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

14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

News has a consensus price target of $38.62, suggesting a potential upside of 45.34%. Given News' 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
News
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

News has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% 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 0.8%. 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 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$8.45B2.00$1.18B$2.0814.38
News$8.45B1.78$1.18B$2.0812.77

In the previous week, News had 6 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for News and 7 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat News' score of 0.94 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
News
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
News
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Summary

News beats News on 7 of the 9 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$15.05B$11.60B$8.40B$10.45B
Dividend Yield0.75%2.22%3.12%4.77%
P/E Ratio12.7729.7918.2027.36
Price / Sales1.783.676.38137.65
Price / Cash15.5421.3416.2861.86
Price / Book1.6010.165.016.81
Net Income$1.18B$364.22M$256.64M$276.80M
7 Day Performance0.42%0.00%-0.30%0.42%
1 Month Performance-10.63%-4.66%-3.03%7.86%
1 Year Performance0.76%24.87%34.18%41.24%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWSA
News
4.4521 of 5 stars
$26.57
-0.3%
$38.62
+45.3%
+0.4%$15.05B$8.45B12.7722,300
NWS
News
1.5672 of 5 stars
$31.81
-0.9%
N/A+7.2%$17.97B$8.45B15.2925,500Positive News
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.1738 of 5 stars
$156.02
-0.2%
$171.42
+9.9%
+34.7%$36.58B$23.16B67.5432,200Positive News
CNK
Cinemark
4.9543 of 5 stars
$26.96
-4.5%
$34.91
+29.5%
-5.7%$3.10B$3.22B14.7318,800Analyst Revision
RDI
Reading International
0.798 of 5 stars
$1.58
+6.0%
N/A-9.2%$35.89M$219.21M-2.142,005Gap Up
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8457 of 5 stars
$112.83
+0.3%
$131.18
+16.3%
+18.5%$202.86B$91.36B17.68233,000Trending News
TKO
TKO Group
2.7687 of 5 stars
$197.92
+0.3%
$206.07
+4.1%
+52.5%$39.25B$2.97B81.791,300Analyst Forecast
WMG
Warner Music Group
3.8006 of 5 stars
$33.65
-0.6%
$34.82
+3.5%
+3.9%$17.54B$6.43B59.045,800Analyst Upgrade
IMAX
IMAX
3.7437 of 5 stars
$33.38
-0.9%
$33.70
+1.0%
+52.4%$1.80B$352.21M55.63780Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CURI
CuriosityStream
3.7495 of 5 stars
$5.19
+1.2%
$6.33
+22.0%
+110.6%$300.66M$51.13M-57.6690Positive News
Gap Up
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2832 of 5 stars
$260.04
+0.6%
$265.69
+2.2%
+11.9%$61.16B$11.17B39.94181,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:NWSA) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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