New York Times (NYT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate NYT or MORN?

New York Times presently has a consensus target price of $60.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.80%. Morningstar has a consensus target price of $355.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.39%. Given Morningstar's higher probable 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is NYT or MORN more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 17.22% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.92%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.54% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Times	11.92%	19.55%	13.34%
Morningstar	17.22%	23.54%	10.52%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NYT or MORN?

95.4% of New York Times shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of New York Times shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Morningstar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 1.3%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. New York Times pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 19.4% 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Morningstar has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NYT or MORN?

Morningstar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New York Times. Morningstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New York Times, 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	3.59	$293.83M	$1.94	29.40
Morningstar	$2.28B	4.08	$369.90M	$9.39	23.43

Which has more volatility and risk, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NYT or MORN?

In the previous week, New York Times had 134 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 167 mentions for New York Times and 33 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat New York Times' score of -0.03 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)	22 Positive mention(s)	78 Neutral mention(s)	29 Negative mention(s)	20 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Morningstar	8 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Morningstar beats New York Times on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.