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WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Competitors

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$10.74 -0.26 (-2.36%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

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

Should 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), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), Thomson Reuters (TRI), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).

WEBTOON Entertainment vs.

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

In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.31 indicating that WEBTOON Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)
Neutral
WEBTOON Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.87B1.49-$200.32M-$2.00-25.72
WEBTOON EntertainmentN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

WEBTOON Entertainment received 7 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.73% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%
WEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes
8
72.73%
Underperform Votes
3
27.27%

WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus price target of $26.83, indicating a potential upside of 149.84%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -6.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 21.59% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons-6.00% 21.59% 6.10%
WEBTOON Entertainment N/A N/A N/A

Summary

WEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WBTN vs. The Competition

MetricWEBTOON Entertainmentpublishing IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$22.42B$24.93B$8.74B
Dividend YieldN/A1.17%2.81%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A6.37201.8013.27
Price / SalesN/A5.803,420.1381.14
Price / CashN/A27.2535.0835.77
Price / Book0.839.286.845.92
Net IncomeN/A$1.89B$677.40M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-0.83%-9.22%-2.23%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-6.04%-16.96%-0.03%1.15%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-13.77%16.82%24.02%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.75 of 5 stars
$10.74
-2.4%
$26.83
+149.8%
N/A$1.38BN/A0.001,854Positive News
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.2067 of 5 stars
$53.35
+0.4%
N/A+65.3%$2.90B$1.83B-26.686,400News Coverage
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.3365 of 5 stars
$51.93
flat
N/A+68.1%$2.82B$1.83B-25.979,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GCI
Gannett
2.179 of 5 stars
$5.50
-2.7%
N/A+167.0%$810.76M$2.66B-6.7910,000Positive News
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$16.98
-1.5%
N/A+68.9%$105.12M$616.82M-5.683,342Analyst Upgrade
DALN
DallasNews
0.428 of 5 stars
$5.28
-0.6%
N/A+38.0%$28.25M$139.70M-8.12660News Coverage
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.29
-7.2%
N/A-79.6%$3.69M$7.99M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
NWS
News
0.685 of 5 stars
$32.17
+1.1%
N/A+44.2%$18.29B$10.09B51.8923,900
PSO
Pearson
2.334 of 5 stars
$15.43
-1.1%
N/A+26.5%$10.28B$4.57B0.0018,360Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
TRI
Thomson Reuters
4.1328 of 5 stars
$167.92
-0.8%
N/A+18.3%$75.54B$6.79B33.0625,600Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
CRUS
Cirrus Logic
4.4574 of 5 stars
$105.08
+0.4%
N/A+32.8%$5.58B$1.79B17.811,625Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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