Informa (INF) Competitors

Informa (LON:INF) and Pearson (LON:PSON) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts prefer INF or PSON?

Informa currently has a consensus price target of GBX 904, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. Pearson has a consensus price target of GBX 1,101.75, suggesting a potential downside of 3.31%. Given Informa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Informa is more favorable than Pearson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Informa	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, INF or PSON?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Informa. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Informa	£3.36B	3.18	£312.80M	£0.23	3,515.65
Pearson	£3.55B	2.13	£349M	£0.50	2,279.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INF or PSON?

74.4% of Informa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Informa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Pearson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is INF or PSON a better dividend stock?

Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Informa pays out 8,260.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pearson pays out 4,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is INF or PSON more profitable?

Pearson has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Informa's net margin of 9.30%. Pearson's return on equity of 8.78% beat Informa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Informa	9.30%	5.15%	3.63%
Pearson	9.83%	8.78%	4.85%

Does the media refer more to INF or PSON?

In the previous week, Pearson had 7 more articles in the media than Informa. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pearson and 3 mentions for Informa. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Informa's score of 0.27 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Informa	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pearson	0 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, INF or PSON?

Informa has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INF or PSON?

Pearson received 13 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Informa an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Informa	Outperform Votes 698 65.91%	Underperform Votes 361 34.09%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 711 54.52%	Underperform Votes 593 45.48%

Summary

Pearson beats Informa on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.