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sellModerate cluster of 5

Ruth Allen sold $624k of NWSA

Chief Human Resources Officer at NEWS CORP. 21,521 shares at an average of $28.99, traded Aug 17, 2026, filed Aug 18, 2026.

Warning score
55
Value
$624k
21,521 shares
Holdings after
0
-100% from before
From 52-week low
+29%
low $22.23, close $28.60
From 52-week high
-7%
high $30.80, as of Aug 17, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $624k at market
    +20
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 100% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    5 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

NWSAOct 13, 2026 · close 29.63
Since filing Aug 18, 2026: +1.2%SPY +1.6% · excess -0.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0002012354-26-000003, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+23,620--23,620Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-9,519$29.16$278k14,101Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+5,927--20,028Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-2,389$29.16$70k17,639Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+3,715--21,354Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-1,498$29.16$44k19,856Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Class A Common Stock
+3,379--23,235Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026FTax withholding
Class A Common Stock
-1,714$29.16$50k21,521Aug 18, 2026
Aug 17, 2026SOpen-market sale
Class A Common Stock
-21,521$28.99$624k0Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Stock-Settled Performance Stock Unitsderivative
-23,620--0Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-5,927--0Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-3,715--3,721Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026MOption exercise
Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-3,379--6,765Aug 18, 2026
Aug 15, 2026AGrant or award
Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+11,831$0.00$011,831Aug 18, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at NEWS CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
60Notable
NWSAsell 5
NEWS CORP
Lavanya Chandrashekar
Chief Financial Officer
$510k
17,785 shares
-100%
43Moderate
NWSAsell 5
NEWS CORP
Marygrace DeGrazio
Chief Accounting Officer
$526k
18,303 shares
-41%
42Moderate
NWSAsell 5
NEWS CORP
Julian Delany
Chief Technology Officer
$50k
1,747 shares
-100%
50Moderate
NWSAsell 5
NEWS CORP
David B Pitofsky
General Counsel
$1.5M
51,423 shares
-38%
57Moderate
NWSAsell
NEWS CORP
MFT SH Family Trust
owner
$1.3B
38,335,059 shares
-538036%
54Moderate
NWSAsell 3
NEWS CORP
Ruth Allen
Chief Human Resources Officer
$588k
19,968 shares
-100%
39Weak
NWSAsell 3
NEWS CORP
Marygrace DeGrazio
Chief Accounting Officer
$317k
10,582 shares
-33%
50Moderate
NWSAsell 3
NEWS CORP
David B Pitofsky
General Counsel
$1.3M
43,635 shares
-34%
48Moderate
NWSAsell
NEWS CORP
David R Kline
Chief Technology Officer
$270k
10,000 shares
-100%
47Moderate
NWSAsell 5
NEWS CORP
Ruth Allen
Chief Human Resources Officer
$196k
7,151 shares
-100%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.