News (NWS) Competitors

Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and News (NASDAQ:NWS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer PSO or NWS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
News	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PSO or NWS?

Pearson has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PSO or NWS?

2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PSO or NWS a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pearson pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 32.3% 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. Pearson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PSO or NWS?

In the previous week, News had 3 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for News and 1 mentions for Pearson. News' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Pearson's score of 0.06 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pearson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
News	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PSO or NWS more profitable?

News has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 4.76% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A
News	3.49%	4.76%	2.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSO or NWS?

Pearson received 101 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.76% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.33% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 406 48.33%	Underperform Votes 434 51.67%
News	Outperform Votes 305 60.76%	Underperform Votes 197 39.24%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PSO or NWS?

Pearson has higher earnings, but lower revenue than News. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, 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
Pearson	$3.55B	2.88	$470.19M	$0.88	17.45
News	$10.16B	1.79	$266M	$0.62	51.71

Summary

News beats Pearson on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.