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GCI vs. WBTN, MH, WLYB, WLY, DALN, LEE, VSME, SOBR, TRI, and NWS

Should you be buying Gannett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gannett include WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry.

Gannett vs. Its Competitors

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

76.7% of Gannett shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Gannett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

WEBTOON Entertainment has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gannett has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Gannett has a net margin of 4.84% compared to WEBTOON Entertainment's net margin of -7.24%. Gannett's return on equity of 53.24% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WEBTOON Entertainment-7.24% -0.13% -0.10%
Gannett 4.84%53.24%5.14%

Gannett has higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment. WEBTOON Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gannett, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B1.69-$143.90M-$0.77-22.61
Gannett$2.51B0.21-$26.35M$0.3410.57

In the previous week, Gannett had 3 more articles in the media than WEBTOON Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Gannett and 6 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Gannett's score of 0.21 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gannett
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

WEBTOON Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $17.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.43%. Gannett has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.90%. Given Gannett's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gannett is more favorable than WEBTOON Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WEBTOON Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Gannett
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Gannett beats WEBTOON Entertainment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GCI vs. The Competition

MetricGannettADVERTISING/MKTG SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$511.69M$2.00B$31.64B$21.76B
Dividend YieldN/A3.79%2.92%3.63%
P/E Ratio10.575.4826.5429.93
Price / Sales0.2186.20957.8968.45
Price / Cash2.846.2231.1623.91
Price / Book3.4616.358.314.68
Net Income-$26.35M$133.68M$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-7.35%-1.83%-0.50%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-17.92%5.23%4.91%1.18%
1 Year Performance-37.37%24.40%56.51%14.46%

Gannett Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCI
Gannett
3.4802 of 5 stars
$3.60
+3.0%
$6.00
+66.9%
-33.6%$511.69M$2.51B10.578,900News Coverage
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.2363 of 5 stars
$18.50
+2.7%
$17.83
-3.6%
+54.1%$2.35B$1.35B-24.031,800Positive News
MH
McGraw Hill
3.9178 of 5 stars
$11.71
-2.3%
$20.97
+79.0%
N/A$2.29BN/A0.004,200Gap Up
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.6201 of 5 stars
$38.51
-4.7%
N/A-25.3%$2.16B$1.68B21.649,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.602 of 5 stars
$38.76
-3.0%
N/A-25.6%$2.13B$1.68B21.785,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DALN
DallasNews
N/A$16.51
+0.0%
N/A+279.4%$88.34M$121.12M-17.02660High Trading Volume
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.2012 of 5 stars
$5.31
-0.2%
N/A-70.3%$33.26M$581.81M-0.734,360Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.5832 of 5 stars
$2.32
+5.5%
N/A+62.7%$17.58M$8.25M0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.1265 of 5 stars
$3.27
+0.3%
N/A-95.0%$4.94M$210K-0.029
TRI
Thomson Reuters
0.7946 of 5 stars
$152.03
-0.6%
N/AN/A$68.69B$7.26B42.0026,400
NWS
News
1.5516 of 5 stars
$31.81
-0.9%
N/A+9.0%$18.13B$8.45B15.2925,500

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This page (NYSE:GCI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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