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WLYB vs. MH, WLY, WBTN, GCI, DALN, LEE, VSME, SOBR, TRI, and NWS

Should you be buying John Wiley & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wiley & Sons include McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry.

John Wiley & Sons vs. Its Competitors

John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) and McGraw Hill (NYSE:MH) are both mid-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

John Wiley & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than McGraw Hill.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.67B1.32$84.16M$1.7823.28
McGraw HillN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

John Wiley & Sons has a net margin of 5.82% compared to McGraw Hill's net margin of 0.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 27.31% beat McGraw Hill's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons5.82% 27.31% 7.66%
McGraw Hill N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, McGraw Hill had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for McGraw Hill and 5 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat McGraw Hill's score of 0.30 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
McGraw Hill
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons 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.

McGraw Hill has a consensus price target of $20.88, indicating a potential upside of 40.16%. Given McGraw Hill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McGraw Hill is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.

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)
0.00
McGraw Hill
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats McGraw Hill on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WLYB vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Wiley & SonsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.19B$1.29B$16.14B$21.64B
Dividend Yield3.34%4.33%3.01%3.49%
P/E Ratio23.2815.4918.1929.75
Price / Sales1.320.8447.6968.31
Price / Cash6.526.4014.9525.00
Price / Book3.021.776.134.58
Net Income$84.16M$40.29M$679.99M$1.00B
7 Day Performance4.36%3.14%1.12%0.65%
1 Month Performance3.07%2.59%-0.18%3.07%
1 Year Performance-10.42%-15.02%5.63%14.34%

John Wiley & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.262 of 5 stars
$41.43
-2.5%
N/A-3.0%$2.19B$1.67B23.289,500News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
MH
McGraw Hill
3.5814 of 5 stars
$14.08
-3.0%
$20.88
+48.3%
N/A$2.69BN/A0.004,200
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.4381 of 5 stars
$39.81
-1.9%
N/A-8.6%$2.12B$1.68B26.005,200
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.5038 of 5 stars
$14.33
-1.0%
$15.43
+7.7%
+38.1%$1.87B$1.35B-18.551,800Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GCI
Gannett
3.9306 of 5 stars
$4.05
-1.6%
$5.55
+37.2%
-5.3%$593.08M$2.51B11.908,900News Coverage
Positive News
DALN
DallasNews
0.3115 of 5 stars
$14.88
-0.1%
N/A+219.7%$79.64M$121.12M-15.34660Short Interest ↑
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.7072 of 5 stars
$4.26
-1.8%
N/A-46.8%$26.67M$581.81M-0.594,360Positive News
Gap Up
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.3234 of 5 stars
$2.44
+9.3%
N/A+203.9%$19.26M$8.25M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.15 of 5 stars
$3.31
-3.6%
N/A-97.4%$5.02M$210K-0.029Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
TRI
Thomson Reuters
0.8675 of 5 stars
$177.44
-0.1%
N/AN/A$79.96B$7.26B49.0226,400News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
NWS
News
0.9411 of 5 stars
$33.25
-1.8%
N/A+18.8%$18.75B$8.45B15.9625,500

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