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$31.00 +0.32 (+1.04%)
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NWS vs. PSO, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, and NWSA

Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include Pearson (PSO), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), and News (NWSA).

News vs.

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

News has a net margin of 4.22% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 5.31% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News4.22% 5.31% 2.89%
Pearson N/A N/A N/A

News has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. News pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 43.6% 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 received 103 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.46% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewsOutperform Votes
306
60.83%
Underperform Votes
197
39.17%
PearsonOutperform Votes
409
48.46%
Underperform Votes
435
51.54%

Pearson has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
News$10.25B1.72$266M$0.7342.47
Pearson$3.55B2.98$470.19M$0.9416.89

In the previous week, News had 7 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for News and 5 mentions for Pearson. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat News' score of 0.23 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Pearson has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given Pearson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pearson is more favorable than News.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
Pearson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

News beats Pearson on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWS vs. The Competition

MetricNewsNewspapers IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.59B$6.03B$7.40B$7.71B
Dividend Yield0.67%0.97%3.54%4.33%
P/E Ratio42.4722.9216.1818.31
Price / Sales1.722.047.30107.09
Price / Cash16.4917.1116.4234.62
Price / Book1.953.714.344.25
Net Income$266M$120.46M$258.87M$247.51M
7 Day Performance3.33%2.79%3.72%6.08%
1 Month Performance0.81%-3.06%-6.09%-3.77%
1 Year Performance22.38%12.68%-4.87%4.60%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWS
News
0.7554 of 5 stars
$31.00
+1.0%
N/A+20.6%$17.59B$10.25B42.4725,500
PSO
Pearson
2.5116 of 5 stars
$15.63
-0.8%
$18.00
+15.2%
+24.6%$10.42B$3.55B16.6321,400Short Interest ↑
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.1315 of 5 stars
$42.70
-0.7%
N/A+14.0%$2.30B$1.70B-46.929,500Positive News
Gap Up
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.7095 of 5 stars
$41.96
-2.1%
N/A+11.1%$2.26B$1.70B-46.119,500Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9057 of 5 stars
$8.62
-0.5%
$16.75
+94.3%
N/A$1.11B$1.35B18.741,854
GCI
Gannett
3.3308 of 5 stars
$3.50
-1.1%
$5.55
+58.6%
+27.2%$515.79M$2.51B-6.4814,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$8.48
-0.2%
N/A-33.5%$52.50M$600.26M-1.164,360News Coverage
Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
0.372 of 5 stars
$4.44
-3.3%
N/A+24.7%$23.76M$125.39M-3.96660Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.1426 of 5 stars
$0.77
-3.8%
N/A-69.8%$2.20M$8.25M0.00N/A
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.4522 of 5 stars
$3.19
-10.4%
N/A-98.9%$293,000.00$183,859.00-0.069
NWSA
News
4.1033 of 5 stars
$25.35
-2.0%
$38.80
+53.1%
+7.8%$14.38B$10.25B34.7325,500

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This page (NASDAQ:NWS) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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