NWSA vs. NWS, PARAA, MGM, FWONA, POOL, FOX, FOXA, EDU, SNA, and HTHT
Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include News (NWS), Paramount Global (PARAA), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Formula One Group (FWONA), Pool (POOL), FOX (FOX), FOX (FOXA), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Snap-on (SNA), and H World Group (HTHT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
News (NASDAQ:NWSA) and News (NASDAQ:NWS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
News currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Given News' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe News is more favorable than News.
In the previous week, News and News both had 1 articles in the media. News' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled News'average media sentiment score.
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.
News has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News shares are held 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.
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.
News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
News beats News on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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