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WBTN vs. WLYB, WLY, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and TRI

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

WEBTOON Entertainment vs.

WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLYB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment and WEBTOON Entertainment both had 1 articles in the media. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.63 indicating that WEBTOON Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WEBTOON Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John Wiley & Sons
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WEBTOON Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John Wiley & Sons.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WEBTOON Entertainment$1.33B1.01-$116.46MN/AN/A
John Wiley & Sons$1.76B1.22-$200.32M-$0.91-43.53

WEBTOON Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 106.55%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WEBTOON Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
John Wiley & Sons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

WEBTOON Entertainment has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -2.82%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 24.14% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WEBTOON EntertainmentN/A N/A N/A
John Wiley & Sons -2.82%24.14%6.67%

WEBTOON Entertainment received 9 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes
9
69.23%
Underperform Votes
4
30.77%
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
3
100.00%

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons 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.

Summary

WEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WBTN vs. The Competition

MetricWEBTOON Entertainmentpublishing IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.35B$24.78B$26.21B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A1.05%2.75%3.85%
P/E RatioN/A7.2246.3418.82
Price / Sales1.014.882,530.5180.73
Price / CashN/A29.0335.5737.47
Price / BookN/A10.386.864.64
Net Income-$116.46M$794.21M$731.18M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-1.50%-1.61%-2.01%-2.63%
1 Month Performance-19.98%-2.00%0.09%-2.37%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-13.15%20.24%13.65%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.8023 of 5 stars
$10.49
-0.7%
$21.67
+106.5%
N/A$1.35B$1.33B0.001,854Upcoming Earnings
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.2195 of 5 stars
$40.74
+1.1%
N/A+24.0%$2.20B$1.87B-44.779,500
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
0.5626 of 5 stars
$40.58
+0.4%
N/A+19.7%$2.19B$1.76B-44.596,400
GCI
Gannett
3.3679 of 5 stars
$4.97
+1.7%
$5.55
+11.8%
+104.7%$731.89M$2.66B-6.1310,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$11.46
-0.6%
N/A+11.2%$70.94M$611.38M-1.573,047
DALN
DallasNews
0.1014 of 5 stars
$5.91
-1.2%
N/A+69.4%$31.63M$128.29M-5.28660High Trading Volume
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.9277 of 5 stars
$1.24
+3.3%
N/A-67.7%$3.55M$7.99M0.00N/APositive News
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.3285 of 5 stars
$1.05
+22.5%
N/A+45.7%$966,000.00$160,000.00-0.029News Coverage
Gap Up
NWS
News
0.4683 of 5 stars
$34.86
+1.6%
N/A+20.2%$19.82B$10.09B47.7525,500
PSO
Pearson
2.1894 of 5 stars
$16.94
+0.5%
N/A+42.8%$11.28B$4.57B0.0018,360
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.9164 of 5 stars
$173.93
-2.8%
$182.09
+4.7%
+12.0%$78.27B$7.26B35.5725,600Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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