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WBTN vs. WLYB, WLY, GCI, LEE, DALN, SOBR, VSME, 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), SOBR Safe (SOBR), VS MEDIA (VSME), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), and Thomson Reuters (TRI).

WEBTOON Entertainment vs.

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

WEBTOON Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.70B1.36-$200.32M$0.7458.26
WEBTOON Entertainment$1.35B0.79-$116.46M$0.4618.02

In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat WEBTOON Entertainment's score of 0.87 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
John Wiley & Sons-2.82% 24.14% 6.67%
WEBTOON Entertainment N/A N/A N/A

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

WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus price target of $17.17, indicating a potential upside of 107.08%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.

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

WEBTOON Entertainment received 10 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
3
100.00%
WEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes
10
58.82%
Underperform Votes
7
41.18%

Summary

WEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WBTN vs. The Competition

MetricWEBTOON Entertainmentpublishing IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$24.76B$22.16B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%3.02%4.32%
P/E Ratio18.0211.0439.4917.81
Price / Sales0.794.781,985.9694.61
Price / CashN/A29.2834.6334.64
Price / BookN/A9.965.774.00
Net Income-$116.46M$794.21M$736.02M$247.23M
7 Day Performance17.92%9.64%5.90%7.26%
1 Month Performance-2.47%0.65%-5.37%-6.26%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-12.69%52,661.37%-0.18%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9159 of 5 stars
$8.29
+2.5%
$17.17
+107.1%
N/A$1.07B$1.35B18.021,854Gap Down
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.2778 of 5 stars
$41.22
-7.0%
N/A+10.0%$2.22B$1.70B-45.309,500Gap Up
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.5286 of 5 stars
$40.67
-3.2%
N/A+15.8%$2.19B$1.70B-44.699,500Positive News
GCI
Gannett
3.3438 of 5 stars
$2.72
-4.4%
$5.55
+104.4%
+24.8%$400.11M$2.51B-5.0314,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$8.77
-8.0%
N/A-32.3%$54.30M$600.26M-1.204,360Positive News
Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
1.0482 of 5 stars
$4.04
-1.0%
N/A+9.1%$21.62M$125.39M-3.61660Positive News
Gap Up
SOBR
SOBR Safe
0.9797 of 5 stars
$4.89
-0.8%
N/A+39.3%$4.51M$183,859.00-0.099Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.379 of 5 stars
$0.88
+1.6%
N/A-71.1%$2.52M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
NWS
News
0.8089 of 5 stars
$27.41
-1.0%
N/A+22.1%$15.55B$10.25B37.5525,500
PSO
Pearson
2.7965 of 5 stars
$14.90
-3.0%
$18.00
+20.8%
+27.8%$9.93B$3.55B15.8521,400Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.7684 of 5 stars
$162.65
-2.0%
$177.56
+9.2%
+19.1%$73.21B$7.26B33.2624,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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