News vs Pearson
NWSA and PSO side by side, both in printing, publishing, and allied industries. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NWSA and PSO compare
News grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.8% versus 0.70% for Pearson).
Pearson keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.4% compared with 6.3% at News.
News pays a dividend yielding 0.69%; Pearson does not pay one.
News scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 for Pearson), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | NWSA | PSO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.8B | – |
| Share price | $29.12 | $17.37 |
| Change, 1 year | 11.8% | 22.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 19.5% | 113% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.37 |
| Employees | 22K | 4,722 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.3× | – |
| P/S | 1.7× | – |
| P/B | 1.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.7× | – |
| P/FCF | 19.4× | – |
| PEG | 0.49 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | – |
| Fair value | $26.42 | – |
| Margin of safety | −10.2% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.8% (better) | 0.70% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.72% | 1.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −51.4% | −22.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −50.2% | −20.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.0% (better) | −59.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 52.0% |
| Operating margin | – | 14.2% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 9.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | – |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 8.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 7.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 (better) | 0.41 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.07 | 2.26 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.62 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.18 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.69% | – |
| Payout ratio | 35.6% | 47.8% |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.2% | 4.2% |
| Held by insiders | 18.7% | 31.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.2M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
Go deeper
- NWSA stock overview
- NWSA income statement
- NWSA valuation and score
- PSO stock overview
- PSO income statement
- PSO valuation and score
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