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PSO vs. NWS, WLY, WLYB, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SOBR, and SCHL

Should you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include News (NWS), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), SOBR Safe (SOBR), and Scholastic (SCHL).

Pearson vs.

News (NASDAQ:NWS) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Pearson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than News. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
News$10.25B1.64$266M$0.7340.63
Pearson$3.55B3.00$470.19M$0.9417.01

In the previous week, News had 4 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for News and 5 mentions for Pearson. News' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Pearson's score of 0.04 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
News
1 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pearson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pearson received 103 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.46% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewsOutperform Votes
306
60.83%
Underperform Votes
197
39.17%
PearsonOutperform Votes
409
48.46%
Underperform Votes
435
51.54%

News has a net margin of 4.22% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 5.31% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News4.22% 5.31% 2.89%
Pearson N/A N/A N/A

Pearson has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.61%. Given Pearson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than News.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
News
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
Pearson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. News pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 43.6% 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.

News has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

News beats Pearson on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSO vs. The Competition

MetricPearsonBook publishing IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.66B$3.20B$7.58B$19.39B
Dividend Yield2.63%4.23%2.98%3.76%
P/E Ratio17.015.6716.5933.06
Price / Sales3.001.299.7326.59
Price / Cash14.306.4316.4217.55
Price / Book2.251.924.254.53
Net Income$470.19M$16.34M$261.74M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.43%-1.56%-1.85%-1.30%
1 Month Performance-7.41%0.23%-5.11%-4.04%
1 Year Performance21.47%1.59%-4.52%2.55%

Pearson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSO
Pearson
3.339 of 5 stars
$15.99
+0.2%
$18.00
+12.6%
+21.5%$10.66B$3.55B17.0121,400Short Interest ↓
NWS
News
0.4053 of 5 stars
$30.75
-0.1%
N/A+9.6%$17.45B$10.25B42.1225,500
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.5148 of 5 stars
$45.14
+1.6%
N/A+16.6%$2.43B$1.70B-49.606,400Dividend Announcement
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.2948 of 5 stars
$44.91
+0.6%
N/A+17.7%$2.43B$1.70B-49.359,500Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.7195 of 5 stars
$8.96
+2.6%
$17.33
+93.5%
N/A$1.15B$1.35B19.481,854
GCI
Gannett
3.4575 of 5 stars
$3.16
+3.1%
$5.55
+75.9%
+20.7%$464.95M$2.51B-5.8414,200News Coverage
Positive News
LEE
Lee Enterprises
N/A$10.50
+1.4%
N/A-22.7%$65.01M$600.26M-1.444,360Gap Up
DALN
DallasNews
0.5947 of 5 stars
$5.50
-5.8%
N/A+23.0%$29.44M$125.39M-4.91660Positive News
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.8891 of 5 stars
$1.00
+1.9%
N/A-61.4%$2.85M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
SOBR
SOBR Safe
1.0026 of 5 stars
$0.62
-3.4%
N/A+16.8%$570,000.00$183,859.00-0.019Short Interest ↓
SCHL
Scholastic
4.0789 of 5 stars
$19.51
-8.1%
N/A-50.5%$548.25M$1.59B-108.386,880High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:PSO) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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