NWS vs. NWSA, POOL, FOX, PARAA, FWONA, FOXA, EDU, H, MGM, and IHG
Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include News (NWSA), Pool (POOL), FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARAA), Formula One Group (FWONA), FOX (FOXA), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
News (NASDAQ:NWS) and News (NASDAQ:NWSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. News pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 50.0% 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 2 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for News and 1 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat News' score of -0.40 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
News has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
News has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.80%. Given News' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe News is more favorable than News.
News received 359 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.58% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 60.68% of users gave News an outperform vote.
Summary
News beats News on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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