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

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), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and StoneCo (STNE).

WEBTOON Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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
John Wiley & Sons$1.68B1.40$84.16M$1.5328.67
WEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B0.91-$143.90M-$1.44-6.58

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons and John Wiley & Sons both had 3 articles in the media. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat WEBTOON Entertainment's score of 0.89 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
WEBTOON Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
John Wiley & Sons5.02% 27.42% 7.55%
WEBTOON Entertainment -12.77%1.23%0.96%

WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus price target of $14.36, suggesting a potential upside of 51.53%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
John Wiley & Sons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
WEBTOON Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats WEBTOON Entertainment on 11 of the 14 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$1.23B$18.06B$27.57B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.53%3.12%4.10%
P/E Ratio-6.5874.3037.0320.30
Price / Sales0.91314.702,036.27104.24
Price / Cash12.6091.7037.8357.47
Price / Book0.808.687.255.68
Net Income-$143.90M$337.50M$763.57M$249.13M
7 Day Performance9.41%3.58%2.69%3.30%
1 Month Performance6.46%2.46%5.96%5.20%
1 Year PerformanceN/A67.59%52,290.41%21.37%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.8131 of 5 stars
$9.48
+0.9%
$14.36
+51.5%
N/A$1.23B$1.35B-6.581,800
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.4599 of 5 stars
$45.49
+0.2%
N/A+7.2%$2.45B$1.68B29.739,500Positive News
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.2588 of 5 stars
$44.66
-1.0%
N/A+0.4%$2.43B$1.68B29.195,200Positive News
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
GCI
Gannett
3.673 of 5 stars
$3.58
flat
$5.55
+55.0%
-21.0%$524.24M$2.51B358.008,900
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.339 of 5 stars
$6.40
+1.9%
N/A-41.9%$39.81M$591.09M-0.884,360Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.2916 of 5 stars
$4.30
flat
N/A+30.3%$23.02M$125.39M0.77660
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.6622 of 5 stars
$1.04
+3.0%
N/A-49.7%$8.07M$8.25M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
SOBR
SOBR Safe
N/A$2.89
+1.8%
N/A-98.1%$260K$210K-0.019Positive News
NWS
News
0.8538 of 5 stars
$34.31
+1.3%
N/A+20.6%$19.17B$10.09B39.9025,500
PSO
Pearson
3.8174 of 5 stars
$14.93
+0.5%
$18.00
+20.6%
+18.9%$9.83B$4.54B15.8817,116
STNE
StoneCo
3.0716 of 5 stars
$16.04
+4.4%
$14.57
-9.2%
+33.2%$4.39B$2.46B-20.5616,793

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