Pearson (PSO) Competitors $15.93 +0.11 (+0.70%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PSO vs. NWS, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, GCI, LEE, DALN, VSME, SCHL, and EAShould you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include News (NWS), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), Gannett (GCI), Lee Enterprises (LEE), DallasNews (DALN), VS MEDIA (VSME), Scholastic (SCHL), and Electronic Arts (EA). Pearson vs. News John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons WEBTOON Entertainment Gannett Lee Enterprises DallasNews VS MEDIA Scholastic Electronic Arts News (NASDAQ:NWS) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability. Is NWS or PSO more profitable? News has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Pearson's net margin of 0.00%. News' return on equity of 4.76% beat Pearson's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets News3.49% 4.76% 2.58% Pearson N/A N/A N/A Is NWS or PSO a better dividend stock? News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. News pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Do insiders & institutionals believe in NWS or PSO? 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by company 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, NWS or PSO? News has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWS or PSO? Pearson received 101 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.76% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 48.33% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNewsOutperform Votes30560.76% Underperform Votes19739.24% PearsonOutperform Votes40648.33% Underperform Votes43451.67% Which has better earnings & valuation, NWS or PSO? Pearson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than News. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNews$10.16B1.72$266M$0.6249.52Pearson$3.55B2.99$470.19MN/AN/A Does the media refer more to NWS or PSO? In the previous week, News had 6 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for News and 0 mentions for Pearson. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat News' score of 0.61 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment News Positive Pearson Positive Do analysts prefer NWS or PSO? 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) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00Pearson 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 SummaryNews beats Pearson on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PSO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPearsonBook publishing IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$10.61B$3.19B$8.38B$19.18BDividend Yield1.21%3.70%2.81%3.59%P/E RatioN/A8.8418.3341.28Price / Sales2.991.2215.5017.59Price / Cash13.366.9933.4521.28Price / Book2.241.835.565.32Net Income$470.19M$16.34M$267.23M$989.88M7 Day Performance-0.99%-6.41%-2.06%-3.54%1 Month Performance5.36%-8.29%-0.12%-3.68%1 Year Performance30.36%9.78%10.21%12.14% Pearson Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PSOPearson1.8379 of 5 stars$15.93+0.7%N/A+32.4%$10.61B$3.55B0.0018,360High Trading VolumeNWSNews0.7322 of 5 stars$31.64+0.7%N/A+25.5%$17.99B$10.09B50.6923,900WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons2.2262 of 5 stars$46.76flatN/A+35.4%$2.53B$1.87B-51.389,500Dividend IncreasePositive NewsWLYJohn Wiley & Sons2.0719 of 5 stars$45.75-0.2%N/A+33.4%$2.47B$1.87B-50.376,400Positive NewsWBTNWEBTOON Entertainment2.1264 of 5 stars$13.04+2.4%$26.83+105.8%N/A$1.67B$1.28B0.001,854Lockup ExpirationNews CoveragePositive NewsGCIGannett2.5428 of 5 stars$5.41+1.7%$5.55+2.6%+101.2%$797.49M$2.66B-6.5710,000Options VolumePositive NewsGap DownLEELee EnterprisesN/A$16.20+0.2%N/A+88.4%$100.29M$611.38M-3.533,342Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap DownDALNDallasNews0.0745 of 5 stars$5.19-3.9%N/A+58.9%$27.78M$128.29M-4.82660News CoverageVSMEVS MEDIAN/A$1.02-1.0%N/A-66.4%$2.92M$7.99M0.00N/APositive NewsSCHLScholastic4.2936 of 5 stars$25.76+0.7%N/A-47.5%$724.81M$1.60B46.076,660Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap DownEAElectronic Arts4.8029 of 5 stars$156.16-0.9%$165.37+5.9%+8.2%$40.96B$7.41B40.1813,700Analyst ForecastInsider Trade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies News Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors John Wiley & Sons Competitors WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors Gannett Competitors Lee Enterprises Competitors DallasNews Competitors VS MEDIA Competitors Scholastic Competitors Electronic Arts Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:PSO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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