News Corp. Class BNWS
13F holders, Q1 2026 (March 31)319holders +5
42new positions
35sold out
7famous investors
$28.51avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2026, 319 institutions reported holding News Corp. Class B (NWS) in their 13F filings, up 5 from Q4 2025. 42 opened new positions and 35 sold out. The largest holders were State Street Corp. ($334.2M), SOF Ltd ($278.9M) and Independent Franchise Partners LLP ($259.8M). 7 famous investors held it, including Jeff Smith (1.6% of Starboard Value's portfolio), Mario Gabelli (0.0% of GAMCO Investors's portfolio) and Cliff Asness (0.0% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio).
- Company
- News Corp. Class B
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- CUSIP
- 65249B208
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 42 | $20.8M |
| Exits | 35 | $42.1M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2025 → Q1 2026: 10,255,342 shares bought and 7,326,015 shares sold, net +2,929,327 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 319 holders
| State Street Corp. | 0.01% | Add +46.7% | 11,693,818 | $334.2M |
| SOF Ltd | 100.00% | No change | 9,781,882 | $278.9M |
| Independent Franchise Partners LLP | 1.82% | Reduce -0.5% | 9,111,760 | $259.8M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +0.6% | 7,493,593 | $213.6M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.00% | — | 6,081,526 | $173.4M |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 0.01% | — | 5,308,436 | $151.3M |
| L1 Capital Pty Ltd | 4.74% | Reduce -0.9% | 4,234,968 | $120.7M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.01% | Add +4.2% | 3,883,051 | $110.6M |
| Starboard Value | 1.62% | Reduce -41.7% | 2,589,081 | $73.8M |
| Perpetual Ltd | 1.09% | Add +1193.7% | 2,487,897 | $70.9M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +19.2% | 2,272,657 | $64.8M |
| Bank of Montreal | 0.02% | Reduce -0.0% | 1,946,525 | $55.5M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Add +2.7% | 1,761,977 | $50.2M |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP | 1.30% | Reduce -28.1% | 1,528,190 | $43.6M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Reduce -2.9% | 1,484,495 | $42.3M |
| Macquarie Group Ltd. | 0.20% | Reduce -41.6% | 1,154,032 | $32.9M |
| Metropolis Capital Ltd | 1.00% | Add +18.7% | 1,035,141 | $29.5M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.3% | 889,427 | $25.4M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Add +102.7% | 844,576 | $24.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Add +67.5% | 768,572 | $21.8M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.01% | Add +16.0% | 702,874 | $20.0M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.00% | Add +0.3% | 699,074 | $19.9M |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.03% | Add +128.1% | 681,468 | $19.4M |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.00% | — | 665,687 | $19.0M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Add +54.6% | 664,512 | $18.9M |
| Irenic Capital Management LP | 1.54% | No change | 593,809 | $16.9M |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 0.06% | Add +74.9% | 519,974 | $14.8M |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 0.18% | Add +60.8% | 494,432 | $14.1M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Reduce -5.4% | 397,793 | $11.3M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -59.5% | 396,319 | $11.3M |
| FMR LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -48.5% | 387,235 | $11.0M |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.01% | Reduce -12.1% | 344,540 | $9.8M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | Add +1.9% | 302,344 | $8.6M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Add +5.5% | 278,959 | $8.0M |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 0.00% | — | 258,428 | $7.4M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Add +488.1% | 256,298 | $7.3M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.01% | Add +118.0% | 243,153 | $6.9M |
| Amundi | 0.00% | Reduce -15.8% | 238,556 | $6.8M |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Add +16.8% | 236,352 | $6.7M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.01% | Add +1.4% | 228,196 | $6.5M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | Reduce -18.7% | 218,167 | $6.2M |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | 0.14% | New | 189,700 | $5.4M |
| HRT Financial LP | 0.01% | Reduce -55.9% | 189,486 | $5.4M |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.00% | — | 178,888 | $5.1M |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.1% | 172,805 | $4.9M |
