DallasNews (DALN) Competitors $4.54 +0.12 (+2.60%) As of 07/3/2025 01:04 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DALN vs. LEE, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, and NYTShould 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), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), and New York Times (NYT). DallasNews vs. Its Competitors Lee Enterprises VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett New York Times DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk. Is DALN or LEE more profitable? DallasNews has a net margin of 24.13% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. DallasNews' return on equity of 265.86% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets DallasNews24.13% 265.86% 43.67% Lee Enterprises -7.21%-325.44%-6.55% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DALN or LEE? 27.2% of DallasNews shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of DallasNews shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher valuation and earnings, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lee Enterprises. Lee Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DallasNews, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDallasNews$123.41M0.20$130K$5.560.82Lee Enterprises$591.09M0.07-$25.84M-$7.29-0.88 Does the media prefer DALN or LEE? In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than DallasNews. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 1 mentions for DallasNews. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat DallasNews' score of 0.00 indicating that Lee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment DallasNews 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Lee Enterprises 0 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, DALN or LEE? DallasNews has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get DallasNews News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DALN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address 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$24.27M$3.31B$16.32B$9.01BDividend YieldN/A1.27%3.09%4.04%P/E Ratio0.829.3920.3320.30Price / Sales0.204.0056.66103.84Price / Cash13.6115.3414.8557.47Price / Book3.573.536.185.68Net Income$130K$124.02M$685.51M$249.13M7 Day Performance5.47%4.18%2.76%3.30%1 Month Performance6.21%3.49%0.62%5.20%1 Year Performance30.32%15.77%7.75%21.38% DallasNews Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DALNDallasNews0.2857 of 5 stars$4.54+2.6%N/A+30.3%$24.27M$123.41M0.82660LEELee Enterprises0.339 of 5 stars$6.14-0.3%N/A-41.9%$38.19M$591.09M-0.844,360VSMEVS MEDIA0.6632 of 5 stars$0.81-17.2%N/A-49.7%$7.82M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageGap DownSOBRSOBR SafeN/A$2.94-2.3%N/A-98.1%$280K$210K-0.019NWSNews0.8549 of 5 stars$33.18+1.8%N/A+20.6%$18.46B$10.09B38.5825,500PSOPearson3.7985 of 5 stars$14.56-0.3%$18.00+23.6%+18.9%$9.67B$4.54B15.4917,116WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.3123 of 5 stars$44.59-1.8%N/A+7.2%$2.45B$1.68B29.159,500Dividend IncreaseHigh Trading VolumeWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.2073 of 5 stars$43.91+1.2%N/A+0.4%$2.34B$1.68B28.706,400Positive NewsBuyback AnnouncementWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.8131 of 5 stars$8.37+0.1%$14.36+71.5%N/A$1.09B$1.35B-5.811,800Positive NewsGCIGannett3.673 of 5 stars$3.31+0.6%$5.55+67.7%-21.0%$481.77M$2.51B331.008,900NYTNew York Times3.8423 of 5 stars$54.71+0.4%$56.40+3.1%+9.2%$8.88B$2.59B29.735,900Trending News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LEE Competitors VSME Competitors SOBR Competitors NWS Competitors PSO Competitors WLYB Competitors WLY Competitors WBTN Competitors GCI Competitors NYT 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s RevengeElon Musk and President Trump's new feud is all over the news... 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