PSO vs. WLY, WLYB, SCHL, DKNG, TTWO, ONON, LYV, RCI, K, and RBLX
Should you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), Scholastic (SCHL), DraftKings (DKNG), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), ON (ONON), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Rogers Communications (RCI), Kellanova (K), and Roblox (RBLX).
Pearson (NYSE:PSO) and John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
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 1.11 beat Pearson's score of 0.10 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than John Wiley & Sons.
Pearson has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wiley & Sons' net margin of -8.14%. John Wiley & Sons' return on equity of 18.83% beat Pearson's return on equity.
2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pearson pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. John Wiley & Sons pays out -48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Pearson has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pearson received 402 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.26% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.
Pearson currently has a consensus target price of $12.30, suggesting a potential upside of 1.91%. Given Pearson's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.
Summary
Pearson beats John Wiley & Sons on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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