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$27.86 +0.25 (+0.91%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM 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.

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.

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.

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)
3.00
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

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%

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

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewsOutperform Votes
668
73.49%
Underperform Votes
241
26.51%
Live Nation EntertainmentOutperform Votes
660
76.12%
Underperform Votes
207
23.88%

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
News$10.16B1.56$266M$0.6244.94
Live Nation Entertainment$23.32B1.33$315.84M$0.94141.79

Summary

Live Nation Entertainment beats News on 11 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$15.84B$6.23B$8.38B$9.07B
Dividend Yield0.71%0.77%2.81%4.22%
P/E Ratio44.9428.5118.3317.19
Price / Sales1.562.5615.50116.80
Price / Cash14.3239.5833.4537.86
Price / Book1.764.395.564.78
Net Income$266M$106.52M$267.23M$225.60M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWSA
News
4.2068 of 5 stars
$27.86
+0.9%
$40.33
+44.8%
+19.0%$15.84B$10.16B44.9423,900Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.0414 of 5 stars
$137.76
+1.3%
$144.33
+4.8%
+47.0%$32.01B$23.32B144.6331,700Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CNK
Cinemark
3.0489 of 5 stars
$32.04
-0.4%
$32.80
+2.4%
+118.0%$3.92B$2.87B20.6617,500
RDI
Reading International
1.8521 of 5 stars
$1.50
-2.6%
$2.40
+60.0%
-30.1%$33.64M$197.27M-0.822,025Analyst Forecast
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8285 of 5 stars
$112.17
-0.6%
$123.58
+10.2%
+22.7%$203.13B$91.36B41.82233,000Short Interest ↓
NWS
News
0.7322 of 5 stars
$31.64
+0.7%
N/A+25.5%$17.99B$10.09B50.6923,900
NYT
New York Times
3.2975 of 5 stars
$56.03
+1.7%
$54.83
-2.1%
+15.4%$9.19B$2.54B32.965,900Dividend Announcement
DJCO
Daily Journal
1.305 of 5 stars
$583.14
+3.2%
N/A+63.5%$802.98M$71.61M17.33350Gap Up
GCI
Gannett
2.546 of 5 stars
$5.43
+2.1%
$5.55
+2.2%
+101.2%$800.44M$2.66B-6.5710,000Options Volume
Positive News
Gap Down
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$16.20
+0.2%
N/A+88.4%$100.29M$611.38M-3.533,342Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
DALN
DallasNews
0.0765 of 5 stars
$5.02
-7.0%
N/A+58.9%$26.87M$128.29M-4.82660News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:NWSA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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