Gannett (GCI) Competitors

Gannett (NYSE:GCI) and WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GCI or WBTN?

Gannett received 243 more outperform votes than WEBTOON Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave WEBTOON Entertainment an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gannett	Outperform Votes 253 61.41%	Underperform Votes 159 38.59%
WEBTOON Entertainment	Outperform Votes 10 62.50%	Underperform Votes 6 37.50%

Do analysts recommend GCI or WBTN?

Gannett presently has a consensus target price of $5.55, suggesting a potential upside of 77.88%. WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 96.97%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than Gannett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gannett	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
WEBTOON Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is GCI or WBTN more profitable?

WEBTOON Entertainment has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gannett's net margin of -1.05%. Gannett's return on equity of 11.40% beat WEBTOON Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gannett	-1.05%	11.40%	1.21%
WEBTOON Entertainment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GCI or WBTN?

76.7% of Gannett shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Gannett shares are owned by 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 media favor GCI or WBTN?

In the previous week, WEBTOON Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Gannett. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WEBTOON Entertainment and 4 mentions for Gannett. WEBTOON Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Gannett's score of 0.53 indicating that WEBTOON Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gannett	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WEBTOON Entertainment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GCI or WBTN?

Gannett has higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment. Gannett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEBTOON Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gannett	$2.51B	0.18	-$27.79M	-$0.54	-5.78
WEBTOON Entertainment	$1.35B	0.84	-$116.46M	$0.46	19.13

Summary

WEBTOON Entertainment beats Gannett on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.