Pearson (PSO) Competitors $15.10 +0.17 (+1.14%) Closing price 07/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.83 -0.27 (-1.79%) As of 09:01 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PSO vs. NWS, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, and TMEShould you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include News (NWS), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME). Pearson vs. Its Competitors News John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett Lee Enterprises DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe Tencent Music Entertainment Group News (NASDAQ:NWS) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NWS or PSO? 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is NWS or PSO more profitable? News has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 5.64% beat Pearson's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets News5.18% 5.64% 3.09% Pearson N/A N/A N/A Do analysts prefer NWS or PSO? Pearson has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. Given Pearson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than News.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score News 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00Pearson 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.67 Which has higher valuation & earnings, NWS or PSO? Pearson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than News. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNews$10.09B1.93$266M$0.8640.01Pearson$4.54B2.20$554.61M$0.9416.06 Which has more risk and volatility, NWS or PSO? News has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is NWS or PSO a better dividend stock? News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. News pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 46.8% 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. Does the media favor NWS or PSO? In the previous week, Pearson had 7 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pearson and 5 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Pearson's score of 0.35 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment News 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Pearson 0 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryNews beats Pearson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Pearson News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PSO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PSO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPearsonMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$9.88B$17.00B$8.22B$20.43BDividend Yield2.95%2.66%3.29%3.76%P/E Ratio16.0638.8520.5727.62Price / Sales2.202.863.3136.40Price / Cash11.9216.8617.1921.79Price / Book1.941.844.544.52Net Income$554.61M-$285.69M$212.83M$984.47M7 Day Performance4.43%3.78%3.42%2.61%1 Month Performance-5.77%8.64%9.73%4.99%1 Year Performance21.68%46.73%9.71%13.53% Pearson Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PSOPearson3.8943 of 5 stars$15.10+1.1%$18.00+19.2%+21.9%$9.88B$4.54B16.0617,116NWSNews0.7473 of 5 stars$33.18+1.8%N/A+22.2%$18.46B$10.09B38.5825,500WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.2136 of 5 stars$44.59-1.8%N/A+8.3%$2.45B$1.68B29.159,500Positive NewsDividend IncreaseHigh Trading VolumeWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.1748 of 5 stars$43.91+1.2%N/A+6.9%$2.34B$1.68B28.706,400Positive NewsDividend IncreaseBuyback AnnouncementWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment3.4557 of 5 stars$8.37+0.1%$14.36+71.5%N/A$1.09B$1.35B-5.811,800News CoveragePositive NewsGCIGannett3.6621 of 5 stars$3.31+0.6%$5.55+67.7%-21.8%$481.77M$2.51B331.008,900LEELee Enterprises0.3014 of 5 stars$6.14-0.3%N/A-42.3%$38.19M$591.09M-0.844,360DALNDallasNews0.5344 of 5 stars$4.11-1.0%N/A+28.7%$22.21M$125.39M0.74660News CoveragePositive NewsVSMEVS MEDIA0.7502 of 5 stars$0.81-17.2%N/A-48.8%$7.82M$8.25M0.00N/AGap DownSOBRSOBR Safe1.3135 of 5 stars$2.94-2.3%N/A-98.1%$280K$210K-0.019TMETencent Music Entertainment Group2.6585 of 5 stars$18.35-0.7%$16.60-9.5%+34.5%$31.71B$3.89B21.855,353Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies News Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors Gannett Competitors Lee Enterprises Competitors DallasNews Competitors VS MEDIA Competitors SOBR Safe Competitors Tencent Music Entertainment Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PSO) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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