NWSA vs. NWS, FOX, SNA, POOL, MGM, FWONA, FOXA, PARAA, H, and EDU
Should you be buying News stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of News include News (NWS), FOX (FOX), Snap-on (SNA), Pool (POOL), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Formula One Group (FWONA), FOX (FOXA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Hyatt Hotels (H), and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
News (NASDAQ:NWSA) and News (NASDAQ:NWS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. News pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 50.0% 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.
News received 359 more outperform votes than News when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.58% of users gave News an outperform vote while only 60.68% of users gave News an outperform vote.
67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, News had 2 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for News and 3 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat News' score of -0.21 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
News currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.28%. Given News' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe News is more favorable than News.
News has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
News beats News on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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