New York Times (NYT) Competitors

New York Times (NYSE:NYT) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Is NYT or MORN a better dividend stock?

New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. New York Times pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 21.4% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. New York Times is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, 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
New York Times	$2.54B	3.42	$232.39M	$1.69	31.28
Morningstar	$2.04B	7.16	$141.10M	$7.57	44.96

Do analysts prefer NYT or MORN?

New York Times currently has a consensus price target of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.71%. Morningstar has a consensus price target of $360.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Given Morningstar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NYT or MORN?

95.4% of New York Times shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of New York Times shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NYT or MORN?

New York Times received 43 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.24% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New York Times	Outperform Votes 346 61.24%	Underperform Votes 219 38.76%
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 303 57.06%	Underperform Votes 228 42.94%

Is NYT or MORN more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 14.69% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.04%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.28% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Times	11.04%	17.75%	11.81%
Morningstar	14.69%	23.28%	9.66%

Does the media refer more to NYT or MORN?

In the previous week, New York Times had 119 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 141 mentions for New York Times and 22 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat New York Times' score of -0.05 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New York Times	11 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	62 Neutral mention(s)	30 Negative mention(s)	15 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Morningstar	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

New York Times and Morningstar tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.