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NWSA vs. NWS, LYV, CNK, RDI, DIS, TKO, WMG, IMAX, CURI, and HLT

Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include News (NWS), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), TKO Group (TKO), Warner Music Group (WMG), IMAX (IMAX), CuriosityStream (CURI), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

News vs. Its Competitors

News (NASDAQ:NWSA) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, News had 23 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for News and 15 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat News' score of 0.68 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
News
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
News
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 9.6% 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.

News has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

News currently has a consensus target price of $38.62, indicating a potential upside of 32.11%. Given News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
News
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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$8.45B1.95$1.18B$2.0814.05
News$8.45B2.16$1.18B$2.0815.51

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News13.21% 5.66% 3.19%
News 13.21%5.66%3.19%

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

Summary

News beats News on 7 of the 10 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 NWSA 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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NWSA vs. The Competition

MetricNewsMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.51B$12.59B$8.36B$10.18B
Dividend Yield0.68%2.01%3.00%4.60%
P/E Ratio14.0531.6718.4726.02
Price / Sales1.953.765.2591.38
Price / Cash17.0622.6014.9729.91
Price / Book1.7610.945.056.25
Net Income$1.18B$364.22M$256.79M$270.76M
7 Day Performance-2.37%0.91%1.42%2.54%
1 Month Performance-0.81%7.80%18.54%5.73%
1 Year Performance11.82%43.75%52.04%25.85%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWSA
News
4.3782 of 5 stars
$29.23
-1.0%
$38.62
+32.1%
+11.8%$16.51B$8.45B14.0522,300
NWS
News
0.913 of 5 stars
$33.97
+1.7%
N/A+17.9%$19.19B$8.45B16.3325,500
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.1312 of 5 stars
$169.21
+3.5%
$168.94
-0.2%
+75.8%$39.68B$23.16B73.2532,200Positive News
CNK
Cinemark
4.9614 of 5 stars
$27.39
+5.8%
$33.67
+22.9%
-1.7%$3.15B$3.05B14.9718,800Positive News
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RDI
Reading International
1.7102 of 5 stars
$1.54
+3.4%
N/A-17.2%$34.99M$210.53M-2.082,005Positive News
DIS
Walt Disney
4.7811 of 5 stars
$118.77
+0.7%
$131.18
+10.5%
+28.1%$213.54B$91.36B18.62233,000Trending News
TKO
TKO Group
2.0306 of 5 stars
$200.52
+3.4%
$192.21
-4.1%
+75.4%$39.76B$2.80B82.861,300Trending News
WMG
Warner Music Group
3.4692 of 5 stars
$33.71
+3.1%
$33.88
+0.5%
+15.9%$17.57B$6.43B59.145,800News Coverage
IMAX
IMAX
2.7055 of 5 stars
$31.01
+4.1%
$32.80
+5.8%
+55.2%$1.67B$352.21M51.69780
CURI
CuriosityStream
3.9134 of 5 stars
$4.57
flat
$6.17
+34.9%
+151.3%$264.74M$51.13M-50.7790Insider Trade
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2553 of 5 stars
$277.36
+1.9%
$264.40
-4.7%
+26.9%$65.23B$11.17B42.61181,000Positive News

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