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WBTN vs. WLYB, WLY, GCI, DALN, LEE, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and RGTI

Should 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), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Rigetti Computing (RGTI).

WEBTOON Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) are both printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

John Wiley & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment. 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 Ratio
WEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B0.99-$143.90M-$1.44-7.12
John Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.25$84.16M$1.5325.57

John Wiley & Sons has a net margin of 5.02% compared to WEBTOON Entertainment's net margin of -12.77%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 27.42% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WEBTOON Entertainment-12.77% 1.23% 0.96%
John Wiley & Sons 5.02%27.42%7.55%

In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.53 indicating that WEBTOON Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WEBTOON Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John Wiley & Sons
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of WEBTOON Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

WEBTOON Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $14.36, indicating a potential upside of 40.07%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
John Wiley & Sons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats WEBTOON Entertainment on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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WBTN vs. The Competition

MetricWEBTOON EntertainmentINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$18.41B$29.03B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.78%3.02%4.01%
P/E Ratio56.8372.1543.3320.14
Price / Sales0.9971.741,732.99104.37
Price / Cash13.7394.1238.3858.56
Price / Book0.868.767.795.87
Net Income-$143.90M$341.62M$782.91M$258.55M
7 Day Performance5.89%2.47%0.96%2.23%
1 Month Performance20.45%13.27%7.50%12.76%
1 Year Performance-51.07%59.74%53,041.27%19.36%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
3.1602 of 5 stars
$10.25
+0.2%
$14.36
+40.1%
-51.0%$1.33B$1.35B56.831,800News Coverage
Positive News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.5424 of 5 stars
$40.12
-5.5%
N/A-14.6%$2.28B$1.68B26.229,500News Coverage
Gap Down
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
3.0172 of 5 stars
$39.34
+0.1%
N/A-15.5%$2.10B$1.68B25.715,200Positive News
GCI
Gannett
3.5544 of 5 stars
$3.57
+0.7%
$5.55
+55.7%
-23.8%$518.38M$2.51B356.508,900News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
DALN
DallasNews
1.3138 of 5 stars
$13.71
-0.1%
N/A+356.9%$73.41M$125.39M2.47660Upcoming Earnings
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.6383 of 5 stars
$6.72
-3.4%
N/A-42.9%$41.80M$591.09M-0.924,360Gap Up
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.3868 of 5 stars
$1.12
+4.2%
N/A-24.7%$8.55M$8.25M0.00N/APositive News
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.5118 of 5 stars
$4.24
+3.4%
N/A-97.5%$380K$210K-0.019Positive News
NWS
News
0.3251 of 5 stars
$33.55
-2.6%
N/A+18.9%$19.51B$10.27B39.0125,500
PSO
Pearson
4.1084 of 5 stars
$14.17
-0.2%
$18.00
+27.1%
+8.5%$9.27B$4.54B15.0717,116Upcoming Earnings
RGTI
Rigetti Computing
1.4713 of 5 stars
$16.08
-6.3%
$14.83
-7.8%
+1,463.7%$4.98B$10.79M-22.97160Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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