WLYB vs. WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and SCHL
Should you be buying John Wiley & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wiley & Sons include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Scholastic (SCHL).
John Wiley & Sons vs. Its Competitors
John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
John Wiley & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 1 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 3 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.75 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. John Wiley & Sons pays out 92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons pays out 92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years and 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 lower payout ratio.
John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John Wiley & Sons beats John Wiley & Sons on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:WLYB) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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