LNW vs. PSO, OTEX, PARA, TAL, HAS, CZR, CROX, DLB, MHK, and MTN
Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Pearson (PSO), Open Text (OTEX), Paramount Global (PARA), TAL Education Group (TAL), Hasbro (HAS), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Crocs (CROX), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Mohawk Industries (MHK), and Vail Resorts (MTN).
Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Light & Wonder currently has a consensus price target of $95.08, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Pearson has a consensus price target of $12.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.07%. Given Light & Wonder's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Light & Wonder is more favorable than Pearson.
Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Light & Wonder.
Pearson received 392 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.26% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 22.45% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Light & Wonder 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Light & Wonder has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 32.27% beat Pearson's return on equity.
Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pearson had 7 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pearson and 3 mentions for Light & Wonder. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pearson's score of 0.24 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Light & Wonder beats Pearson on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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