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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$2.49B	3.49	$232.39M	$1.50	35.33
Morningstar	$2.17B	6.01	$141.10M	$4.95	61.56

Is NYT or MORN a better dividend stock?

New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. New York Times pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 32.7% 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 15 consecutive years.

Is NYT or MORN more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 11.34% compared to New York Times' net margin of 10.81%. Morningstar's return on equity of 22.34% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Times	10.81%	17.45%	11.53%
Morningstar	11.34%	22.34%	8.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NYT or MORN?

In the previous week, New York Times had 122 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 141 mentions for New York Times and 19 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat New York Times' score of -0.14 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	51 Neutral mention(s)	31 Negative mention(s)	23 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Morningstar	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer NYT or MORN?

New York Times presently has a consensus price target of $50.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.38%. Morningstar has a consensus price target of $336.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NYT or MORN?

New York Times received 55 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.03% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 57.72% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New York Times	Outperform Votes 343 61.03%	Underperform Votes 219 38.97%
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 288 57.72%	Underperform Votes 211 42.28%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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. 2.0% of New York Times shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Morningstar beats New York Times on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.