John Wiley & Sons (WLYB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WLYB 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	1.50	-$200.32M	-$2.00	-25.97
Pearson	$4.57B	2.20	$470.19M	N/A	N/A

Is WLYB or PSO a better dividend stock?

John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.

Does the media refer more to WLYB or PSO?

In the previous week, Pearson had 9 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Pearson's score of 0.15 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
John Wiley & Sons	Positive
Pearson	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WLYB or PSO?

0.5% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer WLYB 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WLYB or PSO?

Pearson received 406 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.39% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Wiley & Sons	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 406 48.39%	Underperform Votes 433 51.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, WLYB or PSO?

John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WLYB 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

Summary

Pearson beats John Wiley & Sons on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.