John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WLY or PSO?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pearson, 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
John Wiley & Sons	$1.87B	1.44	-$200.32M	-$3.64	-13.66
Pearson	$3.55B	2.53	$470.19M	$0.89	15.08

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WLY or PSO?

Pearson received 404 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.39% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 405 48.39%	Underperform Votes 432 51.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, WLY or PSO?

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WLY or PSO a better dividend stock?

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. John Wiley & Sons pays out -38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 21.3% 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. John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. John Wiley & Sons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WLY or PSO?

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor WLY or PSO?

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 1 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 5 mentions for Pearson. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Pearson's score of 0.14 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pearson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer WLY or PSO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
John Wiley & Sons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is WLY or PSO more profitable?

Pearson has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -6.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 21.59% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons	-6.00%	21.59%	6.10%
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats Pearson on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.