%153-17.30%
Sep 30, 20255702.15%385,392,2435.61%671.64%288-8.28%1774.73%
Jun 30, 20255652.73%388,824,5845.18%681.61%3172.92%17114.77%
Mar 31, 20255475.39%374,545,431-1.19%661.49%30619.53%149-18.13%
Dec 31, 2024470-5.24%336,825,453-9.15%581.40%233-8.98%16511.49%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF25.11M4.58%51.46K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF14.10M2.49%11.28K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv13.20M2.37%-231.30K
The Comm Svcs Sel Sect SPDR® ETF13.22M2.34%84.97K
Dodge & Cox Stock I9.97M1.79%-
Vanguard 500 Index Investor9.50M1.70%-249.30K
Vanguard Small Cap Index8.53M1.53%4.28M
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional5.54M0.99%17.28K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv5.44M0.98%2.71M
Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF5.07M0.93%-1.53K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Sep 05, 2024Kline David R Chief Technology OfficerSell$269.63K
Aug 15, 2024Kline David R Chief Technology OfficerSell$375.73K
Aug 15, 2024Allen Ruth Chief Human Resources OfficerSell$196.25K
Aug 15, 2024Pitofsky David B General CounselSell$1.15M
Aug 15, 2024PANUCCIO SUSAN Chief Financial OfficerSell$1.56M

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2025 Q3--
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--
2024 Q4--
2024 Q3-6

NWSA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns News?

News shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 39.93%, followed by 0.07% insiders and 60.00% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in News's industry, Entertainment Stocks , is 26.74%, which News exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of News?

News’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (49.86M shares, 8.79%), State street (38.82M shares, 6.74%), and Independent franchise partners llp (30.92M shares, 5.37%). Together, they hold 20.89% of News’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own News?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of News.

Who is News’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Asset value investors is News’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 99.18% of its assets in 3.96M News shares, valued at 98.78M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of News shares?

State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF is the top mutual fund holder of News shares, with 4.58% of its total shares outstanding invested in 25.11M News shares.

Try Tickergate Pro Free

Customize Everything. 100% Flexibility. Fast and Easy to Use (No code or Excel Needed)

  • Customize your own personal stocks lists, views and charts

  • Choose from hundreds of fields, up to 15 years of history

  • Conduct deep comparison analysis

  • Discover trending investment themes

  • Find your next best investment

  • Research stocks using tools