WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Competitors $9.23 +0.23 (+2.56%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.40 +0.17 (+1.84%) As of 05/1/2025 07:50 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WBTN vs. WLYB, WLY, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and TRIShould you be buying WEBTOON Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEBTOON Entertainment include John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Thomson Reuters (TRI). WEBTOON Entertainment vs. John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons Gannett Lee Enterprises DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson Thomson Reuters WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking. Does the media favor WBTN or WLYB? In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 3 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat WEBTOON Entertainment's score of 0.86 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment WEBTOON Entertainment 1 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive John Wiley & Sons 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend WBTN or WLYB? WEBTOON Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 81.47%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score WEBTOON Entertainment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67John Wiley & Sons 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WBTN or WLYB? WEBTOON Entertainment received 10 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.56% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes1055.56% Underperform Votes844.44% John Wiley & SonsOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes3100.00% Which has better earnings and valuation, WBTN or WLYB? WEBTOON Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B0.89-$116.46M$0.4620.07John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.39-$200.32M$0.7459.39 Is WBTN or WLYB more profitable? WEBTOON Entertainment has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -2.82%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 24.14% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets WEBTOON EntertainmentN/A N/A N/A John Wiley & Sons -2.82%24.14%6.67% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WBTN or WLYB? 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned 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. SummaryWEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get WEBTOON Entertainment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WBTN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart WBTN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWEBTOON Entertainmentpublishing IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.20B$25.44B$23.43B$7.93BDividend YieldN/A1.11%2.96%4.22%P/E Ratio20.0711.6142.3518.54Price / Sales0.895.072,105.70103.30Price / CashN/A29.2834.7234.62Price / BookN/A10.296.184.25Net Income-$116.46M$794.21M$737.35M$248.18M7 Day Performance-0.43%1.78%1.23%1.03%1 Month Performance14.80%7.67%1.65%2.70%1 Year PerformanceN/A-12.33%52,704.80%4.05% WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment3.2294 of 5 stars$9.23+2.6%$16.75+81.5%N/A$1.20B$1.35B20.071,854WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.1575 of 5 stars$42.70-0.7%N/A+15.7%$2.30B$1.70B-46.929,500Gap UpWLYJohn Wiley & Sons0.8996 of 5 stars$41.96-2.1%N/A+15.9%$2.26B$1.70B-46.119,500News CoveragePositive NewsGCIGannett3.6396 of 5 stars$3.50-1.1%$5.55+58.6%+28.8%$515.79M$2.51B-6.4814,200Earnings ReportHigh Trading VolumeLEELee EnterprisesN/A$8.48-0.2%N/A-31.4%$52.62M$600.26M-1.164,360DALNDallasNews0.2042 of 5 stars$4.44-3.3%N/A+24.6%$23.76M$125.39M-3.96660Earnings ReportGap DownVSMEVS MEDIA1.1414 of 5 stars$0.77-3.8%N/A-69.5%$2.20M$8.25M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Gap DownSOBRSOBR Safe0.2736 of 5 stars$3.19-10.4%N/A-98.9%$293,000.00$183,859.00-0.069NWSNews0.5069 of 5 stars$29.45-1.8%N/A+27.4%$16.71B$10.25B40.3425,500Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑PSOPearson2.6485 of 5 stars$15.63-0.8%$18.00+15.2%+32.0%$10.42B$3.55B16.6321,400TRIThomson Reuters3.8594 of 5 stars$180.15-1.0%$177.80-1.3%+22.6%$81.08B$7.26B36.8424,400Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies John Wiley & Sons Alternatives John Wiley & Sons Alternatives Gannett Alternatives Lee Enterprises Alternatives DallasNews Alternatives VS MEDIA Alternatives SOBR Safe Alternatives News Alternatives Pearson Alternatives Thomson Reuters Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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