PSO vs. ROKU, MTN, CZR, SN, LNW, SKX, BIRK, TTC, HAS, and CHDN
Should you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include Roku (ROKU), Vail Resorts (MTN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), SharkNinja (SN), Light & Wonder (LNW), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Birkenstock (BIRK), Toro (TTC), Hasbro (HAS), and Churchill Downs (CHDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Roku had 30 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Roku and 7 mentions for Pearson. Roku's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Pearson's score of -0.40 indicating that Roku is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Roku shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pearson has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pearson presently has a consensus price target of $12.30, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Roku has a consensus price target of $84.76, indicating a potential upside of 37.09%. Given Roku's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Roku is more favorable than Pearson.
Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Roku.
Roku received 261 more outperform votes than Pearson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.70% of users gave Roku an outperform vote while only 48.26% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.
Pearson has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Roku's net margin of -20.36%. Pearson's return on equity of 0.00% beat Roku's return on equity.
Summary
Roku beats Pearson on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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