Smiths News (SNWS) Competitors

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SNWS vs. DODS, BMY, RCH, LBG, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, XLM, and INM

Should you be buying Smiths News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smiths News include Dods Group (DODS), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), The Quarto Group (QRT), Haynes Publishing Group (HYNS), The Quarto Group (QRTR), XLMedia (XLM), and Independent News & Media (INM). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.

Smiths News vs. Its Competitors

Dods Group (LON:DODS) and Smiths News (LON:SNWS) are both small-cap publishing industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

: Smiths News has a consensus price target of GBX 95, indicating a potential upside of 67.84%. Given Smiths News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smiths News is more favorable than Dods Group.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dods Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)

0 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Smiths News
0 Sell rating(s)

0 Hold rating(s)

2 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
: 64.6% of Smiths News shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Smiths News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
: Smiths News has a net margin of 2.31% compared to Dods Group's net margin of 0.00%. Dods Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Smiths News' return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dods Group N/A N/A N/A
Smiths News 2.31% -296.51% 12.57%
: In the previous week, Dods Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smiths News'average media sentiment score.
Company Overall Sentiment
Dods Group Neutral
Smiths News Neutral
: Smiths News has higher revenue and earnings than Dods Group. Dods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths News, 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
Dods Group £25.50M 0.00 N/A -£0.60 N/A
Smiths News £1.11B 0.12 £25.54M £10.62 5.33

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Smiths News	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dods Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smiths News	2.31%	-296.51%	12.57%

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dods Group	Neutral
Smiths News	Neutral

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dods Group	£25.50M	0.00	N/A	-£0.60	N/A
Smiths News	£1.11B	0.12	£25.54M	£10.62	5.33

Summary

Smiths News beats Dods Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SNWS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.

SNWS vs. The Competition

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Metric	Smiths News	Publishing Industry	Communication Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£135.86M	£1.43B	£3.53B	£3.19B
Dividend Yield	9.47%	7.09%	6.80%	5.04%
P/E Ratio	5.33	9.99	21.13	164.62
Price / Sales	0.12	76.46	137.34	450,848.62
Price / Cash	3.06	15.71	16.35	27.93
Price / Book	-41.10	1.34	5.21	5.91
Net Income	£25.54M	£59.19M	£78.98M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	2.54%	1.06%	0.83%	1.14%
1 Month Performance	-1.74%	0.99%	0.42%	51.50%
1 Year Performance	-2.08%	-1.01%	28.20%	129.82%

Smiths News Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
SNWS Smiths News	N/A	GBX 56.60 -2.7%	GBX 95 +67.8%	+0.7%	£135.86M	£1.11B	5.33	1,489	Dividend Increase High Trading Volume
DODS Dods Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£436.55M	£25.50M	-125.00	929	Gap Down
BMY Bloomsbury Publishing	3.1994 of 5 stars	GBX 489 -1.0%	GBX 825 +68.7%	-31.6%	£394.59M	£382.40M	10.46	34,300
RCH Reach	N/A	GBX 70.24 -0.8%	N/A	-27.5%	£221.65M	£554.87M	5.35	3,706
LBG LBG Media	N/A	GBX 96.76 +0.8%	GBX 170 +75.7%	-25.8%	£204.21M	£80.68M	29.88	446
CNCT Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£63.41M	£1.44B	-1.41	3	Gap Up
QRT The Quarto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£57.25M	£131.15M	538.46	305	Gap Down
HYNS Haynes Publishing Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£41.86M	£36.89M	47.57	251
QRTR The Quarto Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£25.15M	£126.28M	5.97	330	Gap Up High Trading Volume
XLM XLMedia	N/A	GBX 6.58 flat	N/A	N/A	£21.21M	£39.41M	-0.36	100	Gap Up
INM Independent News & Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£1.44M	£191M	14.86	800

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This page (LON:SNWS) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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Smiths News (SNWS) Competitors

SNWS vs. DODS, BMY, RCH, LBG, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, XLM, and INM

Smiths News vs. Its Competitors

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Smiths News (SNWS) Competitors

SNWS vs. DODS, BMY, RCH, LBG, CNCT, QRT, HYNS, QRTR, XLM, and INM

Smiths News vs. Its Competitors

Summary

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

SNWS vs. The Competition

Smiths News Competitors List

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