| Marble Bar Asset Management LLP | 4.22% | New | 150,768 | $4.3M |
| Cooper Investors PTY Ltd. | 1.73% | Reduce -46.8% | 148,990 | $4.2M |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +0.0% | 146,454 | $4.2M |
| Howard Capital Management, LLC | 0.07% | No change | 143,272 | $4.1M |
| Northern Right Capital Management, L.P. | 1.43% | No change | 140,459 | $4.0M |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -5.7% | 136,279 | $3.9M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.01% | Add +2586.6% | 131,077 | $3.7M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Add +2.0% | 126,110 | $3.7M |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. | 0.01% | — | 130,112 | $3.7M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | Add +42.3% | 116,114 | $3.3M |
| Adage Capital Partners Gp, L.L.C. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.1% | 109,034 | $3.1M |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd. | 0.04% | Reduce -0.1% | 104,576 | $3.0M |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +52.8% | 101,053 | $2.9M |
| GAMCO Investors | 0.03% | Add +13.5% | 96,992 | $2.8M |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 0.02% | Add +3.2% | 96,000 | $2.7M |
| Aberdeen Group plc | 0.00% | Add +0.7% | 95,907 | $2.7M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -80.9% | 82,731 | $2.4M |
| National Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Add +23.6% | 81,789 | $2.3M |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | 0.00% | Reduce -57.0% | 81,686 | $2.3M |
| XY Capital Ltd | 2.32% | Reduce -29.3% | 74,310 | $2.1M |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 0.01% | Add +3.1% | 69,722 | $2.0M |
| Summit Trail Advisors, LLC | 0.03% | Add +5.6% | 68,889 | $2.0M |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 0.02% | Reduce -7.8% | 66,610 | $1.9M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.00% | Reduce -4.5% | 66,442 | $1.9M |
| Estate Counselors, LLC | 0.17% | New | 66,409 | $1.9M |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Reduce -30.9% | 62,720 | $1.8M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.7% | 61,213 | $1.7M |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 0.00% | Reduce -11.0% | 60,891 | $1.7M |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -3.8% | 60,201 | $1.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.00% | Add +0.6% | 59,531 | $1.7M |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc. | 0.01% | Add +760.6% | 59,465 | $1.7M |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +8.8% | 58,666 | $1.7M |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 0.01% | No change | 55,785 | $1.6M |
| Board of the Pension Protection Fund | 1.39% | Add +2.5% | 53,200 | $1.5M |
| Mariner, LLC | 0.00% | Add +24.4% | 52,276 | $1.5M |
| Holt Capital Advisors, L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners, L.P. | 0.20% | Reduce -2.0% | 51,857 | $1.5M |
| Diametric Capital, LP | 0.38% | Add +7.1% | 51,311 | $1.5M |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 0.00% | New | 49,212 | $1.4M |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC | 0.07% | No change | 43,814 | $1.2M |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.01% | New | 41,229 | $1.2M |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 0.00% | New | 40,657 | $1.2M |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -0.8% | 40,132 | $1.1M |
| Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC | 0.03% | No change | 40,113 | $1.1M |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc. | 0.00% | Add +39.6% | 39,889 | $1.1M |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | Add +12.7% | 39,265 | $1.1M |
| Xponance LLC | 0.01% | Add +12.8% | 39,027 | $1.1M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -24.1% | 38,244 | $1.1M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -18.3% | 36,251 | $1.0M |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 0.00% | Reduce -4.5% | 36,227 | $1.0M |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 0.12% | Reduce -26.1% | 35,160 | $1.0M |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 0.00% | Add +11.6% | 35,108 | $1.0M |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP | 0.01% | Add +67.7% | 34,370 | $980K |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0.00% | Add +12.5% | 34,014 | $970K |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.00% | Reduce -42.5% | 33,899 | $966K |
| Persistent Asset Partners Ltd | 0.37% | Add +9.0% | 33,676 | $960K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is NWS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of News Corp. Class B the manager owns.