DallasNews (DALN) Competitors $14.86 +0.04 (+0.27%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.86 +0.01 (+0.03%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DALN vs. LEE, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, and NYTShould you be buying DallasNews stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DallasNews include Lee Enterprises (LEE), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), and New York Times (NYT). DallasNews vs. Its Competitors Lee Enterprises VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett New York Times Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) and DallasNews (NASDAQ:DALN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk. Is LEE or DALN more profitable? DallasNews has a net margin of -4.26% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. DallasNews' return on equity of 150.61% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lee Enterprises-7.21% -325.44% -6.55% DallasNews -4.26%150.61%41.90% Does the media refer more to LEE or DALN? In the previous week, DallasNews had 7 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DallasNews and 0 mentions for Lee Enterprises. DallasNews' average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat Lee Enterprises' score of -1.32 indicating that DallasNews is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Lee Enterprises Negative DallasNews Neutral Which has higher valuation & earnings, LEE or DALN? DallasNews has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lee Enterprises. DallasNews is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lee Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLee Enterprises$591.09M0.05-$25.84M-$7.29-0.64DallasNews$125.39M0.63$130K-$0.97-15.32 Which has more risk & volatility, LEE or DALN? Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DallasNews has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LEE or DALN? 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of DallasNews shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of DallasNews shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryDallasNews beats Lee Enterprises on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get DallasNews News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DALN 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 DALN 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 NASDAQ 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 DALN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDallasNewsPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$79.54M$3.05B$15.70B$9.37BDividend YieldN/A1.38%3.22%4.12%P/E Ratio-15.3211.1418.5323.80Price / Sales0.633.8445.9396.33Price / Cash45.7625.1114.4156.59Price / Book2.072.805.885.54Net Income$130K$124.02M$690.35M$259.97M7 Day Performance1.16%-1.86%-5.28%-4.67%1 Month Performance227.67%69.07%-3.84%3.28%1 Year Performance247.20%80.12%-1.27%17.92% DallasNews Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DALNDallasNews0.7845 of 5 stars$14.86+0.3%N/A+247.2%$79.54M$125.39M-15.32660Earnings ReportLEELee Enterprises0.3561 of 5 stars$6.72-3.4%N/A-51.5%$41.80M$591.09M-0.924,360VSMEVS MEDIA0.07 of 5 stars$1.12+4.2%N/A+6.3%$8.55M$8.25M0.00N/ANews CoverageSOBRSOBR Safe0.4535 of 5 stars$4.24+3.4%N/A-97.2%$380K$210K-0.019Short Interest ↑Gap UpNWSNews0.4151 of 5 stars$33.55-2.6%N/A+22.5%$19.51B$10.27B39.0125,500Upcoming EarningsPSOPearson3.2653 of 5 stars$14.17-0.2%$18.00+27.1%+11.2%$9.27B$4.54B15.0717,116Trending NewsWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons3.0693 of 5 stars$40.12-5.5%N/A-17.3%$2.28B$1.68B26.229,500Positive NewsShort Interest ↓WLYJohn Wiley & Sons2.2869 of 5 stars$39.34+0.1%N/A-17.0%$2.10B$1.68B25.715,200News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↑WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.5529 of 5 stars$9.72+0.4%$14.36+47.7%-53.1%$1.26B$1.35B-6.751,800News CoveragePositive NewsShort Interest ↑GCIGannett4.0525 of 5 stars$3.57+0.7%$5.55+55.7%-5.6%$518.38M$2.45B356.508,900Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap DownNYTNew York Times3.4447 of 5 stars$53.31+0.0%$56.40+5.8%+0.5%$8.69B$2.63B28.985,900Trending NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LEE Competitors VSME Competitors SOBR Competitors NWS Competitors PSO Competitors WLYB Competitors WLY Competitors WBTN Competitors GCI Competitors NYT 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 (NASDAQ:DALN) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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