News (NWS) Competitors

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 dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PSO or NWS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pearson	$3.55B	3.10	$470.19M	$0.94	17.59
News	$10.27B	1.78	$266M	$0.86	37.62

Is PSO or NWS a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pearson pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 23.3% 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.

Do analysts rate PSO or NWS?

Pearson currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.86%. Given Pearson's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

Which has more risk & volatility, PSO or NWS?

Pearson has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSO or NWS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 409 48.46%	Underperform Votes 435 51.54%
News	Outperform Votes 306 60.83%	Underperform Votes 197 39.17%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PSO or NWS?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PSO or NWS more profitable?

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
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A
News	4.22%	5.31%	2.89%

Does the media favor PSO or NWS?

In the previous week, News had 14 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for News and 3 mentions for Pearson. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat News' score of 0.18 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pearson	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
News	2 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

News beats Pearson on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.