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NWS vs. PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, and NWSA

Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), and News (NWSA).

News vs.

Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and News (NASDAQ:NWS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Pearson has higher earnings, but lower revenue than News. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pearson$3.55B2.97$470.19M$0.9416.84
News$10.25B1.73$266M$0.7342.85

Pearson received 103 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.46% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PearsonOutperform Votes
409
48.46%
Underperform Votes
435
51.54%
NewsOutperform Votes
306
60.83%
Underperform Votes
197
39.17%

News has a net margin of 4.22% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 5.31% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PearsonN/A N/A N/A
News 4.22%5.31%2.89%

Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pearson pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, News had 4 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for News and 11 mentions for Pearson. News' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Pearson's score of 0.13 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pearson
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
News
1 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pearson presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Pearson's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than News.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pearson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Pearson has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News 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.

Summary

News beats Pearson on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWS vs. The Competition

MetricNewsNewspapers IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.75B$6.11B$7.51B$7.97B
Dividend Yield0.64%0.93%3.38%4.23%
P/E Ratio42.8523.2816.4618.58
Price / Sales1.732.037.49103.15
Price / Cash16.4917.1116.4234.62
Price / Book1.973.594.434.26
Net Income$266M$120.46M$260.40M$248.31M
7 Day Performance0.90%-3.23%1.52%1.34%
1 Month Performance3.30%-1.91%-1.98%3.92%
1 Year Performance27.47%11.98%-2.33%5.33%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWS
News
0.5094 of 5 stars
$31.28
-0.4%
N/A+28.0%$17.75B$10.25B42.8525,500Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
PSO
Pearson
2.6481 of 5 stars
$15.63
-0.8%
$18.00
+15.2%
+33.3%$10.42B$3.55B16.6321,400Short Interest ↑
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.162 of 5 stars
$42.70
-0.7%
N/A+14.3%$2.30B$1.70B-46.929,500News Coverage
Gap Up
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
0.9014 of 5 stars
$41.96
-2.1%
N/A+16.1%$2.26B$1.70B-46.119,500News Coverage
Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
3.2398 of 5 stars
$8.62
-0.5%
$16.75
+94.3%
N/A$1.11B$1.35B18.741,854Gap Down
GCI
Gannett
3.6418 of 5 stars
$3.50
-1.1%
$5.55
+58.6%
+32.6%$515.79M$2.51B-6.4814,200Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$8.48
-0.2%
N/A-35.0%$52.50M$600.26M-1.164,360
DALN
DallasNews
0.2076 of 5 stars
$4.44
-3.3%
N/A+35.0%$23.76M$125.39M-3.96660Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
1.1435 of 5 stars
$0.77
-3.8%
N/A-68.6%$2.20M$8.25M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Gap Down
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.277 of 5 stars
$3.19
-10.4%
N/A-99.0%$293,000.00$183,859.00-0.069Gap Down
NWSA
News
3.8029 of 5 stars
$25.35
-2.0%
$38.80
+53.1%
+13.9%$14.38B$10.25B34.7325,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NWS) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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