DALN vs. LEE, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, and NYT
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), 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
DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
DallasNews has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, DallasNews had 12 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DallasNews and 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Lee Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 10 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 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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