New York Times (NYT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MORN or NYT?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, MORN or NYT?

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

Do analysts rate MORN or NYT?

Morningstar currently has a consensus price target of $361.67, indicating a potential upside of 59.85%. New York Times has a consensus price target of $60.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Morningstar's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media prefer MORN or NYT?

In the previous week, New York Times had 135 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 151 mentions for New York Times and 16 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat New York Times' score of -0.04 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morningstar	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New York Times	18 Very Positive mention(s)	20 Positive mention(s)	66 Neutral mention(s)	30 Negative mention(s)	17 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MORN or NYT?

Morningstar has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Morningstar	$2.28B	4.19	$369.90M	$9.39	24.09
New York Times	$2.59B	3.46	$293.83M	$1.94	28.34

Is MORN or NYT 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
Morningstar	17.22%	23.54%	10.52%
New York Times	11.92%	19.55%	13.34%

Is MORN or NYT a better dividend stock?

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Morningstar pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Times pays out 37.1% 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 increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and New York Times has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Summary

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