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$28.92 +0.07 (+0.24%)
(As of 11:07 AM ET)

NWSA vs. LYV, CNK, RDI, DIS, NWS, NYT, DJCO, GCI, LEE, and DALN

Should 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 (NYSE:LYV) and News (NASDAQ:NWSA) 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, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

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
Live Nation Entertainment2.11% 77.62% 2.48%
News 3.49%4.76%2.58%

74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

News received 14 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.99% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 73.51% of users gave News an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Live Nation EntertainmentOutperform Votes
652
75.99%
Underperform Votes
206
24.01%
NewsOutperform Votes
666
73.51%
Underperform Votes
240
26.49%

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 Ratio
Live Nation Entertainment$22.75B1.29$315.84M$0.94135.09
News$10.09B1.63$266M$0.6246.53

In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 32 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 14 mentions for News. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat News' score of 0.78 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Live Nation Entertainment
24 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
News
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $135.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.88%. News has a consensus target price of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 34.03%. Given News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe News is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Live Nation Entertainment beats News on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWSA vs. The Competition

MetricNewsNewspapers IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.40B$6.44B$8.20B$8.94B
Dividend Yield0.68%0.75%2.70%4.03%
P/E Ratio46.5329.5317.0816.24
Price / Sales1.632.777.7392.29
Price / Cash14.6839.6234.1236.42
Price / Book1.794.313.715.98
Net Income$266M$106.52M$261.76M$225.08M
7 Day Performance-0.35%0.73%-0.53%0.37%
1 Month Performance11.26%10.50%0.91%5.73%
1 Year Performance41.08%75.45%20.87%31.75%

News Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWSA
News
4.616 of 5 stars
$28.92
+0.2%
$38.67
+33.7%
+41.1%$16.44B$10.09B46.6523,900Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.4636 of 5 stars
$126.98
-2.1%
N/A+44.9%$29.25B$22.75B135.0931,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CNK
Cinemark
3.2984 of 5 stars
$31.79
-2.9%
N/A+120.0%$3.89B$3.07B20.5117,500Insider Selling
RDI
Reading International
2.6817 of 5 stars
$1.40
-1.4%
N/A-20.5%$31.40M$222.74M-0.792,025News Coverage
Gap Down
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8246 of 5 stars
$102.67
+1.7%
N/A+14.8%$186.20B$90.03B39.49225,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
NWS
News
0.6941 of 5 stars
$31.69
-1.6%
N/A+48.8%$18.02B$10.09B51.1123,900Gap Down
NYT
New York Times
3.7488 of 5 stars
$54.48
-1.3%
N/A+25.4%$8.95B$2.43B32.245,900
DJCO
Daily Journal
1.3992 of 5 stars
$570.40
-2.6%
N/A+94.6%$787.15M$67.71M17.50350Positive News
GCI
Gannett
2.1421 of 5 stars
$5.20
-4.9%
N/A+182.6%$766.54M$2.56B-6.4210,000Gap Down
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$17.03
+1.6%
N/A+94.0%$105.42M$691.14M-5.703,342
DALN
DallasNews
0.442 of 5 stars
$5.57
+3.9%
N/A+41.7%$29.80M$139.70M-4.97660News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:NWSA) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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