WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Competitors $12.85 -0.14 (-1.08%) As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends 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 John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) and WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WLY or WBTN? WEBTOON Entertainment received 7 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformJohn Wiley & SonsOutperform Votes120.00% Underperform Votes480.00% WEBTOON EntertainmentOutperform Votes866.67% Underperform Votes433.33% Do institutionals and insiders believe in WLY or WBTN? 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is WLY or WBTN 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 John Wiley & Sons-2.82% 24.14% 6.67% WEBTOON Entertainment N/A N/A N/A Do analysts recommend WLY or WBTN? WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 107.52%. 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) 0.00WEBTOON Entertainment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the media favor WLY or WBTN? In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 0 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that WEBTOON Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment John Wiley & Sons Neutral WEBTOON Entertainment Neutral Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WLY or WBTN? WEBTOON Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than John Wiley & Sons. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioJohn Wiley & Sons$1.76B1.35-$200.32M-$0.91-48.41WEBTOON Entertainment$1.28B1.29-$116.46MN/AN/A SummaryWEBTOON Entertainment beats John Wiley & Sons on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$1.67B$28.01B$26.82B$8.96BDividend YieldN/A1.16%2.79%4.04%P/E RatioN/A6.27233.1217.29Price / Sales1.294.823,249.4279.02Price / CashN/A27.4134.2935.97Price / BookN/A10.198.394.79Net Income-$116.46M$915.46M$672.79M$225.07M7 Day Performance-1.53%1.55%2.05%1.51%1 Month Performance3.71%7.39%5.10%4.68%1 Year PerformanceN/A-9.27%26.53%20.92% WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WBTNWEBTOON Entertainment1.8465 of 5 stars$12.85-1.1%$26.67+107.5%N/A$1.67B$1.28B0.001,854News CoveragePositive NewsWLYJohn Wiley & Sons0.4213 of 5 stars$42.21+0.3%N/A+37.5%$2.28B$1.76B-46.386,400WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons1.3098 of 5 stars$41.61-0.8%N/A+35.8%$2.25B$1.76B-45.739,500Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGCIGannett2.7728 of 5 stars$4.96-0.4%$5.55+11.9%+120.6%$731.16M$2.56B-6.1210,000Gap UpLEELee EnterprisesN/A$14.37+2.4%N/A+27.5%$88.95M$611.38M-3.303,342News CoverageDALNDallasNews0.3969 of 5 stars$7.05-0.7%N/A+60.1%$37.73M$128.29M-6.29660Short Interest ↑Positive NewsVSMEVS MEDIA0.1895 of 5 stars$1.10-7.6%N/A-54.6%$3.14M$8.49M0.00N/APositive NewsGap DownSOBRSOBR Safe0.28 of 5 stars$0.83-12.2%N/A+135.0%$761,000.00$183,859.00-0.029News CoverageGap DownNWSNews0.9459 of 5 stars$30.25+1.2%N/A+24.0%$17.20B$10.16B48.7925,500PSOPearson1.2517 of 5 stars$15.45-1.8%N/A+28.9%$10.29B$3.55B17.5618,360Short Interest ↑News CoverageGap DownTRIThomson Reuters4.2923 of 5 stars$154.93-0.1%$176.10+13.7%+7.8%$69.71B$7.16B30.5024,400Analyst RevisionPositive News 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 Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WBTN) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDo this Before Elon’s Reveal on January 22ndElon’s newest tech could pay you an extra $30,000 a year — while you sleep. 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