News (NASDAQ:NWS – Get Free Report) and American Community Newspapers (OTCMKTS:ACNI – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares News and American Community Newspapers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| News | 3.49% | 4.76% | 2.58% |
| American Community Newspapers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares News and American Community Newspapers”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| News | $10.09 billion | 1.79 | $266.00 million | $0.62 | 51.34 |
| American Community Newspapers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for News and American Community Newspapers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| News | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| American Community Newspapers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Given American Community Newspapers’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Community Newspapers is more favorable than News.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
News beats American Community Newspapers on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About News
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, and other commercial licensees through satellite and internet distribution; and broadcasts rights to live sporting events. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About American Community Newspapers
American Community Newspapers Inc. publishes community newspapers. The company was formerly known as Lionheart Newspapers, LLC and changed its name to American Community Newspapers Inc. in November 2002. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Addison, Texas.
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