John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors

Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Is PSO or WLY a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pearson pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Wiley & Sons pays out -70.5% 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. John Wiley & Sons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PSO or WLY?

2.1% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of John Wiley & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSO or WLY?

Pearson received 405 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.39% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 406 48.39%	Underperform Votes 433 51.61%
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%

Does the media refer more to PSO or WLY?

In the previous week, Pearson had 10 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pearson and 2 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Pearson's score of 0.48 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
Pearson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
John Wiley & Sons	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PSO or WLY?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pearson, 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
Pearson	$4.57B	2.21	$470.19M	$0.88	17.19
John Wiley & Sons	$1.87B	1.53	-$200.32M	-$2.00	-26.38

Do analysts recommend PSO or WLY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
John Wiley & Sons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PSO or WLY?

Pearson has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSO or WLY more profitable?

Pearson has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -6.00%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 21.59% beat Pearson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Wiley & Sons	-6.00%	21.59%	6.10%

Summary

Pearson beats John Wiley & Sons on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.