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$5.48 -0.17 (-3.01%)
(As of 10:48 AM ET)

GCI vs. WLY, WLYB, WBTN, LEE, DALN, VSME, NWS, PSO, DJCO, and NWSA

Should you be buying Gannett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gannett include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), Daily Journal (DJCO), and News (NWSA).

Gannett vs.

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) and Gannett (NYSE:GCI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Gannett received 251 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%
GannettOutperform Votes
252
61.31%
Underperform Votes
159
38.69%

Gannett has a consensus target price of $5.37, indicating a potential downside of 4.93%. Given Gannett's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gannett 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
Gannett
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gannett has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Gannett has higher revenue and earnings than John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons 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
John Wiley & Sons$1.83B1.58-$200.32M-$2.00-26.57
Gannett$2.66B0.31-$27.79M-$0.81-6.97

Gannett has a net margin of -4.44% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -6.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 21.59% beat Gannett's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons-6.00% 21.59% 6.10%
Gannett -4.44%-12.16%-1.51%

In the previous week, Gannett had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gannett and 1 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Gannett's score of 0.21 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Gannett
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Gannett shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Gannett shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gannett beats John Wiley & Sons on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GCI vs. The Competition

MetricGannettNewspapers IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$832.13M$6.50B$7.08B$20.17B
Dividend YieldN/A0.74%2.47%3.47%
P/E Ratio-6.9729.8145.4145.07
Price / Sales0.312.84222.9918.17
Price / Cash6.7939.0227.2421.38
Price / Book3.464.334.885.05
Net Income-$27.79M$106.52M$120.93M$988.74M
7 Day Performance13.58%6.88%9.37%3.95%
1 Month Performance4.73%12.00%8.71%3.63%
1 Year Performance190.98%75.52%36.09%32.74%

Gannett Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCI
Gannett
1.9439 of 5 stars
$5.48
-3.0%
$5.37
-2.1%
+191.0%$807.81M$2.66B-6.7710,000
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.691 of 5 stars
$53.14
+1.9%
N/A+77.7%$2.88B$1.83B-26.576,400News Coverage
Positive News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
N/A$51.93
flat
N/A+72.0%$2.82B$1.83B-25.979,500Short Interest ↓
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.5222 of 5 stars
$11.71
+8.1%
N/AN/A$1.50B$1.30B0.001,854Gap Down
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$17.23
-3.7%
N/A+95.5%$106.65M$691.14M-5.763,342
DALN
DallasNews
0.1406 of 5 stars
$5.31
-3.1%
N/A+31.1%$29.33M$139.70M-8.17660Upcoming Earnings
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.39
-9.2%
N/A-78.6%$3.98M$7.99M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
NWS
News
1.1831 of 5 stars
$31.82
-1.2%
N/A+46.1%$18.09B$10.09B51.3223,900
PSO
Pearson
1.2926 of 5 stars
$15.60
+0.5%
N/A+30.4%$10.39B$4.57B0.0018,360Short Interest ↓
DJCO
Daily Journal
1.0785 of 5 stars
$589.89
+3.5%
N/A+99.4%$814.05M$67.71M18.09350Positive News
High Trading Volume
NWSA
News
4.2911 of 5 stars
$29.23
-1.0%
N/A+39.7%$16.62B$10.09B47.1523,900Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:GCI) was last updated on 11/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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