News (NWSA) Competitors $27.86 +0.25 (+0.91%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends NWSA vs. LYV, CNK, RDI, DIS, NWS, NYT, DJCO, GCI, LEE, and DALNShould you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), News (NWS), New York Times (NYT), Daily Journal (DJCO), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), and DallasNews (DALN). News vs. Live Nation Entertainment Cinemark Reading International Walt Disney News New York Times Daily Journal Gannett Lee Enterprises DallasNews News (NASDAQ:NWSA) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation. Do insiders and institutionals believe in NWSA or LYV? 67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer NWSA or LYV? News currently has a consensus price target of $40.33, indicating a potential upside of 44.77%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus price target of $145.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Given News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe News is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score News 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Live Nation Entertainment 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.94 Is NWSA or LYV more profitable? News has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.11%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 77.62% beat News' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets News3.49% 4.76% 2.58% Live Nation Entertainment 2.11%77.62%2.48% Does the media favor NWSA or LYV? In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 13 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 2 mentions for News. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat News' score of 0.66 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment 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) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Live Nation Entertainment 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, NWSA or LYV? News has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NWSA or LYV? News received 8 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.12% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 73.49% of users gave News an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNewsOutperform Votes66873.49% Underperform Votes24126.51% Live Nation EntertainmentOutperform Votes66076.12% Underperform Votes20723.88% Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NWSA or LYV? Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than News. News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNews$10.16B1.56$266M$0.6244.94Live Nation Entertainment$23.32B1.33$315.84M$0.94141.79 SummaryLive Nation Entertainment beats News on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 NWSA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNewsNewspapers IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$15.84B$6.23B$8.38B$9.07BDividend Yield0.71%0.77%2.81%4.22%P/E Ratio44.9428.5118.3317.19Price / Sales1.562.5615.50116.80Price / Cash14.3239.5833.4537.86Price / Book1.764.395.564.78Net Income$266M$106.52M$267.23M$225.60M7 Day Performance-2.62%0.05%-2.06%-1.24%1 Month Performance-5.72%-0.88%-0.12%3.36%1 Year Performance17.55%50.39%10.21%16.58% News Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NWSANews4.2068 of 5 stars$27.86+0.9%$40.33+44.8%+19.0%$15.84B$10.16B44.9423,900Analyst DowngradeHigh Trading VolumeLYVLive Nation Entertainment4.0414 of 5 stars$137.76+1.3%$144.33+4.8%+47.0%$32.01B$23.32B144.6331,700Analyst ForecastPositive NewsCNKCinemark3.0489 of 5 stars$32.04-0.4%$32.80+2.4%+118.0%$3.92B$2.87B20.6617,500RDIReading International1.8521 of 5 stars$1.50-2.6%$2.40+60.0%-30.1%$33.64M$197.27M-0.822,025Analyst ForecastDISWalt Disney4.8285 of 5 stars$112.17-0.6%$123.58+10.2%+22.7%$203.13B$91.36B41.82233,000Short Interest ↓NWSNews0.7322 of 5 stars$31.64+0.7%N/A+25.5%$17.99B$10.09B50.6923,900NYTNew York Times3.2975 of 5 stars$56.03+1.7%$54.83-2.1%+15.4%$9.19B$2.54B32.965,900Dividend AnnouncementDJCODaily Journal1.305 of 5 stars$583.14+3.2%N/A+63.5%$802.98M$71.61M17.33350Gap UpGCIGannett2.546 of 5 stars$5.43+2.1%$5.55+2.2%+101.2%$800.44M$2.66B-6.5710,000Options VolumePositive NewsGap DownLEELee EnterprisesN/A$16.20+0.2%N/A+88.4%$100.29M$611.38M-3.533,342Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap DownDALNDallasNews0.0765 of 5 stars$5.02-7.0%N/A+58.9%$26.87M$128.29M-4.82660News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Live Nation Entertainment Competitors Cinemark Competitors Reading International Competitors Walt Disney Competitors News Competitors New York Times Competitors Daily Journal Competitors Gannett Competitors Lee Enterprises Competitors DallasNews Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:NWSA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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