SNWS vs. DODS, BMY, LBG, RCH, 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), LBG Media (LBG), Reach (RCH), 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
Smiths News (LON:SNWS) and Dods Group (LON:DODS) are both small-cap publishing industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Smiths News currently has a consensus price target of GBX 88.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.56%. Given Smiths News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smiths News is more favorable than Dods Group.
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.
In the previous week, Smiths News had 2 more articles in the media than Dods Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smiths News and 0 mentions for Dods Group. Dods Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Smiths News' score of -0.67 indicating that Dods Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.5% of Smiths News shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Smiths News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Smiths News beats Dods Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SNWS) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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