New York Times (NYT) Competitors

New York Times (NYSE:NYT) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is NYT or MORN a better dividend stock?

New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. New York Times pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 21.2% 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. New York Times has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Morningstar has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Does the media favor NYT or MORN?

In the previous week, New York Times had 152 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 182 mentions for New York Times and 30 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat New York Times' score of 0.05 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New York Times	18 Very Positive mention(s)	24 Positive mention(s)	90 Neutral mention(s)	38 Negative mention(s)	12 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Morningstar	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NYT or MORN?

95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of New York Times shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate NYT or MORN?

New York Times currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Morningstar has a consensus target price of $366.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.06%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. 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
New York Times	$2.59B	3.30	$293.83M	$1.78	29.39
Morningstar	$2.28B	5.52	$141.10M	$8.57	34.21

Is NYT or MORN more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 14.69% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.36%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.28% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Times	11.36%	18.51%	12.42%
Morningstar	14.69%	23.28%	9.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NYT or MORN?

New York Times received 11 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 55.52% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New York Times	Outperform Votes 348 61.05%	Underperform Votes 222 38.95%
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 337 55.52%	Underperform Votes 270 44.48%

Summary

Morningstar beats New York Times on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.