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DOW   33,061.57
QQQ   352.01
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NASDAQ:NWS

News (NWS) Competitors

$18.88
+0.40 (+2.16%)
(As of 06/1/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$18.40
$18.90
50-Day Range
$16.34
$18.92
52-Week Range
$15.15
$21.86
Volume
917,040 shs
Average Volume
859,029 shs
Market Capitalization
$10.83 billion
P/E Ratio
40.17
Dividend Yield
1.06%
Price Target
N/A

NWS vs. NWSA, LBRDA, LBRDK, TTC, VIACA, WYNN, IHG, PARA, H, and CHDN

Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include News (NWSA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Toro (TTC), ViacomCBS (VIACA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Paramount Global (PARA), Hyatt Hotels (H), and Churchill Downs (CHDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

News vs.

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

In the previous week, News had 1 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for News and 1 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat News' score of 0.79 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

63.8% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of News 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. News pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 42.6% 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News 2.64% 4.71% 2.51%
News 2.64% 4.71% 2.51%

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$10.39 billion1.03$623 million$0.4739.77
News$10.39 billion1.04$623 million$0.4740.17

News currently has a consensus target price of $26.03, suggesting a potential upside of 39.29%. Given News' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe News is more favorable than News.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
News
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

News has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

News received 351 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.51% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 60.68% of users gave News an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewsOutperform Votes
655
73.51%
Underperform Votes
236
26.49%
NewsOutperform Votes
304
60.68%
Underperform Votes
197
39.32%

Summary

News beats News on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

MetricNewsNewspapers IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.83B$4.04B$6.58B$5.82B
Dividend Yield1.06%5.04%3.03%6.15%
P/E Ratio40.1722.2515.2714.56
Price / Sales1.041.779.4795.79
Price / Cash7.909.2918.79108.31
Price / Book1.202.555.197.27
Net Income$623M$179.21M$213.73M$175.81M
7 Day Performance1.29%0.52%-1.20%1.59%
1 Month Performance10.34%6.83%-3.74%4.74%
1 Year Performance4.77%-14.94%-11.47%0.11%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWSA
News
3.0244 of 5 stars
$18.78
+1.3%
$26.03
+38.6%
+8.6%$10.77B$10.39B39.9625,500
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
2.7105 of 5 stars
$75.37
+1.0%
$143.40
+90.3%
-36.8%$11.02B$975M11.331,900
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
2.8807 of 5 stars
$75.91
+1.2%
$127.60
+68.1%
-39.0%$11.10B$975M11.421,971Positive News
TTC
Toro
2.926 of 5 stars
$100.90
-3.3%
$122.25
+21.2%
+20.5%$10.52B$4.51B22.1311,287Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
VIACA
ViacomCBS
0 of 5 stars
$17.43
+6.7%
N/A-52.3%$11.28B$27.46B3.412,020
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
1.9716 of 5 stars
$99.51
-1.6%
$118.18
+18.8%
+48.1%$11.32B$3.76B-46.5027,000
IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group
1.6894 of 5 stars
$66.18
-0.9%
N/A+9.0%$11.36B$3.89B0.0012,899Analyst Downgrade
PARA
Paramount Global
3.076 of 5 stars
$15.86
+6.4%
$21.09
+33.0%
-52.4%$10.33B$30.15B-20.3324,500Analyst Upgrade
H
Hyatt Hotels
2.301 of 5 stars
$108.68
-1.4%
$121.88
+12.1%
+23.5%$11.49B$5.89B20.4350,000
CHDN
Churchill Downs
2.2883 of 5 stars
$135.37
-1.6%
$141.25
+4.3%
+35.0%$10.14B$1.81B18.807,000News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:NWS) was last updated on 6/2/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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