New York Times (NYT) Competitors

Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) are both publishing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MORN or NYT?

Morningstar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New York Times. New York Times is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morningstar	$2.28B	5.78	$369.90M	$8.90	34.95
New York Times	$2.59B	3.60	$293.83M	$1.84	31.04

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MORN or NYT?

57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of New York Times 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.

Is MORN or NYT a better dividend stock?

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Morningstar pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Times pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Morningstar has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and New York Times has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend MORN or NYT?

Morningstar presently has a consensus price target of $361.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.26%. New York Times has a consensus price target of $56.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.26%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to MORN or NYT?

In the previous week, New York Times had 102 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 133 mentions for New York Times and 31 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat New York Times' score of 0.03 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morningstar	7 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New York Times	17 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	54 Neutral mention(s)	28 Negative mention(s)	12 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MORN or NYT more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 16.60% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.53%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.23% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morningstar	16.60%	23.23%	10.26%
New York Times	11.53%	18.70%	12.69%

Which has more volatility & risk, MORN or NYT?

Morningstar has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Times has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Morningstar beats New York Times on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.