VSME vs. LEE, SOBR, TRI, NWS, PSO, MH, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, and GCI
Should you be buying VS MEDIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VS MEDIA include Lee Enterprises (LEE), SOBR Safe (SOBR), Thomson Reuters (TRI), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), McGraw Hill (MH), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), and Gannett (GCI). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry.
VS MEDIA vs. Its Competitors
VS MEDIA (NASDAQ:VSME) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
VS MEDIA has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VS MEDIA has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lee Enterprises' net margin of -7.21%. VS MEDIA's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lee Enterprises' return on equity.
VS MEDIA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lee Enterprises.
In the previous week, VS MEDIA had 1 more articles in the media than Lee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for VS MEDIA and 1 mentions for Lee Enterprises. VS MEDIA's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Lee Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that VS MEDIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.2% of VS MEDIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
VS MEDIA beats Lee Enterprises on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:VSME) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
