WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Competitors $8.46 -0.04 (-0.41%) As of 09:41 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WBTN vs. WLY, WLYB, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, NWS, PSO, and TRIShould you be buying WEBTOON Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEBTOON Entertainment include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Thomson Reuters (TRI). WEBTOON Entertainment vs. John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons Gannett Lee Enterprises DallasNews VS MEDIA SOBR Safe News Pearson Thomson Reuters WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations. Is WBTN or WLY more profitable? 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% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WBTN or WLY? 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WBTN or WLY? WEBTOON Entertainment received 9 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes1062.50% Underperform Votes637.50% John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes120.00% Underperform Votes480.00% Which has higher earnings and valuation, WBTN or WLY? WEBTOON Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B0.81-$116.46M$0.4618.38John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.42-$200.32M$0.7460.79 Does the media favor WBTN or WLY? In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons had 1 more articles in the media than WEBTOON Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for John Wiley & Sons and 7 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 1.15 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 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive John Wiley & Sons 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate WBTN or WLY? WEBTOON Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 105.01%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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) 2.67John Wiley & Sons 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SummaryWEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get WEBTOON Entertainment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WBTN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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 WBTN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWEBTOON Entertainmentpublishing IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.11B$23.15B$23.52B$8.06BDividend YieldN/A1.21%2.83%4.01%P/E Ratio18.7210.7542.8319.03Price / Sales0.814.521,979.1993.17Price / CashN/A29.2834.6134.64Price / BookN/A9.256.234.33Net Income-$116.46M$794.21M$735.89M$247.06M7 Day Performance-3.15%4.22%-0.13%-0.37%1 Month Performance-6.47%1.48%49,592.39%-3.85%1 Year PerformanceN/A-15.29%52,115.24%1.27% WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment3.0295 of 5 stars$8.46-0.4%$17.33+105.0%N/A$1.11B$1.35B18.721,854Positive NewsWLYJohn Wiley & Sons1.5703 of 5 stars$45.14+1.6%N/A+18.0%$2.43B$1.70B-49.606,400Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsWLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.2065 of 5 stars$44.91+0.6%N/A+18.1%$2.43B$1.70B-49.359,500Short Interest ↑News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeGCIGannett3.368 of 5 stars$3.16+3.1%$5.55+75.9%+31.1%$464.95M$2.51B-5.8414,200LEELee EnterprisesN/A$10.50+1.4%N/A-32.7%$65.01M$600.26M-1.444,360DALNDallasNews0.3458 of 5 stars$5.50-5.8%N/A+30.0%$29.44M$125.39M-4.91660Gap DownVSMEVS MEDIA0.9292 of 5 stars$1.00+1.9%N/A-56.7%$2.85M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoverageGap UpSOBRSOBR Safe1.0513 of 5 stars$0.62-3.4%N/A+3.5%$570,000.00$183,859.00-0.019Short Interest ↓NWSNews0.4097 of 5 stars$30.75-0.1%N/A+11.5%$17.45B$10.25B42.1225,500PSOPearson3.3934 of 5 stars$15.68+1.2%$18.00+14.8%+22.3%$10.45B$3.55B16.6821,400Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓TRIThomson Reuters4.1746 of 5 stars$171.57+0.9%$177.56+3.5%+10.7%$77.28B$7.26B35.0924,400Analyst DowngradePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies John Wiley & Sons Alternatives John Wiley & Sons Alternatives Gannett Alternatives Lee Enterprises Alternatives DallasNews Alternatives VS MEDIA Alternatives SOBR Safe Alternatives News Alternatives Pearson Alternatives Thomson Reuters Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Warns: Exec Order 14024 Targets DollarExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | SponsoredEx CIA predicts 40% “double crash” – April 11The scientists here don’t study deadly viruses… directed energy weapons… or even weather control technology… ...Paradigm Press | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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