WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Competitors

$12.17

-0.10 (-0.81%)

(As of 09/6/2024 ET)

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

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 Bilibili (BILI).

WEBTOON Entertainment vs.

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

: 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
: WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus target price of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 123.23%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's higher possible 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)
N/A
WEBTOON Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)

2 Hold rating(s)

4 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
: WEBTOON Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than John Wiley & Sons.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons $1.87B 1.26 -$200.32M -$3.64 -11.87
WEBTOON Entertainment N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
: WEBTOON Entertainment received 6 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
John Wiley & Sons Outperform Votes
1
20.00%
Underperform Votes
4
80.00%
WEBTOON Entertainment Outperform Votes
7
70.00%
Underperform Votes
3
30.00%
: WEBTOON Entertainment has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -10.69%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 18.82% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons -10.69% 18.82% 5.56%
WEBTOON Entertainment N/A N/A N/A
: In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 12 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 14 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.01 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WEBTOON Entertainment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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)	N/A
WEBTOON Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons	$1.87B	1.26	-$200.32M	-$3.64	-11.87
WEBTOON Entertainment	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%
WEBTOON Entertainment	Outperform Votes 7 70.00%	Underperform Votes 3 30.00%

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons	-10.69%	18.82%	5.56%
WEBTOON Entertainment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
WEBTOON Entertainment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

WEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WBTN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

Media Sentiment Over Time

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.

WBTN vs. The Competition

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Metric	WEBTOON Entertainment	publishing Industry	Computer Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$1.56B	$23.54B	$21.21B	$7.88B
Dividend Yield	N/A	1.09%	2.71%	4.03%
P/E Ratio	N/A	6.33	285.44	17.85
Price / Sales	N/A	6.07	541.57	79.14
Price / Cash	N/A	28.73	31.99	32.58
Price / Book	N/A	14.14	6.56	4.44
Net Income	N/A	$1.89B	$656.99M	$224.46M
7 Day Performance	-9.65%	-2.54%	-3.77%	-3.60%
1 Month Performance	-39.75%	-5.33%	4.91%	5.28%
1 Year Performance	N/A	32.89%	11.15%	4.44%

WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
WLY John Wiley & Sons	0.5141 of 5 stars 0.51 / 5 stars	$47.65 +0.2%	N/A	+23.5%	$2.59B	$1.87B	-13.09	6,400	Earnings Report News Coverage
WLYB John Wiley & Sons	0.578 of 5 stars 0.58 / 5 stars	$47.54 +1.6%	N/A	+16.5%	$2.59B	$1.87B	-13.06	9,500
GCI Gannett	2.8521 of 5 stars 2.85 / 5 stars	$4.87 -2.4%	$5.37 +10.3%	+67.0%	$717.82M	$2.60B	-5.59	10,000	News Coverage
LEE Lee Enterprises	0 of 5 stars 0.00 / 5 stars	$8.35 -5.1%	N/A	-34.6%	$51.29M	$616.82M	-4.15	3,342
DALN DallasNews	0 of 5 stars 0.00 / 5 stars	$4.40 +5.3%	N/A	+4.1%	$23.55M	$131.65M	-4.07	660	Gap Down
VSME VS MEDIA	0 of 5 stars 0.00 / 5 stars	$0.95 +3.3%	N/A	N/A	$2.70M	$7.99M	0.00	N/A	Positive News Gap Down
NWS News	0.2971 of 5 stars 0.30 / 5 stars	$28.23 +0.9%	N/A	+27.1%	$16.09B	$10.09B	78.42	25,500	News Coverage
PSO Pearson	0.9684 of 5 stars 0.97 / 5 stars	$13.99 +0.4%	$12.30 -12.0%	+30.4%	$9.34B	$4.57B	0.00	18,360
TRI Thomson Reuters	3.7816 of 5 stars 3.78 / 5 stars	$169.51 +0.8%	$173.45 +2.3%	+31.0%	$76.23B	$6.79B	32.29	25,600	News Coverage Positive News
BILI Bilibili	2.544 of 5 stars 2.54 / 5 stars	$15.03 +2.9%	$16.91 +12.5%	-1.4%	$6.21B	$23.95B	-9.00	8,801	Analyst Forecast Options Volume