John Wiley & Sons (WLY) Competitors

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

Is WLY or PSO 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
John Wiley & Sons	-6.00%	21.59%	6.10%
Pearson	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is WLY or PSO a better dividend stock?

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. John Wiley & Sons pays out -70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Wiley & Sons has increased 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 analysts rate WLY or PSO?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WLY or PSO?

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

Does the media favor WLY or PSO?

In the previous week, John Wiley & Sons and John Wiley & Sons both had 4 articles in the media. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Pearson's score of 0.32 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pearson	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, WLY or PSO?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than John Wiley & Sons.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Wiley & Sons	$1.87B	1.45	-$200.32M	-$2.00	-25.04
Pearson	$4.57B	2.19	$470.19M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, WLY or PSO?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WLY or PSO?

Pearson received 405 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.33% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 406 48.33%	Underperform Votes 434 51.67%

Summary

John Wiley & Sons beats Pearson on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.