DallasNews (DALN) Competitors $14.29 -0.07 (-0.49%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.28 -0.01 (-0.10%) As of 09/12/2025 04:14 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DALN vs. LEE, VSME, SOBR, TRI, NWS, PSO, MH, WLYB, WLY, and WBTNShould 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), McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), and WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry. DallasNews vs. Its Competitors Lee Enterprises VS MEDIA SOBR Safe Thomson Reuters News Pearson McGraw Hill John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) and DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer LEE or DALN? In the previous week, DallasNews had 5 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DallasNews and 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Lee Enterprises' score of 0.43 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lee Enterprises 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral DallasNews 0 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LEE or DALN? 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of DallasNews shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of DallasNews shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility and risk, LEE or DALN? Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LEE or DALN? DallasNews has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLee Enterprises$581.81M0.05-$25.84M-$6.87-0.62DallasNews$125.39M0.61$130K-$0.97-14.73 Is LEE or DALN more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lee Enterprises-7.21% -325.44% -6.55% DallasNews -4.26%150.61%41.90% SummaryDallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DALN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart DALN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDallasNewsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$76.86M$3.41B$16.01B$10.14BDividend YieldN/A1.23%3.01%4.60%P/E Ratio-14.7312.0618.2725.98Price / Sales0.614.1247.00181.13Price / Cash44.2225.9214.9560.44Price / Book11.256.096.136.29Net Income$130K$124.02M$679.99M$271.07M7 Day Performance-3.77%-6.94%1.12%3.87%1 Month Performance-4.41%-5.63%-0.22%4.88%1 Year Performance215.45%70.06%5.80%26.12% DallasNews Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DALNDallasNews0.3037 of 5 stars$14.29-0.5%N/A+219.7%$76.86M$125.39M-14.73660Short Interest ↑LEELee Enterprises0.698 of 5 stars$4.33+4.8%N/A-46.8%$27.12M$581.81M-0.594,360Positive NewsVSMEVS MEDIA0.3302 of 5 stars$2.58+6.2%N/A+203.9%$20.61M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageShort Interest ↑High Trading VolumeSOBRSOBR Safe1.1354 of 5 stars$3.13-1.6%N/A-97.4%$4.76M$210K-0.029Positive NewsShort Interest ↓TRIThomson Reuters0.8553 of 5 stars$175.42+1.1%N/AN/A$79.06B$7.32B48.4626,400News CoverageAnalyst UpgradeNWSNews0.9118 of 5 stars$32.40-4.6%N/A+18.8%$18.30B$8.45B15.5725,500High Trading VolumePSOPearson4.045 of 5 stars$14.25+0.2%$18.00+26.4%+3.1%$9.24B$3.52B15.1517,116MHMcGraw Hill3.5776 of 5 stars$14.77-1.8%$20.88+41.4%N/A$2.82B$2.11B0.004,200WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.2545 of 5 stars$42.72+7.2%N/A-3.0%$2.28B$1.68B24.009,500News CoverageShort Interest ↓Gap DownWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.4384 of 5 stars$41.79+1.0%N/A-8.6%$2.23B$1.68B23.445,200WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.5387 of 5 stars$14.62+0.0%$14.17-3.1%+38.1%$1.91B$1.35B-18.981,800Positive NewsShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LEE Competitors VSME Competitors SOBR Competitors TRI Competitors NWS Competitors PSO Competitors MH Competitors WLYB Competitors WLY Competitors WBTN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DALN) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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