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$4.68
-0.02 (-0.43%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

GCI vs. WLY, WLYB, WBTN, LEE, DALN, VSME, NWS, PSO, NWSA, and NYT

Should you be buying Gannett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gannett include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), News (NWSA), and New York Times (NYT).

Gannett vs.

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

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gannett has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons$1.87B1.44-$200.32M-$2.00-24.87
Gannett$2.60B0.27-$27.79M-$0.81-5.77

73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Gannett shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Gannett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Gannett had 11 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gannett and 1 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Gannett's score of 0.29 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Gannett
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gannett received 251 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Gannett 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%
GannettOutperform Votes
252
61.31%
Underperform Votes
159
38.69%

Gannett has a consensus target price of $5.37, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Given Gannett's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gannett 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
Gannett
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gannett pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. John Wiley & Sons pays out -70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gannett pays out -79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. John Wiley & Sons has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Gannett is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Gannett has a net margin of -3.71% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -6.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 21.59% beat Gannett's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Wiley & Sons-6.00% 21.59% 6.10%
Gannett -3.71%-17.12%-2.25%

Summary

Gannett beats John Wiley & Sons on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GCI vs. The Competition

MetricGannettNewspapers IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$690.03M$6.13B$6.61B$19.25B
Dividend YieldN/A0.78%2.63%3.53%
P/E Ratio-6.7834.5542.5943.31
Price / Sales0.272.53213.1614.53
Price / Cash7.1135.0925.0520.89
Price / Book2.194.094.565.40
Net Income-$27.79M$106.52M$114.67M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-16.37%1.40%0.71%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-15.61%17.54%1.36%-0.97%
1 Year Performance134.34%58.77%23.78%25.05%

Gannett Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCI
Gannett
2.9231 of 5 stars
$4.68
-0.4%
$5.37
+14.8%
+103.3%$690.03M$2.60B-6.7810,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.7379 of 5 stars
$49.30
-0.1%
N/A+64.6%$2.68B$1.87B-24.656,400Positive News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.2332 of 5 stars
$49.27
+0.0%
N/A+63.7%$2.67B$1.87B-24.649,500
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9753 of 5 stars
$11.23
+0.4%
$27.17
+141.9%
N/A$1.44BN/A0.001,854Upcoming Earnings
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$16.51
-1.6%
N/A+97.7%$101.42M$616.82M-5.523,342Analyst Downgrade
DALN
DallasNews
0.7748 of 5 stars
$4.88
-5.4%
N/A+21.2%$26.12M$131.65M-7.51660Positive News
Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.70
+1.8%
N/A-80.2%$4.86M$7.99M0.00N/APositive News
NWS
News
0.9379 of 5 stars
$27.75
+0.2%
N/A+35.3%$15.78B$10.09B60.3323,900Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
PSO
Pearson
1.3602 of 5 stars
$13.64
+0.9%
N/A+27.0%$9.13B$3.55B15.3318,360Gap Up
NWSA
News
4.1637 of 5 stars
$25.99
+0.2%
$38.00
+46.2%
+31.5%$14.81B$10.09B56.5023,900Upcoming Earnings
NYT
New York Times
3.9977 of 5 stars
$56.00
+1.0%
$52.71
-5.9%
+40.0%$9.20B$2.49B34.575,900Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:GCI) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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