DALN vs. LEE, VSME, SOBR, TRI, NWS, PSO, WBTN, MH, WLYB, and WLY
Should you be buying DallasNews stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DallasNews include Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), Thomson Reuters (TRI), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), and John Wiley & Sons (WLY). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry.
DallasNews vs. Its Competitors
DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
DallasNews has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lee Enterprises. DallasNews is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lee Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 4 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 0 mentions for DallasNews. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -0.32 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the media.
27.2% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of DallasNews shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DallasNews has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DallasNews has a net margin of -4.26% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. DallasNews' return on equity of 150.61% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
DallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 8 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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This page (NASDAQ:DALN) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
