Gannett (GCI) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GCI or WLYB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gannett	$2.56B	0.29	-$27.79M	-$0.81	-6.28
John Wiley & Sons	$1.76B	1.36	-$200.32M	-$0.91	-48.69

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GCI or WLYB?

Gannett received 252 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gannett	Outperform Votes 252 61.31%	Underperform Votes 159 38.69%
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Is GCI or WLYB more profitable?

John Wiley & Sons has a net margin of -2.82% compared to Gannett's net margin of -4.44%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 24.14% beat Gannett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gannett	-4.44%	-12.16%	-1.51%
John Wiley & Sons	-2.82%	24.14%	6.67%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GCI or WLYB?

76.7% of Gannett shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Gannett shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GCI or WLYB a better dividend stock?

Gannett pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Gannett pays out -79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Wiley & Sons pays out -154.9% 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 increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer GCI or WLYB?

Gannett presently has a consensus price target of $5.55, indicating a potential upside of 9.04%. Given Gannett's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Gannett is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gannett	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
John Wiley & Sons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to GCI or WLYB?

In the previous week, Gannett had 3 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gannett and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Gannett's score of 1.12 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, GCI or WLYB?

Gannett has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gannett beats John Wiley & Sons on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.