PSO vs. LNW, PARA, TAL, HAS, CROX, CZR, DLB, ROKU, MHK, and MTN
Should you be buying Pearson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pearson include Light & Wonder (LNW), Paramount Global (PARA), TAL Education Group (TAL), Hasbro (HAS), Crocs (CROX), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Roku (ROKU), Mohawk Industries (MHK), and Vail Resorts (MTN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pearson had 3 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pearson and 7 mentions for Light & Wonder. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Light & Wonder's score of 0.32 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pearson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Light & Wonder has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Light & Wonder's net margin of 0.00%. Pearson's return on equity of 32.27% beat Light & Wonder's return on equity.
Pearson received 392 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.26% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote while only 22.45% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
Light & Wonder currently has a consensus price target of $95.08, suggesting a potential upside of 2.11%. Pearson has a consensus price target of $12.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.82%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Light & Wonder is more favorable than Pearson.
Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Light & Wonder.
Summary
Light & Wonder beats Pearson on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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