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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WLYB or PSO?

Pearson received 406 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.33% 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 48.33%	Underperform Votes 434 51.67%

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 2.8%. 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 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.

Does the media favor WLYB or PSO?

In the previous week, Pearson had 3 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. John Wiley & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.90 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very 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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher 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	1.45	-$200.32M	-$2.00	-25.10
Pearson	$4.57B	2.19	$470.19M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, WLYB or PSO?

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

Do analysts recommend 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

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.