News (NWS) Competitors

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

Is PSO or NWS a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pearson pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 32.3% 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. Pearson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	2.98	$470.19M	$0.88	18.02
News	$10.16B	1.70	$266M	$0.62	49.05

Do analysts rate PSO or NWS?

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

Does the media favor PSO or NWS?

In the previous week, News had 8 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for News and 6 mentions for Pearson. News' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Pearson's score of 0.08 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pearson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
News	1 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PSO or NWS?

Pearson has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSO or NWS?

Pearson received 101 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.76% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.33% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 406 48.33%	Underperform Votes 434 51.67%
News	Outperform Votes 305 60.76%	Underperform Votes 197 39.24%

Is PSO or NWS more profitable?

News has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 4.76% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A
News	3.49%	4.76%	2.58%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

News beats Pearson on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.