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

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

News vs. Its Competitors

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

67.0% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News5.18% 5.64% 3.09%
News 5.18%5.64%3.09%

News has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. News pays out 23.3% 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.

News presently has a consensus target price of $39.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.75%. Given News' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe News is more favorable than News.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

News 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
News$10.09B1.63$266M$0.8633.83
News$10.09B1.87$266M$0.8638.66

In the previous week, News had 8 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for News and 7 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat News' score of 0.55 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
News
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
News
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

News beats News on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NWS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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NWS vs. The Competition

MetricNewsMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.92B$11.20B$8.08B$9.54B
Dividend Yield0.60%2.07%3.25%4.09%
P/E Ratio38.6629.8319.0723.83
Price / Sales1.873.254.2566.02
Price / Cash16.7320.1116.2557.96
Price / Book2.109.404.785.54
Net Income$266M$198.04M$219.41M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-1.31%-4.50%-4.76%-4.68%
1 Month Performance-3.23%-2.73%38.31%4.36%
1 Year Performance22.51%55.18%19.75%17.89%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWS
News
0.4205 of 5 stars
$33.25
-0.5%
N/A+18.8%$18.92B$10.09B38.6625,500Upcoming Earnings
NWSA
News
4.4551 of 5 stars
$29.37
-0.5%
$39.20
+33.5%
+7.1%$16.72B$10.09B34.1523,900News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PSO
Pearson
3.28 of 5 stars
$14.15
-1.1%
$18.00
+27.2%
+10.9%$9.34B$4.54B15.0517,116Trending News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
3.0836 of 5 stars
$39.94
+1.1%
N/A-20.7%$2.11B$1.68B26.119,500Short Interest ↓
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.3683 of 5 stars
$39.65
+1.1%
N/A-19.0%$2.09B$1.68B25.925,200News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.5637 of 5 stars
$10.40
+1.5%
$14.36
+38.0%
-55.1%$1.33B$1.35B-7.221,800News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
GCI
Gannett
4.0525 of 5 stars
$3.75
+1.5%
$5.55
+48.1%
-10.5%$540.35M$2.51B374.708,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.7945 of 5 stars
$14.81
+0.8%
N/A+228.0%$78.63M$125.39M2.66660Earnings Report
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.3749 of 5 stars
$5.29
+7.3%
N/A-52.2%$32.90M$591.09M-0.734,360
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.0774 of 5 stars
$1.35
+6.3%
N/A-0.7%$10.15M$8.25M0.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.4639 of 5 stars
$4.29
-2.1%
N/A-97.5%$404K$251.36K-0.019Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:NWS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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